Winner of the 2023 Royal Society Science Book Prize announced

------=_Part_253520391_539558946.1702546886518 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_253520392_1719945583.1702546886518" ------=_Part_253520392_1719945583.1702546886518 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [ =C2=A0 =C2=A0 **Public newsletter =C2=A0 [ **Winner of the 2023 Science Book Prize announced Renowned science writer, Ed Yong, has been named the winner [= ociety.org/news/2023/11/book-prize-winner-announced/] of the 2023 Royal Soc= iety Trivedi Science Book Prize for An Immense World: How Animal Senses Rev= eal the Hidden Realms Around Us. =C2=A0 Yong said on his win: =E2=80=9CI feel greatly honoured that my book has bee= n added to the parade of incredible books that I have watched win this priz= e. This is a book about animals for their own sake - a book about curiosity= and empathy." =C2=A0 Catch-up on this year's award ceremony on our YouTube channel [.= youtube.com/watch?v=3Df00nrFAJLk0]. Read more [ d/] =C2=A0 ---------- [ for-life-most-easily-to-clustered-planets/] **Comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets=C2=A0 New research [ ] published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, suggests that bouncing c= omets could transport vital life ingredients to other planets. Comets, trav= eling through space at speeds=C2=A0exceeding 20 kilometres per second, face= a challenge in preserving=C2=A0these crucial ingredients upon collision. T= he survival of these elements relies on the comets' ability to slow down du= ring impact. Existing theories suggest that Earth might have received simil= ar ingredients from comets in the past, due to its trajectory through the c= ompact planetary system, enabling it to slow down by 5 to 10 kilometres per= second. Read more [ gredients-for-life-most-easily-to-clustered-planets/] =C2=A0 ---------- [ ] **Announcing the winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography competi= tion 2023 Returning for the first time since 2019, the prize celebrates the power of = photography to convey scientific phenomena happening all around us. =C2=A0 This is exemplified in this year=E2=80=99s overall winner, =E2=80=98Martian= landscape=E2=80=99 by Irina Petrova Adamatzky, which captures the steel-bl= ue iridescence of the plasmodial slime mould, Lamproderma scintillans, popu= lating the surface of a decomposing autumnal leaf. View all finalists [ /photo-competition/] ---------- =C2=A0 Image credits Announcing the winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography competiti= on 2023: Martian landscape=C2=A0=C2=A9=C2=A0Irina Petrova Adamatzky. Comets could deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets: Comet.=C2=A0= =C2=A9 Pixabay, Buddy_Nath. Winner of the 2023 Science Book Prize announced: Ed Yong.=C2=A0=C2=A9 Liz N= eeley. =C2=A0 [ [ [ [ View in browser [ e0bab04105a83b71157ca3bf87/5/769/960fbc9f-d12a-4f15-b237-b9a96bb1f892] Did someone forward you this email? 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This is a = book about animals for their own sake - a book about curiosity and empathy.= " =C2=A0 Catch-up on t= his year's award ceremony on [our YouTube channel](3D"=). [Read more](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"An](3D") Comets cou= ld deliver building blocks for life to exoplanets=C2=A0 = [New research](3D") published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A= em>, suggests that bouncing comets could transport vital life ingredients t= o other planets. Comets, traveling through space at speeds=C2=A0exceeding 2= 0 kilometres per second, face a challenge in preserving=C2=A0these crucial = ingredients upon collision. The survival of these elements relies on the co= mets' ability to slow down during impact. Existing theories suggest that Ea= rth might have received similar ingredients from comets in the past, due to= its trajectory through the compact planetary system, enabling it to slow d= own by 5 to 10 kilometres per second. [Read more](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 [3D"An](3D") Announcing the winner of the Royal Society Publishi= ng Photography competition 2023 = Returning for the first time since 2019, the prize c= elebrates the power of photography to convey scientific phenomena happening= all around us. =C2=A0 This is exemplified in this year=E2=80=99s overall w= inner, =E2=80=98Martian landscape=E2=80=99 by Irina Petrova Adamatzky, whic= h captures the steel-blue iridescence of the plasmodial slime mould, La= mproderma scintillans, populating the surface of a decomposing autumna= l leaf. [View all finalists= n>](3D"=) = =C2=A0 =20 = Image credits= Announcing the winner of the Royal Society Publishing P= hotography competition 2023: Martian landscape=C2=A0=C2=A9=C2=A0Irina Petrova Adamatzky. Comets could deliver = building blocks for life to exoplanets: Comet.=C2=A0=C2=A9 Pixabay, Buddy_N= ath. Winner of the 2023 Sc= ience Book Prize announced: Ed Yong.=C2=A0=C2=A9 Liz Neeley. = =C2=A0 =20 =20 3D" 3D" 3D" 3D" [View in browser](3D"=) Did someone forward y= ou this email? [Sign up](3D"=) [Update preferences= a> |](3D")[Unsubscribe](3D") [Privacy Policy](3D") Please note: = if you unsubscribe from all emails, but you are a Fellow or Research Fellow= , you will stil= l receive emails about your fellowship or award. =C2=A0 =C2=A9 The Royal Soci= ety | Registered Charity No 207043 ------=_Part_253520392_1719945583.1702546886518-- ------=_Part_253520391_539558946.1702546886518--