When is a fact not a fact? Will Newton and Einstein's theories always be the best we have? When new facts emerge it doesn't mean science can't be trusted. Quite the opposite. Here's why questioning established understanding is good: https://t.co/BTggi1PGFP...
Lire la suiteHow do ideas about air pollution from 1661 compare to the modern day? Dr Mark Richards @dj_kemist critiques the ideas of diarist and founding Royal Society Fellow John Evelyn, with readings from @lemnsissay in Evelyn's own words: https://t.co/u9gS7XZkiX...
Lire la suiteWe are happy to announce the judging panel for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2023. Chair @AlainGoriely will be joined by @BonnieGarmus, @RRhenry2, @ignatius_sancho and @anitathetweeter as they look for the best science writing of the year:...
Lire la suiteFor more on our recent report on making UK visas work for short-term researcher mobility, and the UK's association to #HorizonEurope, read this new editorial in @nature: https://t.co/tnPW6aRh4m — The Royal Society (@royalsociety) July 26, 2023 Ce 26 juillet...
Lire la suiteThe Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition is nearly here, with a whole host of electrifying talks, activities and exhibits to enjoy. @ProfBrianCox gives us a taste of what to expect:https://t.co/sPRvpMsSn7 #SummerScience pic.twitter.com/56cFGhKnxm...
Lire la suiteHave you delved into our #ScienceInTheMaking platform yet? Explore 400 years of scientific history from the Royal Society collections from the first letter submitted to the Royal Society by a woman to the earliest sketches of dinosaur fossils: https://t.co/fvOsOROn7e...
Lire la suiteProfessor James Maynard FRS becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is a pure mathematician working in number theory, best known for his work showing the existence of unusually small gaps and unusually large gaps between primes: #RSFellows https://t.co/PscJC5wptQ...
Lire la suiteIn 1834, Dmitri Mendeleev was born #OnThisDay. He was a Russian chemist and inventor who formulated the Periodic Law and created the earliest example of a periodic table. He was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1892, and won both our Davy...
Lire la suiteEuropean Science Academy Presidents, including the Royal Society's Sir Adrian Smith, former Royal Society Presidents Venki Ramakrishnan and Paul Nurse, and Nobel laureates have called for a swift association to #HorizonEurope: https://t.co/vBA83pz6VT...
Lire la suite#OnThisDay in 1856, J. J. Thomson PRS was born. He is credited with the discovery of the electron, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906. He served as President of the Royal Society from 1915 to 1920. Find out more: https://t.co/Xd2JkxXjCE...
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