105 science academies release joint statement ahead of Rio summit
Population growth and global consumption must be addressed urgently, says the IAP, the body representing the world’s 105 scientific academies. In a rare joint statement signed by all 105 bodies, scientists across the globe call for “urgent and coordinated action” to address “two of the most profound challenges to humanity”. Population and consumption will be…
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Global Scientific trends – a new report
The UK’s Royal Society has just published Knowledge, Nations and Networks, a major new report on the “Global Scientific Landscape”. This is a long report (114 pages) in two sections, setting out the global scientific landscape and the state of international scientific collaboration. Several aspects have grabbed the media’s attention: China ‘to overtake US on science’…
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The UK’s Royal Society celebrated its 350th anniversary a few days ago on November 30th. The anniversary year has been celebrated in spectacular fashion over the last 12 months, with hundreds of lectures, exhibitions, discussions and outings over the whole of the UK. The celebrations came to a finale on Tuesday with the publication of…
Läs mer350 years of the Royal Society
The Royal Society celebrates its 350th anniversary this year. And it is inviting the whole of society – not just its elite scientists – to celebrate too. Here are just a few ways the RS is celebrating with the wider community…. Local heroes No need to chase all the way down to London to hear a…
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