Fragments of other worlds

12 February 2019 by Tiff Kirby

Colin Pillinger CBE FRS (1943-2014) had a long and prestigious career as a planetary scientist. His work included analysing lunar…

Two hundred kinds of green

5 February 2019 by Virginia Mills

A new exhibition celebrating the scientific illustrations of Franz Bauer FRS and his brother Ferdinand opened at Teylers Museum in…

22 January 2019 by Keith Moore

One of my standing jokes at the Royal Society is that, one day, I’ll take a step back from lauding…

11 December 2018 by Jessica Montgomery

One of the more unusual images in the Royal Society’s archives depicts two human musicians and a gold duck. This…

27 November 2018 by Ellen Embleton

When Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the new ‘X-ray’ in 1895, James Mackenzie Davidson was quick to realise the opportunities that it afforded….