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…
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…
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….