Graeme Gooday
History of science
7 mins
Medallist yet not a Fellow?
Did the award of a Hughes Medal to Hertha Ayrton in November 1906 imply overdue recognition for women in scientific research? Not quite, as guest blogger Graeme Gooday argues鈥�
Sir Anthony Finkelstein CBE FREng FRS
News and views
6 mins
How university finances really work
Rupert Oulton
News and views
6 mins
Serving the academy beyond science
Keith Moore
History of science
4 mins
Spirited away
William Benjamin Carpenter FRS was a fierce critic of the 'epidemic delusion' of spiritualism - but the spirits came for him in the end, as Keith Moore relates...
B艂a偶ej Ku藕ma
Publishing
4 mins
Reading the flicker: what the Sun tells us about distant stars
Philosophical Transactions A has recently published a theme issue on 'Transferable mechanisms in the oscillatory processes of solar and stellar flares'. In this blog post, Guest Editor B艂a偶ej Ku藕ma explains how the Sun is helping us make sense of flares on stars we may never see close up.
Ann Campbell
News and views
6 mins
Increasing your visibility
Jonathan Flint
News and views
5 mins
Interacting with Industry
Louisiane Ferlier
History of science
5 mins
Under pressure
Louisiane Ferlier looks back to the days when 蘑菇视频 ran the Met Office.
Shewly Choudhury
News and views
5 mins
Getting to know your funder
Magdalena Skipper
News and views
6 mins
Getting to know your publisher
Callum Shoosmith
Publishing
2 mins
Investing in integrity
This Open Access Week, we ask: what does it cost to uphold research integrity in scholarly publishing?
Jon Bushell
History of science
5 mins
Closed cases
Jon Bushell tells the story of the oldest natural history museum in the Americas, which closed its doors to the public at the end of September.