From Pulp to Fiction: our love affair with paper
17 March 2016It may seem strange to describe paper as technology, but its arrival in England in about 1300 was a pivotal moment in cultural history. That...
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It may seem strange to describe paper as technology, but its arrival in England in about 1300 was a pivotal moment in cultural history. That...
Genetic tests that provide an estimate of an individual’s risk of developing diseases such as lung cancer and heart disease do not appear to motivate...
Katharina Karcher (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages) discusses Germany's regional elections, which saw major gains made by the right-wing populist party.
Observation of the point at which proteins associated with Parkinson’s disease become toxic to brain cells could help identify how and why people develop the...
Makoto Takahashi (Department of Geography) discusses the impact of the Fukushima disaster and Japan's nuclear-liability laws.
Giles Yeo (MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit) discusses the origins of lactose intolerance.
Olivia Remes (Cambridge Institute of Public Health) discusses the rise of individualism and social media, and how to tackle narcissism.
Some people with high levels of ‘good’ high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are at increased risk of coronary heart disease, contrary to earlier evidence that...
We know a lot about food but little about the food choices that affect the nation’s health. Researchers have begun to devise experiments to find...
Some of the world’s most valuable books and manuscripts – texts which have altered the very fabric of our understanding – will go on display...