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The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· 6d

The Faraday Discovery Fellowships are now open for applications, long-term awards to support talented mid-career research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research. Find out more and register for our upcoming webinar: https://royalsociety.org/grants/faraday-discovery-fellowships/

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· 8d

There's still time to apply for our Entrepreneur in Residence scheme, which provides opportunities for enthusiastic industrial scientists and entrepreneurs to spend one day a week at a university developing a bespoke project. Applications close on Wednesday 19 August. #RSGrants bit.ly/3Q4QmiL

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· 14d

The APEX Awards are open for applications. Run in partnership with @britishacademy.bsky.social and @raeng.org.uk, and generously supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk, this scheme promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and supports outstanding curiosity-driven research. royalsociety.org/grants/apex-...

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· 15d

Why does one of the Royal Society's portraits of Isaac Newton contain a depiction of a snake eating its own tail, a symbol with alchemical connotations known as the ouroboros? Ainsley Vinall looks closer on our blog: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2026/07/snakes-and-leaders/

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· 17d

The SUSTAIN programme is open for applications. Delivered in collaboration with @acmedsci.bsky.social and supported by @raeng.org.uk, it supports women in research to develop leadership and career potential, and is open to award-holders from eligible schemes across the academies. bit.ly/4fenn5T

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· 20d

The SUSTAIN programme is now open for applications. Delivered in collaboration with @acmedsci.bsky.social and supported by @raeng.org.uk, it supports women in research to develop leadership and career potential, and is open to award-holders from eligible schemes across the academies. bit.ly/4fenn5T

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· 28d

Our University Research Fellowships are now open for applications. This scheme provides outstanding early-career scientists with the opportunity to build an independent research careers and pursue cutting edge scientific research. Find out more and apply now: royalsociety.org/grants/unive...

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jul 12

From the secret science behind baking your favourite cakes to the riddle of why animals sing, don't forget to check out our talks from the #SummerScience Exhibition, with more being released on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/4p5WaWj

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jul 7

Are you a neuroscientist or AI researcher with an interest in the nature of intelligence? Join us in Bristol for a residential scientific meeting examining how intelligence emerges in biological systems. You can also apply to present a poster at the meeting. royalsociety.org/science-even...

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jul 6

Are you an immunologist or environmental scientist with an interest in human health? Join our upcoming scientific meeting on the topic of the exposome and chronic inflammatory diseases. You can also apply to present a poster at the meeting. royalsociety.org/science-even...

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jul 3

Don't forget, you can catch up with featured talks from our #SummerScience Exhibition online! Get a taste of the delicious chemistry of baking, uncover the hidden chemistry of everyday life, and later this weekend experience 100 years of Sir David Attenborough: https://bit.ly/4p5WaWj

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jul 1

Our #SummerScience Exhibition is well and truly underway, celebrating cutting-edge, mind-blowing science from around the UK. With free entry all day every day until Sunday 5 July, plan your visit now: royalsociety.org/science-even...

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 30

In 'How to Change a Memory', Steve Ramirez draws on his own memories of friendship, family, loss and recovery to reveal how memory can be turned on and off like a switch, edited and even constructed from nothing. royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 30

Part mind-bending medical mystery, part cutting-edge science, 'Hidden Guests' by Lise Barnéoud uncovers the astonishing phenomenon of microchimerism: the presence of foreign cells inside our own bodies. royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 30

Cold-blooded, slippery, wet and strange: fish can be hard to think of as fellow animals and easier to consider as food. In 'Every Last Fish', Rose George takes will take you inside the global fishing industry and change your understanding of our aquatic neighbours: royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 30

Fred Pearce has been reporting from the frontline of climate change and environmental recovery for over four decades and what he has seen has given him reason for (cautious) hope. In 'Despite It All', Fred Pearce tells us why. royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 30

Need to focus? Want to lose weight? Build muscle? Get pregnant? Advice is just a click away. 'Bad Influence' by Deborah Cohen is about the commodification of health in an age of anxiety and why we can no longer distinguish medicine from marketing. royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 30

In 'The Age of Alchemy', Kit Chapman takes us on a global quest through the history of chemistry to achieve immortality, cure disease and transmute lead into gold as he reveals how the alchemists first broke new ground and shaped the scientific method. royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 29

Are you a physicist or earth scientist with an interest in planetary magnetism? Join our upcoming scientific meeting on the magnetic histories of Earth and other terrestrial objects. You can also apply to present your poster at the meeting. royalsociety.org/science-even...

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 29

From depictions of science on the silver screen to what black holes look like up close and the art and ingenuity of feathers, here's what you can expect from the packed line up of talks and activities at the #SummerScience Exhibition this week: https://bit.ly/4vzOTA2

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 27

It's nearly our #SummerScience Exhibition! The action kicks off with our adults-only Lates evening on Tuesday 30 June, including a live podcast recording from the New Scientist and the announcement of the Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026 shortlist. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4oUpIWW

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 24

The APEX Awards are now open for applications. In partnership with @britishacademy.bsky.social and @raeng.org.uk and supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk, the scheme offers independent researchers the opportunity to pursue genuine interdisciplinary research. Find out more: royalsociety.org/grants/apex-...

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 24

Paul Nurse PRS and Executive Director of the Royal Society Dame Julie Maxton visited Buckingham Palace yesterday to witness His Majesty The King signing a new page of the Charter Book in his capacity as the Society’s Royal Patron. royalsociety.org/news/2026/06...

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 21

On #WorldStereoscopyDay, explore the birth of 3D technology, pioneered by Professor Charles Wheatstone FRS in 1838 and developed by successive Fellows of the Royal Society: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/stereoscopy-the-birth-of-3d-technology-the-royal-society/pwWRTNS-hqDN5g?hl=en

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The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 20

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 19

Join our upcoming meeting in Manchester on 07-08 September as researchers gather to take a critical look at the past, present and future of causal set theory, and how it could transform our understanding of the early universe. Register now: https://bit.ly/4wEycoe

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 19

The call for entries for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize is still open. The Prize aims to promote literacy in under-14s and inspire them to read about science. Find out more about the #YoungSciBooks Prize here: https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/young-peoples-book-prize/

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 18

There are still priority tickets available for the #SummerScience Exhibition, which opens in less than two weeks time with a jam-packed Lates event on Tuesday 30 June and runs until Sunday 5 July. Book now: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/summer-science-exhibition/

Red promotional poster for the Royal Society's "Summer Science Exhibition" from June 30 to July 5, 2026. Includes illustrations of a lightning bolt, astronaut, and microbes. Text reads, "Free Event" and "Explore the Latest Science." Hashtag: #SummerScience.

The Royal Society@royalsociety· Jun 17

Professor Colin Kleanthous FMedSci FRS is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is a biochemist whose work has fundamentally changed our understanding of the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria. #RSFellows https://royalsociety.org/people/colin-kleanthous-38107/