Genes discovered that enable birds to produce the colour red
20 May 2016Latest research suggests a new mechanism for how sexual displays of red beaks and plumage might be ‘honest signals’ of mate quality, as genes that...
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Latest research suggests a new mechanism for how sexual displays of red beaks and plumage might be ‘honest signals’ of mate quality, as genes that...
The importance of friendships and family support in helping prevent depression among teenagers has been highlighted in research from the University of Cambridge. The study,...
Jane Fleming (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) discusses attitudes to death among the very old.
Astronomers have found the first evidence of comets around a star similar to the sun, providing an opportunity to study what our solar system was...
Christian Hampel (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses Thomas Cook travel agency's battle with Victorian Britain's status quo.
Thomas Robert Malthus, who was born 250 years ago, became notorious for his ‘principle of population’. He argued that, because poverty was inevitable, some people...
Some of the final cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone were transmitted via unconventional routes, such as semen and breastmilk, according to the largest analysis...
Preliminary results from eight UK and US police forces reveal rates of assault against officers are 15% higher when they use body-worn cameras. The latest...
A contagious form of cancer that can spread between dogs during mating has highlighted the extent to which dogs accompanied human travellers throughout our seafaring...
World-leading universities can play an important role in strengthening African research, writes Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Relations Eilis Ferran