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20/08/2026

that mosquitos kill more people than snakes, dogs, bears, sharks and spiders combined? Here's one unconventional way scientists are trying to stop the spread of malaria.

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19/08/2026

You might know Beatrix Potter as the creator of Peter Rabbit and his anthropomorphic friends. But did you know she was also an accomplished mycologist?

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18/08/2026

There's only one place in the universe that we know of that harbours life: the Earth's biosphere. Cecilia Reed delves deeper.

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17/08/2026

Was Caroline Herschel the first woman to be paid as a scientist? And how did she navigate the male-dominated world of 18th century science?

16/08/2026

Did you know that every time you look up at the stars, you're looking millions of years into the past?

15/08/2026

How do the batteries that power our modern electric cars actually work?

14/08/2026

Could you be putting forever chemicals into your home every time you clean your floor? Professor Mark Miodownik explains.

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13/08/2026

Did you see the yesterday? Here's how a solar eclipse helped confirm Einstein's general theory of relativity.

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Photographic glass plates of a total solar eclipse made 151 years ago during a Royal Society expedition to Thailand have...
12/08/2026

Photographic glass plates of a total solar eclipse made 151 years ago during a Royal Society expedition to Thailand have been rediscovered in the archives of the Royal Astronomical Society in London, and returned to their home in our library just in time for this evening's latest solar eclipse.

“Librarians always like loans to be returned – even over a century late! (no fines are due…),” said Keith Moore, Head of Library at the Royal Society.

https://royalsociety.org/news/2026/08/total-solar-eclipse-1875/

11/08/2026

Here's what machine learning programs like mean for players around the world, including the top professionals. Demis Hassabis FRS explored this at our recent event on the future of science with with the Foundation.

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