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New President speaks out on challenges to science

Paul Nurse, the new President of the Royal Society has criticised those who put ideology ahead of evidence and called for smarter funding of UK science....

05 December 2025

‘Mesmerising’ close-up of spider silk threads wins Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025

A microscope image of two exceptional threads of silk from the Australian net-caster spider has been announced as the winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025....

04 December 2025

Portrait of Hannah Fry unveiled at Royal Society on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year

A portrait of mathematician and broadcaster Professor Hannah Fry commissioned by the Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific academy, has been unveiled on the final episode of Sky Arts Portrait...

03 December 2025
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