Grand designs: the role of the house in American film
27 May 2016It’s black and white, silent and just short of ten minutes in length. But D.W. Griffith’s 1909 classic The Lonely Villa inspired Dr John David...
On the life (and deaths) of democracy
26 May 2016The ‘life’ of democracy – from its roots in ancient Athens to today’s perverted and ‘creeping, crypto-oligarchies’ – is the subject of a newly-published book...
Cambridge app maps decline in regional diversity of English dialects
26 May 2016Regional diversity in dialect words and pronunciations could be diminishing as much of England falls more in line with how English is spoken in London...
Female meerkats compete to outgrow their sisters
26 May 2016Latest research shows subordinate meerkat siblings grow competitively, boosting their chance of becoming a dominant breeder when a vacancy opens up by making sure that...
A 100 million-year partnership on the brink of extinction
25 May 2016A symbiotic relationship that has existed since the time of the dinosaurs is at risk of ending, as habitat loss and environmental change mean that...
Opinion: How does a bike stay upright? Surprisingly, it’s all in the mind
24 May 2016Hugh Hunt (Department of Engineering) discusses how we manage to stay upright on a bicycle.
Opinion: GM crops already feed much of the world today – why not tomorrow’s generations too?
24 May 2016Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology) discusses how genetically modified crops could help solve the problem of food security.
Opinion: The flower breeders who sold X-ray lilies and atomic marigolds
24 May 2016Helen Anne Curry (Department of History and Philosophy of Science) discusses the history of our fascination with floral novelties.
Urgent action needed to close UK languages gap
24 May 2016The UK Government needs to urgently adopt a new, comprehensive languages strategy if it is to keep pace with its international competitors and reduce a...
Study finds little change in the IMF’s policy advice, despite rhetoric of reform
24 May 2016Researchers describe IMF as having an “escalating commitment to hypocrisy”, as study reveals that strict lending conditions have returned to pre-crisis levels, while ‘pro-poor’ targets...