[ARCHIVED CONTENT] The Royal Society: Welcome

Welcome to the Royal Society

The Royal Society is a fellowship of 1400 outstanding individuals who represent all areas of science, engineering and medicine and who form a global scientific network of the highest calibre. It exists to expand knowledge,support science and guide policy in the UK, the Commonwealth and all over the world.

New research uncovers startling relationship between childhood events and pregnancy 10 November 2010 New research suggests that women who experience stressful events early on in life tend to become pregnant at a much younger age than women who have more stable upbringings.
Seven days in science - 8 November 2010 08 November 2010 The next talk in the series Science and the Maritime Nation: 350 years of the Royal Society and the Royal Navy, on the topic of Arctic Science, takes place on 11 November 2010.
Cooling the world with crops 08 November 2010 Europe and North America’s massive agricultural plantations could be harnessed to cool the globe in the face of global warming according to Dr Joy Singarayer, speaking at the Royal Society's Discussion Meeting: Geoengineering - taking control of our planet's climate.

More background can be found on the Science News pages.

New vaccines for global health 15 November 2010 at 6-9 Carlton House Terrace: Organised by Professor Adrian Hill and Professor Brian Greenwood FRS
Opening the information floodgates: the technologies and challenges of a web of linked data 16 November 2010 at 6-9 Carlton House Terrace: Professor Nigel Shadbolt FREng University of Southampton
Disease Invasion: Impacts on Biodiversity and Human Health - Joint Symposium 18 November 2010 at The Meeting Rooms, The Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY: A joint two-day Zoological Society and Royal Society symposium, organised by Andrew Cunningham (Institute of Zoology, ZSL), Peter Hudson FRS (Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at The Pennsylvania State University) and Andrew Dobson (Princeton University).

Search for events by type and period in the Events diary.

UK-China-Netherlands Frontiers of Science 18 October 2010
From Sunday 8 November to Wednesday 11 November 2009, 75 of the best and brightest early-career scientists from the UK, China and the Netherlands met for a Frontiers of Science symposium in Beijing. This report summarises some of the key issues and findings that resulted from the symposium.
Climate change: A Summary of the Science 30 September 2010
A short guide to the science of climate change. The document summarises the current scientific evidence highlighting the areas where the science is well established, where there is still some debate, and where substantial uncertainties remain.
'State of the nation' - science and mathematics education 5-14 07 July 2010 This is the third project in our 'state of the nation' series, focused on the period from primary school to the beginning of GCSE or equivalent subject choices.

More reports can be found on the Policy reports pages.

Professor Uta Frith