Professor Corinne Le Quéré FRS, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science and Professor at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social, made a special address at the Royal Society earlier today.
Watch now and read the full address on our website:
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What does the ongoing rupture in the world order that Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney referred to at Davos earlier this year mean for #ClimateChange?
Promotional image for a scientific meeting organised by the Royal Society. The meeting is titled 'Love, actually and in theory', 5-6 March 2026. On the right of the image is a photograph of two older people dancing happily together.
Register for our upcoming scientific meeting in Edinburgh on 5-6 May as psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and zoologists meet to discuss the evolution of love in human relationships: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/05/love-actually-theory/
With 80 years since Kathleen Lonsdale FRS and Marjory Stephenson FRS were elected to our Fellowship, Professor Dame Athene Donald FRS looks at the progress since 1945, and what we need to do to keep moving forward. #IWD2026 https://royalsociety.org/blog/2026/03/looking-back-moving-forward/
We've been blown away with the response to our map of women through science history, with over 125 submissions so far, and 70 landmarks added across the UK. Submit your suggestions now and help us map science history. #WomenInSTEM #InternationalWomensDay royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
It's #InternationalWomensDay, and for the past year we've been commemorating the 80th anniversary of the election of our first women Fellows. Find out more about trailblazing women scientists and help us chart science history with our interactive map: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...
Professor Alan Wilson FRS
We are sad to learn of the tragic passing of Professor Alan Wilson FRS. He was an outstanding scientist who made an exceptional contribution to the field of locomotor biomechanics and was a passionate science communicator. Our thoughts are with Alan’s friends, family, and colleagues.
a scientific diagram in black and white showing sections of embryos of Hemimysis lamornae, a small shrimp-like crustacean that lives in the seas around the UK.
In 1928, Sidnie Manton FRS published ‘On the embryology of a mysid crustacean, Hemimysis lamornae’, a landmark paper in descriptive arthropod embryology. See more on our #WomenInSTEM publishing timeline: https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/women-in-stem/publications-timeline/
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In 1787, the first paper by a woman was read to a meeting of the Royal Society, Caroline Herschel's 'Account of a new comet'. See more on our interactive timeline: #WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/women-in-stem/publications-timeline/
Cover page of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society from March 6, 1665. The page includes the contents and introduction, featuring topics like optics, experiments, and references to entities like the Royal Society and William Fermat.
As we count down to #InternationalWomensDay explore our timeline highlighting landmark papers published by women in the Philosophical Transactions. First stop 1755 and a letter from a Louise Belcher concerning Lake Ontario: https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/women-in-stem/publications-timeline/
An astronaut in a CCCP-marked spacesuit and helmet is shown near a space capsule.
Born #OnThisDay in 1937 was cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who in 1963 became the first woman in space, orbiting the Earth 48 times in the Vostok 6 space capsule. Tereshkova is the only woman to fly a solo space mission. #WomenInSTEM
A drawing of a large theodolite, a complex instrument with a central cross of tubes, supporting a circular structure around the outside and with eight other metallic beams around the centre.
What happened to the 'Great Theodolite', commissioned by the Royal Society in 1784 and built by instrument maker Jesse Ramsden FRS? Royal Society Picture Curator Ainsley Vinall investigates: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2026/02/lost-theodolite/
A silhouette portrait on a textured circular background is displayed against a dark backdrop. The text reads: "Scientific portraits and portraits for science, 20 March 2026." The Royal Society logo is at the bottom.
Calling all historians of science or art! Register for our upcoming conference on 20 March exploring scientific portraiture and discuss its significance, its use, and how it can reflect issues of diversity and Empire. https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/03/scientific-portraits/
As @royalsociety.org celebrates 80 years since the election of the first women FRSs, I've written a blog for them about that history (cross-posted from their on blog) #womeninSTEM occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
A black and white photograph of a woman, seated on a sofa looking at her reflection in a mirror. The woman is Kathleen Lonsdale FRS.
As we continue to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the election of the first women to our Fellowship, Professor Dame Athene Donald FRS looks at the progress of the last 80 years and how to keep moving forward. #WomenInSTEM https://royalsociety.org/blog/2026/03/looking-back-moving-forward/
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Explore the life and work of 'muscle man', physiologist Douglas Wilkie FRS, renowned for his work on the mechanics and thermodynamics of muscle contraction on our blog: #RSFellows https://royalsociety.org/blog/2026/02/muscle-man/
A black and white photo portrait of Irene Joliot-Curie.
