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Proceedings of the Royal Society is the parent title of two scientific journals published by the Royal Society.

Originally a single journal, "Proceedings" was split into two separate journals in 1905;

The two journals are the Royal Society's main research journals.

Many celebrated names in science have published their research in Proc. R. Soc., including Dirac, Heisenberg, Maxwell, Rutherford and Schrödinger.

For more information about Proceedings of the Royal Society, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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Researchers reveal secrets of duck sex: It's all screwed up

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Female ducks have evolved an intriguing way to avoid becoming impregnated by undesirable but aggressive males endowed with large corkscrew-shaped penises: vaginas with clockwise spirals that thwart oppositely ...


Birds Call to Warn Friends and Enemies

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Birds' alarm calls serve both to alert other birds to danger and to warn off predators. And some birds can pull a ventriloquist's trick, singing from the side of their mouths, according to a UC Davis study.


Variable Temperatures Leave Insects wtih a Frosty Reception

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists at The University of Western Ontario have shown that insects exposed to repeated periods of cold will trade reproduction for immediate survival.





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Wiggling and waggling: Study sheds light on amazing bee brain

Wiggling and waggling: Study sheds light on amazing bee brain

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Their brains are tiny - about the size of sesame seeds - and yet the behaviour of the humble honey bee is so advanced it has scientists scratching their heads in disbelief.


Flying dinosaur controversy resolved

Flying dinosaur controversy resolved

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (17) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research appears to have ended a scientific debate that has vexed palaeontologists for almost 100 years.


Earliest toothless bird found

Earliest toothless bird found

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of bird from the Cretaceous period in China has been identified. It had toothless upper and lower jaws, and provides significant information on the diversification in the evolution ...


Climate change turns up heat on mushrooms

Climate change turns up heat on mushrooms

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that spring-fruiting fungi, including the morel and St George’s mushroom are fruiting nearly three weeks earlier than they did 50 years ago.


Think again about keeping little ones so squeaky clean

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 5

A new Northwestern University study suggests that American parents should ease up on antibacterial soap and perhaps allow their little ones a romp or two in the mud --- or at least a much better acquaintance with everyday ...


Brooding fishes take up nutrients from their own children

Brooding fishes take up nutrients from their own children

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In the pipefish, the male cares for the offspring. Apart from the ones he sucks the life out of. The discovery of filial cannibalism in the pipefish is now creating a stir in the research world.


Fish with attitude: Some like it hot

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coral reef fish can undergo a personality change in warmer water, according to an intriguing new study suggesting that climate change may make some species more aggressive.


Destruction spreads 'like a disease'

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- People have cleared more than a quarter of the world’s forests and half of its grasslands, according to a paper published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society by researchers from The University of Que ...



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