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New associate director of parliamentary and public affairs to join the RSB
The RSB has appointed Susie Rabin, head of policy and campaigns at the Motor Neurone Disease Association, to the new role of associate director of parliamentary and public affairs. The RSB has appointed Susie Rabin, head of policy and campaigns at the...
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Cultural revolution
Professor Andrew Whiten FRSB explores the emerging evidence of ‘animal culture’ and its importance in evolution February 21st 2022 In the lush forests of Costa Rica, white-faced capuchins typically engage in busy, often frantic-looking foraging and...
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No time to waste
International environmental goals and dedicated sustainability teams are needed to reduce the impact of bioscience on the organisms and ecosystems we study, writes Marta Rodríguez-Martínez February 21st 2022 In the last few decades the speed of...
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The parallel pandemics
Paediatrician Dr Thomas Williams looks at how measures designed to restrict the spread of COVID-19 are causing unpredictable disease dynamics in common childhood respiratory diseases such as RSV 9th December 2021 In recent years a paradox has emerged...
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Why do humans crave flavour?
The human craving for rich flavours has been a largely unacknowledged and unexamined force in our evolution, according to a new book that explores the concept of ‘deliciousness’ in nature May 31st 2021 When Rob Dunn, an evolutionary biologist, and...
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A framework for the future
Jeremy Pritchard and Libby John explain the importance of the RSB’s new recommendations for school biology education in the UK 13th December 2021 With issues such as climate change, emerging diseases, antibiotic resistance, food security and...
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The future of genetic tech: Crops for a carbon-neutral world
With time running out to create agriculture that can sustainably feed people on this planet, Richard B Flavell CBE FRSB argues that now is the time to define and set global targets for the development of new high-yield and sustainable crops September...
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The future of genetic tech: delivering benefits for all parts of the world
Matthew Venezia and Kate M Creasey Krainer FRSB on the inequity of genetic engineering’s impact so far September 8th 2021 As the UK Government consults on the regulation of genetic technologies, The Biologist has commissioned a group of new articles...
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Bioscience must treat climate change for the global emergency that it is
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown what biology can do in a crisis. Can we focus efforts and resources in the same way for climate change? June 1st 2021 To date, 1,921 jurisdictions and local governments in 34 countries – covering 826 million citizens –...
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Time to put ‘Krebs’, ‘Calvin’ and other such monikers to bed?
Biologists should be consistent and descriptive in our terms for biological phenomena – and phase out confusing eponymous names for good 13th December 2021 Many years ago I recall our A level biology curriculum covered metabolic pathways that were...
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Renaming Krebs
Biologists should be consistent and descriptive in our terms for biological phenomena – and phase out confusing eponymous names for good 13th December 2021 Many years ago I recall our A level biology curriculum covered metabolic pathways that were...
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Tickets for the Ark: From wasps to whales – how do we choose what to save?
Rebecca Nesbit Profile Books, £14.99 Rebecca Nesbit is an ecologist and author who is particularly interested in the dilemmas that occur when the science of conservation clashes with our values, or when people have different ideas about what kind of...
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Make a Difference
This careers resource was jointly developed by the Biochemical Society, British Ecological Society, British Pharmacological Society, Microbiology Society, Society for Experimental Biology, Royal Society of Biology and The Physiological Society....
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Ten ways to make online exams work in STEM
Online exams allow students to search the internet for answers and even collude – but with creative design and some key considerations, they can still be a valuable tool for assessing understanding, write David Smith and David Coates September 5th 2022...
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Closing the digital loophole
Adam McCarthy looks at how to link open and widely-shared digital genetic sequences with the ecosystems and nations where they are found in nature September 12th 2022 Adam McCarthy is the RSB’s policy intern and a PhD student at the University of...
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The digital loophole
Adam McCarthy looks at how to link open and widely-shared digital genetic sequences with the ecosystems and nations where they are found in nature September 12th 2022 Adam McCarthy is the RSB’s policy intern and a PhD student at the University of...
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Ten ways to make online exams work in STEM
Online exams allow students to search the internet for answers and even collude – but with creative design and some key considerations, they can still be a valuable tool for assessing understanding, write David Smith and David Coates September 5th 2022...
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How Birds Live together – Colonies and Communities in the Avian World
Marianne Taylor Princeton University Press, £25.00 People live together in large gatherings in cities, and some birds do too. Whether in our own cities alongside and around us, or in their own massive colonies, perhaps by the sea; roosting overnight in...
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RSB announces Winners of its Outreach and Engagement Award 2022
Two outstanding bioscience researchers have been recognised with this year’s Outreach and Engagement awards. Two outstanding bioscience researchers have been recognised with this year’s Outreach and Engagement awards. The RSB Outreach and Engagement...
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Species big and small feature in this year’s Nancy Rothwell Award winning entries
The winning and highly commended entries for this year’s Nancy Rothwell Award have been announced, including specimen drawings of an African elephant, Javan rhinoceros, and blue poison dart frog. The winning and highly commended entries for this year’s...
