With input from members, the RSB recently responded to a trio of consultations on the direction, needs and priorities for UK research, including plans for a British version of US research agency DARPA
Despite the best intentions of engineers and technologists, the trillions of micro aerial vehicles required to do the job of bees and other pollinators would be an ecological disaster
Universities have done well to adapt to COVID-19 this year using virtual learning – but ultimately, we must ensure students graduating over the next few years are comfortable and competent working in laboratories, writes Professor David Coates
Laura Bellingan explores responses to an RSB survey that found three-quarters of UK researchers have had to abandon or suspend research due to COVID-19
Jonathan Carruthers discusses how the first phase of recovery measures has focused on saving businesses and jobs, but the next phase must help save our environment
Rhiannon Kirton explains the isolating experience of being black and working in the natural sciences, and how she hopes momentum from a new online campaign can create positive change
Dr Rebecca Nesbit asks whether prejudiced language is getting in the way of sound ecological decision-making
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