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Biology Impacting Lives with ITN Productions
The Royal Society of Biology and ITN Productions Industry News have co-produced a news and current affairs-style programme Biology Impacting Lives, reporting on advances in biological sciences and the crucial impact they have on our everyday lives....
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War on the world
Tom Ireland explores the potential for environmental disaster in eastern Ukraine – and how the pollution and degraded landscapes of war drive further conflict May 23rd 2022 The Novhorodske phenol factory lies roughly 35km north of the city of Donetsk...
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Policy Profile: Dr Laura Marshall MRSB
The RSB’s head of science policy looks ahead to a busy year This Q&A appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of The Biologist (Vol 68 No 1) Can you explain what you do at RSB? I’m responsible for strategy, implementation and delivery of science policy...
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Outbreaks and Epidemics: Battling Infection from Measles to Coronavirus
Meera Senthilingam Icon Books, £8.99 Health journalist and researcher Meera Senthilingam's book is a well-timed introduction to the study of infectious disease, and an account of humanity's attempts to come to terms with such diseases. Published just...
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Carol Monaghan MP joins the RSB to discuss science funding and the need for more scientists in politics
RSB members were joined by Carol Monaghan MP to discuss spending cuts, policy work, and the activity of the Science and Technology Select Committee, as part of the RSB’s Engaging with Parliament event series. This Engaging with Parliament session...
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From Organoids to Gastruloids
Last year was hailed as 'the year of the organoid' as news of mini-brains, livers and intestines grown in the laboratory hit the headlines. Here, Dr David Turner explains the latest in vitro systems for modelling human development and disease,...
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Inside the killing jar
Why do entomologists kill so many insects? Professor Adam Hart discusses the ethics of entomology collections The Biologist 65(2) p26-29. Photos via NHM's Coleoptera Collection on Flickr. Standing in a back room of the Natural History Museum (NHM) in...
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Ten young biologists to receive travel grant funding from the RSB
Ten young biologists have received travel grants from the Royal Society of Biology to help support them in overseas research projects and field courses. Ten young biologists have received travel grants from the Royal Society of Biology to help support...
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Links Day 2017: Jo Johnson stresses Government commitment to science and announces funding for nuclear fusion project
The biggest science policy event in the Parliamentary calendar heard from Jo Johnson MP that the UK Government will continue to underwrite the Joint European Torus (JET) project post Brexit. The biggest science policy event in the Parliamentary...
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Biology Week 2018: MPs and biologists come together to celebrate Biology Week in Parliament
The annual Biology Week 2018 Parliamentary Reception took place on Wednesday evening, in partnership with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. The annual Biology Week 2018 Parliamentary Reception took place on Wednesday evening,...
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Cats on Camera
For the last 10 years, Susan Cheyne and her colleagues have been setting camera traps to find out more about Borneo’s elusive cat species. She tells The Biologist about the highs and lows of trying to capture images of these rare and endangered species...
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RSB welcomes formation of Life Sciences Council, but emphasises need for inclusion of more biosciences areas
A new Life Sciences Council, bringing together ministers, research and industry leaders, has met for the first time this week. A new Life Sciences Council, bringing together ministers, research and industry leaders, has met for the first time this...
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Entries into individual science GCSEs increase as reformed qualifications are awarded
Entries into individual science GCSEs in England have increased by 22.8% in biology, 19.2% in chemistry, 17.6% in physics, and 10.8% in computer science. Entries into individual science GCSEs in England have increased by 22.8% in biology, 19.2% in...
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‘People have found the strength to come out after reading other scientists’ stories’
Lauren Esposito on her campaign to make LGBTQ+ scientists more visible The Biologist 65(5) p7 I am queer and I’m a scorpion biologist. The first time I uttered this simple phrase into the depths of the internet was in June this year. I wasn’t sure what...
