This section contains announcements about some of the articles in the Society's journals.
Latest journal news
19 Jun 2013
Journal of the Royal Society Interface
Researchers have found that applause spreads like a 'disease’ though an audience, with applause duration often not connected to the quality of the performance, as reported in Journal of the Royal Society Interface today.
29 May 2013
Biology Letters
New research published today in Biology Letters reveals that men are significantly better than women at assessing someone’s body size from the sound of their speech.
22 May 2013
Open Biology
Research published in Open Biology today identifies, for the first time, nearly all the genes required for reproduction of a cell in a living organism
15 May 2013
Biology Letters
A paper published in Biology Letters today reveals a new species of ichthyosaur (a dolphin-like marine reptile from the age of dinosaurs) which revolutionises our understanding of their evolution and extinction.
24 Apr 2013
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
New research shows that the human brain has higher levels of asymmetry than chimpanzees. This may be what elevates our cognition above that of other primates, according to the paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B today.
17 Apr 2013
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
The small brain size of Homo floresiensis has been precisely measured for the first time, and the surprising results imply that Homo floresiensis may have been dwarfed Homo erectus.