R.Science podcast

This month's episode is a climate science special, as the Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences release a joint publication outlining the evidence for and causes of climate change, offering an accessible overview of climate-change science. In this episiode, find out more about this joint report from the lead UK scientist, discover to what extent – if any – extreme weather events experienced here in the UK can be attributed to climate change, and find out what we may be able to do to mediate and prepare for further impacts of climate change. 0:35 Professor Eric Wolff FRS talks about the joint Royal Society and National Academy of Sciences publication 4:25 Youba Sokona discusses the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 7:31 Professor Mark Pelling talks about the difficulties in what can and can't be attributed to the effects of climate change 9:35 Professor Georgina Mace CBE FRS discusses the options we have to deal with climate change in the future 14:21 Professor Saiful Islam talks about his work in computational chemistry and how this can assist in our efforts to live a little 'greener'. Listen to this episode

This month, we give you an insight into the various types of public events we hold at the Royal Society throughout the year. These cover a wide range of topics, from space to microbiology. Find out more about the giant planets in one of our  Café Scientifique discussions, discover whether we are losing or winning against the spread of infectious diseases through a public lecture and get a peek at the future of the internet with one of our award winners. 01:13 Dr Christopher Arridge talks about the giant planets of the solar system 06:17 Professor Christopher Dye FRS on the fight against infectious diseases 13:21 Dr Serge Abiteboul, winner of the Milner Award, on the web and computer science 17:37 Professor Chris Dye tells us why science? Listen to this episode

This month, we’re look at some of the skills scientists can develop outside of their labs, which can help them in their careers. You can hear from participants in two of the training courses we run, on media skills and leadership effectiveness. We also handed the microphone over to some budding scientists, who had had the chance to “Ask a scientist” some questions themselves. Finally, we caught up with participants in the Royal Society’s Pairing Scheme, which matches research scientists with MPs, senior civil servants and Lords. 00:45 Dr Vardis Ntoukakis and Dr Elisa Antolin tell us about their experience at the Royal Society Media Skills training day. 05:20 We hear from recent attendees at the Royal Society’s residential training course in Leadership Effectiveness at Chicheley Hall. 12:52 Students from Brittania Village School interview Chris Harrison from the University of Durham, 17:29 Students from Wimbledon College interview Paul Kirk, a mathematician from Imperial College. 20:22 We catch up with scientists and MPs taking part in the Royal Society Pairing Scheme. Listen to this episode

In this month’s episode we’re highlighting the achievements of women in science – hearing from Professor Margaret Brown on mathematics...

This month we celebrate our 50th episode of the R.Science podcast. Every episode we ask one of our guests, “Why...

In this month’s episode we have a trio of Fellows; Bill Bryson tells us how the Royal Society helped America...

This month we take a closer look at the Royal Society’s activities in education. We hear from students, teachers and...

In the July edition of R.Science, we bring you some highlights of this year’s Summer Science Exhibition and discover more...

In R.Science this month we find out how plastic solar cells may give people in the developing world easier access...

In this episode of R.Science, we hear highlights of Professor Brian Cox’s lecture that packed the Royal Society to the...

In this episode, we ask if growing old is an illness, hear about the potential of stem cells to treat...

March 2013 - Spring Smörgåsbord In this episode, we will find out why our fingers wrinkle in the bath, the science of British Sign Language, and what a former President of the Royal society thinks about the role scientists can play in science education. 00:28 Sir Martin Rees, former PRS, on SCORE and science education, 05:55 Professor Gordon Plotkin, winner of the 2012 Royal Society Milner Award, on the symantics of programming language, 08:58 Professor Bencie Woll, on British Sign Language, 16:47 Dr Tom Smulders, Biology Letters paper author, on wrinkly fingers, 21:02 Sir Martin Rees, answers why science?

February 2013 - The Secret Life of Life In this episode, we will span both the big and small, finding out more about our solar system and our genes. We hear about a mission to find life on one of Saturn’s moons and a quest to find the secrets of life and disease inside the human genome. 00:20 Professor Michele Dougherty, Discovery of a dynamic atmosphere at one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus. (Public Lecture) 04:16 Dr Ewan Birney, What can we learn from our genes? (Café Scientifique) 08:24 Professor Adrian Bird, Genetic, Epigenetics and disease. (The Royal Society GlaxoSmithKline Prize lecture) 11:30 Prof. Dougherty: Why science?

January 2013 - Happy new year from the Royal Society In the first episode of 2013 we present a scientific smörgåsbord of recent Royal Society happenings. We look inside volcanoes at a Café Scientifique and into ponds with a school benefitting from one of our Partnership Grants. We also hear from some of our University Research Fellows and an author from one of our recent journals. (00:35) Thames Ditton Junior School. (02:28) What's going on inside volcanoes? Dr Alison Rust. (06:24) University Research Fellows: Chris Aldridge (UCL) and Eddie Cussen (University of Stratchlyde). (12:20) Why Science? Professor Michael Elphick (Queen Mary, University of London)

December 2012 - Science in Industry and Romance in Chemistry In this month’s episode: hear from the winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, find out about our forthcoming Year of Science and Industry and explore the new Royal Society exhibition: Romantic Chemistry. (00:16) James Gleick, winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. (02:21) Simon Campbell, Year of Science and Industry coordinator. (04:48) Professor Tim Leighton, winner of The Brian Mercer Award for Innovation in 2011. (06:19) Professor Vincent Walsh, Royal Society Industry Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL. (09:25) Romantic Chemistry with Martyn Poliakoff, chemist and foreign secretary of the Royal Society.