#royalsociety — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #royalsociety, aggregated by home.social.
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: Asa Barber’s team at the University of #Portsmouth found that common #limpet #teeth are five times stronger than #spider #silk, making them the strongest known natural material.
Their goethite nanofiber #protein composite can withstand pressures comparable to turning #carbon into #diamond and could inspire synthetic materials.
#snails #science #biomimicry #nature #spiders #nanotechnology #goethite #biology #engineering #royalsociety #animals #wildlife #mollusks
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🛩️🪰 Male #dragonflies engage in aerial dogfights to defend territory, using simple visual rules like fighter pilots.
Researchers in the #UK used stereoscopic cameras to reconstruct 3D flight paths of the scarlet Trithemis aurora dragonfly. The #insects pull up to 6 Gs and compete for tail chase positioning rather than intercepting like they do with prey.
👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/dragonflies-maneuver-like-fighter-pilots/
#flight #biomechanics #animals #science #nature #biomimicry #drones #research #royalsociety #arthropods
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If you are in the London/UK area right now, #Euclid has an interactive exhibition at the #RoyalSociety #SummerScience exhibition. Open until Sunday 5 July. See you there!
https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/summer-science-exhibition/
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Fans Of Open Access, Unite: You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Chained Libraries
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CW: #astronomy #DOGE #MicheleDougherty #Musk #Raumfahrt #RoyalSociety #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Tesla #TheRoyalSociety #UK
#TheGuardian:
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The Royal Society was right to keep Elon Musk as a fellow, the UK’s new astronomer royal has said, adding there was a benefit to the private sector playing a role in space exploration.
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/01/royal-society-elon-musk-astronomer-royal-michele-dougherty1.8.2025
Don´t think so. Sad.
#astronomy #DOGE #MicheleDougherty #Musk #Raumfahrt #RoyalSociety #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Tesla #TheRoyalSociety #UK
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CW: #astronomy #DOGE #MicheleDougherty #Musk #Raumfahrt #RoyalSociety #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Tesla #TheRoyalSociety #UK
#TheGuardian:
"
The Royal Society was right to keep Elon Musk as a fellow, the UK’s new astronomer royal has said, adding there was a benefit to the private sector playing a role in space exploration.
"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/01/royal-society-elon-musk-astronomer-royal-michele-dougherty1.8.2025
Don´t think so. Sad.
#astronomy #DOGE #MicheleDougherty #Musk #Raumfahrt #RoyalSociety #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Tesla #TheRoyalSociety #UK
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CW: #astronomy #DOGE #MicheleDougherty #Musk #Raumfahrt #RoyalSociety #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Tesla #TheRoyalSociety #UK
#TheGuardian:
"
The Royal Society was right to keep Elon Musk as a fellow, the UK’s new astronomer royal has said, adding there was a benefit to the private sector playing a role in space exploration.
"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/01/royal-society-elon-musk-astronomer-royal-michele-dougherty1.8.2025
Don´t think so. Sad.
#astronomy #DOGE #MicheleDougherty #Musk #Raumfahrt #RoyalSociety #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Tesla #TheRoyalSociety #UK
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CW: #astronomy #DOGE #MicheleDougherty #Musk #Raumfahrt #RoyalSociety #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Tesla #TheRoyalSociety #UK
#TheGuardian:
"
The Royal Society was right to keep Elon Musk as a fellow, the UK’s new astronomer royal has said, adding there was a benefit to the private sector playing a role in space exploration.
"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/01/royal-society-elon-musk-astronomer-royal-michele-dougherty1.8.2025
Don´t think so. Sad.
#astronomy #DOGE #MicheleDougherty #Musk #Raumfahrt #RoyalSociety #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Tesla #TheRoyalSociety #UK
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CW: #astronomy #DOGE #MicheleDougherty #Musk #Raumfahrt #RoyalSociety #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Tesla #TheRoyalSociety #UK
#TheGuardian:
"
The Royal Society was right to keep Elon Musk as a fellow, the UK’s new astronomer royal has said, adding there was a benefit to the private sector playing a role in space exploration.
"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/aug/01/royal-society-elon-musk-astronomer-royal-michele-dougherty1.8.2025
Don´t think so. Sad.
#astronomy #DOGE #MicheleDougherty #Musk #Raumfahrt #RoyalSociety #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Tesla #TheRoyalSociety #UK
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Paper by @brembs et al - unfortunately I cannot yet find co-authors or the Royal Society itself on Mastodon! Timely to follow the excellent recommendations & principles articulated here...
#WalkTheTalk #RoyalSociety #OpenScience #OpenAccess #Fediverse