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"It's a Wild West online"
Tom Ireland talks to author and broadcaster Angela Saini about the biology of race, and why she is lobbying for regulation on how scientific information is shared online February 7th 2020 Angela Saini’s critically acclaimed book Superior: the Return of...
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"I don't think the department has ever locked its doors to academics before in 200 years"
Biophysicist Professor Pietro Cicuta tells Tom Ireland how nearly a thousand Cambridge researchers have joined his Slack channel to develop coronavirus ideas – from ventilator prototypes to an app that diagnoses the disease from the sound of coughing....
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Are we doing enough to support neurodivergent people into STEM careers?
Professor Sara Rankin calls on biologists with specific learning difficulties and neurodiverse traits to be open about their challenges – in the hope of inspiring and encouraging other neurodivergent people into the biosciences 20th February 2023 I...
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Policy Lates
Policy Lates brings a panel of experts together for an informal debate on a contemporary science policy topic, with plenty of time for audience questions. If you have an idea for a Policy Late discussion, please get in touch, via policy@rsb.org.uk For...
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'The problems start so early in life’
December 11th 2023 Athene Donald talks to Dr Jade Hall about her new book on how to attract and retain women in science Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS FRSB is Professor Emerita of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge and Master of Churchill...
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'The problems start so early in life’
December 11th 2023 Athene Donald talks to Dr Jade Hall about her new book on how to attract and retain women in science Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS FRSB is Professor Emerita of Experimental Physics at the University of Cambridge and Master of Churchill...
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“Just the idea of having these species back is already having an impact”
Beth Shapiro with Colossal co-founder and CEO Ben Lamm Beth Shapiro, chief scientist at the de-extinction start-up Colossal, talks to Tom Ireland about the science and ethics of recreating long-lost species in a lab Professor Beth Shapiro is an...
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“Just the idea of having these species back is already having an impact”
Beth Shapiro with Colossal co-founder and CEO Ben Lamm Beth Shapiro, chief scientist at the de-extinction start-up Colossal, talks to Tom Ireland about the science and ethics of recreating long-lost species in a lab Professor Beth Shapiro is an...
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Crick Questions: Sir Paul Nurse
Sir Paul Nurse tells Tom Ireland about how the UK must overcome 'the UKIP factor' to attract the best overseas scientists, plus his plans for London's new 'superlab', the Francis Crick Institute The Biologist 61(6) p32-35 Sir Paul Nurse is president of...
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Focus on...Allergies
As the Society launches #BritainBreathing, an app to help researchers monitor the public's seasonal allergies, we look at the biology of allergic reactions The Biologist 63(3) p32-33 The media are constantly searching for answers as to why more and...
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Birds and People
Mark Cocker and David Tipling Jonathan Cape, £40.00 Mark Cocker and David Tipling Jonathan Cape, £40.00 Eight years in the making, with a global network of 650 contributors from 81 countries, and with specialist research by Jonathan Elphick and John...
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Birds & People
Mark Cocker Jonathan Cape Mark Cocker Jonathan Cape The special relationship that people – particularly in the UK – have with birds is the subject of this well researched and beautifully produced book. This is Birds Britannica (of which Mark Cocker was...
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Focus on...Crowdfunding science
We explore how scientists can bypass traditional funding routes and raise money for research online The Biologist 63(4) p32-33 Crowdfunding is raising money for a project or venture by attracting relatively small contributions from a large number of...
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What is ethics dumping?
Above: San Children in Andriesvaal, Kalahari, South Africa (by Migail de Klerk). Exporting unethical practices to low- and middle-income countries has become the new face of exploitative research, writes Doris Schroeder The Biologist 66(3) p22-25...
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'It's important to find different ways to connect with people'
Illustrator Sarah Morrish talks to Emma Wrake AMRSB about her new guide to scientific natural history illustration and how art can help engage people with science and nature Sarah Morris is an artist, author, illustrator and tutor. With a working...
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2,500+ people vote for the UK's favourite tree species in Biology Week poll
The Horse Chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum) has been crowned the UK’s Favourite Tree after winning a public poll of over 2,500 votes in Biology Week 2017. The Horse Chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum) has been crowned the UK’s Favourite Tree...
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Poor Relations
Ashley Leiman OBE, director of the Orangutan Foundation, explores the complex relationship between man and our closest relatives – the great apes The Biologist Vol 61(2) p12-16 The great apes are often perceived differently to other animals. In many...
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#BlackBirdersWeek: a movement for black naturalists and scientists in the outdoors
Rhiannon Kirton explains the isolating experience of being black and working in the natural sciences, and how she hopes momentum from a new online campaign can create positive change Last month, after video emerged of a white woman in Central Park...
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'We don't have to demonstrate we can do it anymore, we need to demonstrate how well we can do it'
Dr Andrew Singer says surveillance of wastewater will be a 'game-changer' for monitoring COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks By analysing the quantity of viral RNA found in wastewater, scientists can now estimate the number of live cases of COVID-19...
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"A game changer for COVID monitoring"
Dr Andrew Singer says surveillance of wastewater can provide a fast and cheap way of monitoring COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks By analysing the quantity of viral RNA found in wastewater, scientists can now estimate the number of live cases of...
