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The Royal Society is a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
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    Aug 29, 2024
    The Royal Society David Attenborough Award and Lecture is awarded to Professor Hannah Fry for her prolific science communication activity as the foremost populariser of maths in the country who continues to inspire young people to pursue maths and physics in fun and exciting
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    Dec 22, 2022
    Born #OnThisDay in 1887 was Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Though he had very little formal training, his work was substantial, often using methods that were completely novel. In 1918 he became one of the youngest Fellows of the Royal Society. bit.ly/3hHJE0N
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    Sep 29, 2019
    The European Organization for Nuclear Research (@CERN) was officially established #OnThisDay in 1954. CERN is home to the Large Hadron Collider - the worldโ€™s largest and most powerful particle accelerator: bit.ly/2lfLCs6
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    Feb 12, 2020
    In 1809 #OnThisDay, the great Charles Darwin was born. Here's Sir David Attenborough describing Darwin as "the founding father of scientific zoology and botany". See the full video here bit.ly/39oXjQB #EarlyScience #TheOriginOfSpecies #CharlesDarwin #DarwinDay #Science
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    Jan 23, 2019
    "Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it." Gertrude B Elion ForMemRS, inventor of immunosuppressant drugs, born #OnThisDay in 1918 bit.ly/2Hl5sYj #WomenInSTEM
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    Jun 10, 2024
    Professor Anthony Fauci ForMemRS becomes a Foreign Member of the Royal Society. He was a key advisor to seven Presidents on global HIV/AIDS issues and on preparedness against emerging infectious disease threats, and served as the Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden.
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    The Royal Society
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    Jun 23, 2020
    Born #OnThisDay in 1912 was Alan Turing FRS. Celebrated as "Father of computer science, mathematician, logician, wartime codebreaker, victim of prejudice", he made foundational contributions to artificial intelligence & theoretical biology during his short career.
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    The Royal Society
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    Dec 25, 2020
    Born #OnThisDay in 1642 was one of the greatest and most infuential scientific minds in history, Sir Isaac Newton PRS.
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    The Royal Society
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    May 8, 2018
    Happy birthday to a true inspiration, Sir David Attenborough FRS, 92 today ow.ly/g3kd30jEyTe
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    Jan 20, 2018
    It's everybody's favourite day, #PenguinAwarenessDay! So it's important to know your penguins. Spot them too ow.ly/oVrJ3083ctL (Pic - @PepomintNarwhal)
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    The Royal Society
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    Dec 25, 2019
    Today, the Royal Society pays tribute to a man born #OnThisDay who changed the world. Happy birthday, Isaac Newton FRS, born today in 1642.
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    The Royal Society
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    Aug 19, 2019
    John Flamsteed FRS, the first Astronomer Royal was born #OnThisDay 1646. His accomplishments include a 3,000-star catalogue, Catalogus Britannicus, and a star atlas called Atlas Coelestis, the establishment of the Royal Observatory and the first observations of Uranus
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    The Royal Society
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    May 8, 2017
    Happy birthday to a true inspiration, Sir David Attenborough FRS, 91 today ow.ly/ckbT30bwg9G
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    Jan 8, 2018
    Happy birthday, Professor Stephen Hawking FRS! The inspirational British theoretical physicist turns 76 today. Here's a fantastic archive pic from 1976 ow.ly/kcS230hDE8e