The daughter of one of the most famous female scientists in history, Irène Joliot-Curie was a successful researcher and campaigner for gender equality in her own right. Guest author Kip Heath looks at her life on our blog: #WomenInSTEM https://royalsociety.org/blog/2026/02/irene-joliot-curie/
The image is a thermal rendering of industrial piping, displaying various colors indicating temperature variations. Text on the left reads, "Unlocking thermal energy. Capture, storage and re-use of industrial waste heat. Read the report online." The Royal Society logo is at the bottom left.
Our recent report on unlocking thermal energy looks at how capturing, storing and re-using waste heat from industrial processes could be a huge opportunity for the UK to make progress towards #NetZero: https://royalsociety.org/news/2026/01/thermal-efficiency-in-industry/
Promotional image for a scientific meeting organised by the Royal Society. The meeting is titled 'Love, actually and in theory', 5-6 March 2026. On the right of the image is a photograph of two older people dancing happily together.
Register for our upcoming scientific meeting in Edinburgh on 5-6 May as psychologists, neuroscientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and zoologists meet to discuss the evolution of love in human relationships: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/05/love-actually-theory/
An individual stands at a podium wearing academic robes, with a microphone in front. Several flags are displayed in the background.
Born #OnThisDay in 1935 was cognitive psychologist Anne Treisman FRS, who developed the feature integration theory of attention. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989. Read more about her life and work in Royal Society Publishing #BioMems. #WomenInSTEM https://bit.ly/48zDUe1
Promotional image for a scientific meeting run by the Royal Society, entitled 'A beautiful twist on condensed matter', from 28-29 April. On the right of the image is an abstract swirl.
Register now to join our upcoming scientific meeting on 28-29 April, looking at the fundamental physics of condensed matter. You can also apply to present a poster at the meeting. Register now: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/04/beautiful-twist-on-condensed-matter/
A person in historical attire from the 16th century is observing through a telescope, seated at a table.
Born #OnThisDay in 1670 was German astronomer Maria Margaretha Kirch. She was famous in her time for writing on the conjunction of the sun with Saturn, Venus and Jupiter, and was the first to identify the Comet of 1702 as a comet. #WomenInSTEM
The role of science for democratic societies has never been more important. Register for our upcoming scientific meeting on 16-17 March 2026 and explore the theoretical and practical consequences of treating science as a global public good: https://bit.ly/3Y42i4F
The Science Teaching Survey 2026, led by @rsc.org and supported by the Royal Society, is open. If you work in education, you know the challenges better than anyone – so we want to hear directly from you.
Take 15 minutes to complete the survey:
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Born #OnThisDay in 1879 was Agnes Arber FRS. Arber was a British plant morphologist and anatomist, historian of botany and philosopher of biology. She was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in 1946, the third woman and first woman botanist to be elected. #WomenInSTEM
In 2015, the first gravitational waves were detected. A decade on, Dr Lionel London explores some of the most extreme gravity events in the Universe, and find out how the new technology could help us understand the nature of physics itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1__-B3UcQQ
Register now for our upcoming scientific meeting as experts meet to develop formal taxonomic criteria for the spore-forming obligate parasites Microsporidia. Find out more and book your place: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/03/vision-augmented-hearing/
This week saw Professor Michael Wooldridge deliver our Michael Faraday Prize Lecture, exploring the gulf between popular expectations of what AI should be like and the realities of the LLMs that we use today. Watch the full lecture now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyyL0yDhr7I
Discover the story of Phineas Gage, the unlucky construction worker who survived a terrible accident and changed our understanding of the human brain. Made in partnership with #BBCIdeas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDTufQsee9o
Promotional image for a scientific meeting run by the Royal Society, entitled 'A beautiful twist on condensed matter', from 28-29 April. On the right of the image is an abstract swirl.
Register now to join our upcoming scientific meeting on 28-29 April, looking at the fundamental physics of condensed matter. You can also apply to present a poster at the meeting. Register now: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2026/04/beautiful-twist-on-condensed-matter/
