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Global AMR review sets out plan to minimise threat of superbugs
An extensive review of the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) led by Lord Jim O’Neill has concluded by setting out a plan to prevent medicine ‘being cast back into the dark ages’ and requiring investment of $30 billion dollars. An extensive...
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Help scientists monitor flying ants this summer
Flying ants often seem to appear on the same day in different locations in the UK – flying ant day. However, last year the long warm summer led to several waves of flying ants. How will this year's frequent rain and slow-to-start summer affect them?...
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Gene Jockeys: Life Science and the Rise of Biotech Enterprise
Nicolas Rasmussen Johns Hopkins University Press, £23.99 Nicolas Rasmussen Johns Hopkins University Press, £23.99 Gene Jockeys explores the first medical biotechnology success stories, giving an insight into the people, techniques and politics that...
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In the wrong place at the wrong time
How do we define if a species is native or non-native? Anne Goodenough looks at the challenges ecologists face when deciding what 'belongs' where The Biologist 63(4) p20-23 The translocation of species from their native range to new environments is an...
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Engineering with algae
Understanding how diatoms create their amazingly intricate shells could revolutionise a range of industries, from nanotechnology to computing. However, despite massive interest, the process remains deeply mysterious, as Tom Ireland explains The...
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RSB announces Science Communication Award winners
Dr Louise Hughes MRSB (Oxford Brookes University) and Hephzi Tagoe MRSB (University College London) have been named as the winners of the Royal Society of Biology's Science Communication Awards 2016. The Royal Society of Biology is delighted to...
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Experts debate implications of using DNA to predict cancer
A panel of experts and almost 300 members of the public discussed the scientific and ethical issues surrounding our ability to predict cancer at The Royal Institution in London last night. A panel of experts and almost 300 members of the public...
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Could legalising the trade in rhino horn save the species?
Sustainable horn harvesting could ensure rhino are worth more alive than dead The Biologist Vol 63(6) p7 Like the leopard, lion and elephant, white and black rhinos are part of Africa's 'big five' and are under increasing threat. They are hunted...
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Invisible air pollution becoming harder to detect
Air pollution causes millions of premature deaths globally. Unlike the thick London smogs of the mid twentieth century, today's air pollution episodes have become ‘more invisible’ and are less obvious to those affected, according to experts gathered at...
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How to...Find an internship
Science graduates looking for work are increasingly required to show they have additional skills on top of their degree. Sarah Maddocks MRSB has some practical advice for biologists wanting to intern while they study The Biologist 63(6) p28-30 In the...
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PM highlights science and innovation success among objectives for Brexit negotiations
Today the Prime Minister set out the Government's negotiating objectives for exiting the EU. Today the Prime Minister set out the Government's negotiating objectives for exiting the EU. The Prime Minister's speech specifically mentioned science and...
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RSB responds to Stephen Metcalfe's science priorities for Brexit statement
The Royal Society of Biology responded today to the latest report on science priorities for Brexit, by Stephen Metcalfe MP, chair of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. The Royal Society of Biology responded today to the latest statement on...
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RSB responds to the formation of the new Government
The formation of the new Government by the Conservative Party with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party is now underway. The formation of the new Government by the Conservative Party with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party is now...
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RSB announces winner of the Established Researcher Science Communication Award 2017
University of the West of Scotland Lecturer Dr Fiona Menzies, aged 34, has been awarded the Established Researcher Science Communication Award 2017. University of the West of Scotland Lecturer Dr Fiona Menzies, aged 34, has been awarded the Established...
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Science and Technology Select Committee calls for early deal for science
The Science and Technology Committee has published its report on Brexit, science and innovation, following a consultation to which the RSB responded, and the Brexit: Science and Innovation summit which chief executive Dr Mark Downs FRSB attended as a...
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Standing room only at 30th Parliamentary Links Day
Prime Minister Theresa May has sent a letter of thanks to the RSB and the wider scientific community as part of the 30th Parliamentary Links Day. Prime Minister Theresa May has sent a letter of thanks to the RSB and the wider scientific community as...
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Winners of RSB Outreach and Engagement Award 2018 announced
The winners of this year’s Royal Society of Biology outreach and engagement awards have been announced. The two winners of this year’s Royal Society of Biology outreach and engagement awards have been announced. The RSB outreach and engagement awards...
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Lyme: The First Epidemic Of Climate Change
Mary Beth Pfeiffer Island Press, £20.99 Lyme disease was first described from symptoms that arose in a number of patients in the vicinity of Lyme, Connecticut, in the 1970s. By 2015, the number of cases in the US had risen to 380,000 a year. In 2006,...
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Biology Week 2018: Bioscientists discuss inclusion and diversity at Policy Lates
The RSB’s Policy Lates series returned for this year’s Biology Week, with an event entitled #BiosciencesforAll – Paving Pathways for Diversity. The RSB’s Policy Lates series returned for this year’s Biology Week, with an event entitled...
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Making it personal
Public health advice, especially on what to eat, often seems contradictory or hard to follow. Sam Lane and Siân Astley say the answer is personalised dietary advice based on based on a range of information and data from smart devices The Biologist...
