Questions like this once seemed confined to the pages of science fiction. But they have now become a realistic possibility, thanks to rapid developments in genetic technologies over the past 70 years.

The Royal Society has announced ten Science Community Grants to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) organisations across the UK. The organisations will work to inspire students in ...

Discover our collection catalogues, digital resources as well as blog posts, videos and images. Our print store is also available here. The Royal Society supports activities in the history of science ...

Are you a passionate early career researcher with a clear vision to carry out your own research? Are you ready to lead an independent research group? Do you have a need for flexibility that would ...

The Industry Fellowship is part of the Royal Society's wider Science and Industry Programme, which strives to promote the value and importance of science by connecting academia, industry and ...

The Short Industry Fellowships scheme is open to talented researchers, especially early career researchers, in academia or industry in the UK. The aims of the scheme are to: Support mobility of ...

Early career research fellowships are at the heart of the Royal Society’s funding. This includes the University Research Fellowship, Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship and Sir Henry Dale Fellowship. To help ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to bring significant societal and economic benefits, but could also cause considerable harm or disruption to people’s lives. The ethics of AI involves ...

Susana Magallon is an evolutionary biologists interested in the evolutionary processes that determine flowering plant distinctiveness and diversity, and their vast species richness. She has ...

Over 90 outstanding researchers from across the world have this year been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. This year’s cohort includes pioneers ...

Fragomen LLP was commissioned by the Royal Society to collect data for a 2025 update to previous analyses (2019, 2021 and 2024) on upfront immigration costs in the UK and 17 other leading science ...

To tackle plastic pollution and its negative consequences prevention is, and should remain, the priority. Over-emphasis on clean-up interventions could divert attention away from more systemic ...