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Eloise Barber tells the story of Ariel 1, the first British satellite.

Fishers and scientists have been working together to understand why porpoises and dolphins become accidentally entangled in fishing gear. Authors of the recently published Royal Society Open Science article, 'First detailed insights into harbour porpoise behaviour during a bycatch event', tell us more.

Vida Milovanovic never dreamed she would be marking this year’s solar eclipse with the return of a slightly overdue loan...

Royal Society Lisa Jardine Grant recipient Nicole Salomone tells the story of Captain George William Manby FRS and his life-saving invention.

Eleven of the twelve Founder Fellows of the Royal Society signed the Charter Book - but who missed out? Rupert Baker investigates...

Newly-catalogued archives at the Royal Society link Thomas Pennant, Dr Johnson and Sir John Herschel's father-in-law, as Keith Moore explains.

Long Covid imposes a significant burden on public health systems and the economy throughout the world. A huge worldwide effort continues to understand how the condition is caused and to find effective treatments, and some potentially exciting advances have recently been made.

Philosophical Transactions A has recently published a theme issue on 'Safe, secure and robust AI for safety-critical systems’. In this blog post, Guest Editor Desmond J Higham tells us about some of the important research highlighted in this issue.

Ainsley Vinall examines the symbolism behind a late portrait of Isaac Newton in the collections of the Royal Society.

Virginia Mills finds ‘a beautiful and unbroken marriage of souls’ between two seventeenth-century Fellows of the Royal Society.

In this blog post, we share the top-cited articles of 2025, showcasing the breadth and impact of the research published across the Royal Society's journals.

In this blog, Guest Editors Sarah Brosnan, Stephanie Meirmans, Maurine Neiman, Guadalupe Peralta and Shalene Singh-Shepherd discuss the inspiration behind The other 1% Special Feature in Proceedings B, the importance of showcasing research from underrepresented regions, and what they learned from bringing this unique collection together.