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Nature 435, 396 (26 May 2005) | doi:10.1038/435396a; Published online 25 May 2005

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"The Royal Society today is a lazy institution, resting on its historical laurels... It is little more than a shrill and superficial cheerleader for British science."An editorial in The Lancet calls for the Royal Society to revamp its mission.