Dating itself from 1660, the Royal Society of London originated with informal gatherings that began fifteen years earlier and then received its Royal Charter in 1662 as one of the first institutions devoted to the advancement of science. It has been...

The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a learned society for science that was founded in 1660 and claims to be the oldest such society still in existence. Although a voluntary body, it...

Royal Society The following have been elected new Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society: FELLOWS: Professor Michael Akam, Cambridge University; Professor James Binney, Oxford University; Professor Brice Bosnich, University of Chicago, USA; Professor Cyrus Chothia, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology,...

Metals and the Royal Society. By D.R.F. West and J.E. Harris. ISBN 1861250282.Lon, IOM Communications Ltd. 1999.Hardcover. 787 pages. $80. When Walter Rosenhain, on the eve of the First World War, published his revolutionary book, An Introduction to Physical Metallurgy, he defined his...

The notes of 17th-century researcher Robert Hooke were posted on the Internet on Monday, opening an online window into the man who helped drive Britain's scientific revolution and laying bare his professional rivalries with the likes of Sir Isaac Newton.The notes, lost for centuries before...

British police and animal welfare authorities rescued 84 neglected horses Wednesday from a farm where they had found 31 dead horses, ponies and donkeys, officials said.Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals officials were called to the farm in Amersham, 35 miles west...