Alice through the ages: revisiting a classic at 150
14 September 2015A five-day programme of events at Homerton College, Cambridge, will celebrate the publication, 150 years ago, of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Here, Dr Zoe...
London Tube strike produced net economic benefit
14 September 2015New analysis of the London Tube strike in February 2014 finds that it enabled a sizeable fraction of commuters to find better routes to work,...
Neural circuit in the cricket brain detects the rhythm of the right mating call
11 September 2015Delay mechanism within elegant brain circuit consisting of just five neurons means female crickets can automatically detect chirps of males from same species. Scientists say...
Facebook data suggests people from higher social class have fewer international friends
10 September 2015New study using Facebook network data, including a dataset of over 57 billion friendships, shows correlation between higher social class and fewer international friendships. Researchers...
Paying farmers to help the environment works, but ‘perverse’ subsidies must be balanced
09 September 2015First analysis of effectiveness of agri-environment schemes measured at a national level suggests that they work, but are still a drop in the ocean compared...
The owl and the wind turbine: how stealth feathers could help reduce noise pollution
09 September 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, O is for Owl, the researchers using their wing structure...
Motion dazzle: spotting the patterns that help animals outsmart predators on the run
09 September 2015A new online game is helping researchers explore whether high-contrast patterns during motion, such as stripes and zigzags, help to protect animals from predators.
Cod bones from Mary Rose reveal globalised fish trade in Tudor England
09 September 2015New analysis shows warship’s dried fish provisions were sourced from as far away as Icelandic and possibly even transatlantic waters. Researchers show how boom in...
Linguistics study reveals our growing obsession with education
08 September 2015As children around the country go back to school, a new comparative study of spoken English reveals that we talk about education nearly twice as...
What is a monster?
07 September 2015In the outrage that erupted when an American dentist killed a lion, the trophy hunter was branded a 'monster'. Natalie Lawrence, a PhD candidate in...