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Alien Worlds: How Insects Conquered the Earth and Why Their Fate Will Determine Our Future
Steve Nicholls Head of Zeus, £35.00 One of the best reads I have undertaken in 2023, the author oozes knowledge and enthusiasm about all things insects. It’s no surprise when you read that Nicholls holds a PhD in dragonflies and has studied insects for...
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Sciences of the world unite
September 11th 2023 The RSB is increasingly working with learned societies and groups in other subjects to help effect system-wide change The RSB and its predecessor organisations have a long history of working to understand and further the interests...
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What are Cloud Labs?
If you could outsource all your lab work to machines that run 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, would you? Tom Ireland explores how a new generation of remote-operated labs can run your experiments while you sleep – and how they could change what it...
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Reports
Lambing time at Llysfasi 13 March 2024 We are standing in a chilly damp wind 265 metres up in the Clwydian Hills, looking down at the distant Llysfasi ‘campus’ over 100 m below. Despite the conditions we are totally engaged in listening to Dewi Wyn...
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RSB partners with CWP to present ‘Biology for a Better Tomorrow’
RSB is partnering with Content With Purpose (CWP) to produce a wide-ranging digital series celebrating the wonder of biology and its critical role in sustainable development. RSB is partnering with Content With Purpose (CWP) to produce a wide-ranging...
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Signs of Spring Survey
The Royal Society of Biology is working in partnership with the Field Studies Council to bring you the Signs of Spring survey 2025. Signs of Spring is a survey asking members of the public to record ten signs of Spring across the UK. We'd love you to...
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AI versus the human brain
6th December 2024 AI expert James V Stone puts the hyperbole about the future of artificial intelligence in context by reminding us that AI systems are not anything like human brains – yet Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers come in two broad...
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AI versus the brain
6th December 2024 AI expert James V Stone puts the hyperbole about the future of artificial intelligence in context by reminding us that AI systems are not anything like human brains – yet Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers come in two broad...
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‘Ethical, impactful and better science’
6th December 2024 From grimace guides to ‘virtual dogs’, Dr Genevieve Barr looks at 20 years of innovations to help replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research The way scientists plan, perform and publish biomedical research has changed...
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Reports
Feast of Yeast - from Brewing to Bioengineering On this lovely Saturday, our members and guests spent their time at the Wimbledon brewery where they were given a tour of the facilities by a member of staff, Vasileios. He described the brewing process...
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Black History Month: Biologist and activist Margaret Collins, AKA 'the termite lady'
Margaret Collins in 1991 pictured outside the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington D.C. Image courtesy of Herbert and Veronica Collins with thanks to Vernard Lewis. The Biologist explores the USA’s first Black...
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HUBS news and reports
Teaching & Learning Workshop Reports 2024 Enhancing effective and ethical engagement with AI: Preparing bioscience graduates for future workforce in AI led industry Intelligent Assessment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Workshop Developing My...
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Reports
Building a new woodland 27 April 2024 Members of the Northern Branch had an interesting, guided tour at Low Burnhall Woods, hosted by two volunteers from the Woodland Trust. Low Burnhall Woods is a patchwork of habitats comprising of ancient woodland,...
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RSB publishes manifesto appealing next Government to invest in the biosciences
The Royal Society of Biology has published its general election manifesto, demonstrating the importance of biosciences in the UK and setting out recommendations for the next Parliament to ensure the UK remains world-leading. The Royal Society of...
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The road to replacement
Genevieve Barr and Alice Carstairs explore the latest innovations and support to help scientists replace, reduce or refine the use of animals in research 20th February 2023 The 3Rs – replacement, reduction and refinement – are the principles that...
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The mysteries of milk
Far from being an easily synthesised mixture of nutrients, breast milk contains a multitude of microbes, stem cells and biological molecules that scientists are still trying to understand. Dr Natalie Shenker MRSB explores what we do and don't know...
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RSB Gopher Science Lab online training course for teachers now available
An interactive online training course covering hands-on science activities is now available through the RSB myLearning portal. An interactive online training course covering hands-on science activities is now available through the RSB myLearning...
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Food for thought
The Government’s National Food Strategy will be complex and challenging, spanning health, agriculture, the environment and many other areas relevant to biologists The Biologist 66(3) p6 Food. It’s pretty important stuff, when you think about it. We...
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The Motorcycle Diaries
For the last five years Janelle Kaz has combined her love of nature and motorcycles on a two-wheeled intercontinental conservation adventure. She gives The Biologist a taster of the latest leg of her trip, across Chile and Peru, where she meets groups...
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How to...find fossils
Grace Paget on why fossil hunting is fascinating work and not just for the experts The Biologist 62(4) p28-30 In December 2014, amateur fossil hunter Jonathan Bow made an astonishing discovery on the south Wales shoreline. He unearthed the first...
