Parent Carer Scientist celebrates the diversity of work-life patterns of scientists across the UK, showcasing different approaches to maintaining successful careers alongside responsibilities as parents and carers. Read their stories: #AndAScientist royalsociety.org/topics-policy/… Professor Adele Marston and Professor Paul Palmer believe that cultural shifts, including the introduction of shared parental leave, have changed things for the better. From juggling shifts to finding roles, here’s their family journey: #AndAScientist
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This #AdaLovelaceDay, read about the 10 most influential women in British science history, as chosen by leading female scientists: royalsociety.org/topics-policy/… Ada Lovelace herself was an English mathematician, regarded as the world's first computer programmer. #AdaLovelaceDay celebrates the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. findingada.com/about/who-was-…

Throughout this #BlackHistoryMonth, we'll be adding to the thread below and highlighting the achievements of the Black scientists, mathematicians and engineers who have made their impact on the modern world. Physicist Edward Bouchet was the first African-American to earn a PhD from any American university, earning his doctorate from Yale in 1874. He was among the first 20 Americans to receive a PhD in physics. #BlackHistoryMonth bit.ly/3lCFSSF

New Royal Society climate briefings outline what two IPCC special reports mean for the UK. They examine the links between land and climate change, and the warming climate’s effects on the oceans and ice-covered parts of the Earth: bit.ly/2qbRZiN #IPCC Sea level change will be one of the major impacts of climate change on the UK. @theCCCuk has said that the UK’s current coastal adaptations are insufficient considering sea level rise of at least 1m is a “near certainty” – perhaps before 2100.

#OnThisDay in 1867, Marie Curie was born. Curie became the first woman to win a @NobelPrize, she is the only woman to win twice and the only person to have been awarded the prize in two different sciences. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie and physicist Henri Becquerel for their work on radioactivity. She won the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of radium and polonium.

Today is #AdaLovelaceDay, which celebrates the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths. Follow our thread to uncover the stories of some of the most influential women in British science history... Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) was the first woman to earn a living as an astronomer and the first to win a Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society. #AdaLovelaceDay

You can learn more about her in our film from #InternationalWomensDay:

The UK could be #CarbonNeutral by 2050, meeting its #ParisAgreement targets, according to a new report from The Royal Society and @RAEngNews. Here are 8 technologies and approaches that could be vital (a thread) royalsociety.org/greenhouse-gas… Forestation – whether it’s replacing lost trees or creating new forests, this technique means more trees. Better management could remove as much as 12 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide per year.

Announcing our newly elected Fellows - leading scientists from across the world ow.ly/Otqt30jUjZ5 #RSFellows Tracy Palmer is a professor of molecular microbiology @dundeeuni & one of the co-discoverers of the bacterial Tat protein secretion system ow.ly/sHRX30jUlWM #RSFellows

Today, we are celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering & maths ow.ly/rR2u30fLxVd #AdaLovelaceDay For #AdaLovelaceDay, we’ll be highlighting the many wonderful #womeninstem that help us understand the world today ow.ly/ehEe30fLzDU

We're announcing our 30th #scibooks winner on Sep 19. In the meantime, here's a run-down of our previous 29 winners ow.ly/KRmI30eUMJB Our first #scibooks winner in 1988 was @TheBMA 's Guide to Living With Risk @PenguinBooks ow.ly/KRmI30eUMJB