Outlaws, trolls and beserkers: meet the hero-monsters of the Icelandic sagas
22 October 2015Rebecca Merkelbach (Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic) discusses the monstrous heroes of Scandinavian mythology and literature.
The astronomer and the witch – how Kepler saved his mother from the stake
22 October 2015Ulinka Rublack, Professor of Early Modern European History, discusses the reputation of astronomer Johannes Kepler and his mother Katharina, and the criminal trial for witchcraft...
What is a unicorn’s horn made of?
21 October 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, U is for Unicorn. Despite being notoriously...
… dot, dot, dot: how the ellipsis made its mark
21 October 2015We avoid them in formal writing but they pepper our emails … In 'Ellipsis in English Literature', Dr Anne Toner explores the history of dots, dashes...
From Chinese milk to Indian chocolate, behind the world’s fast-expanding markets
21 October 2015Khaled Soufani (Cambridge Judge Business School), Mark Esposito (Grenoble Ecole de Management and Harvard University) and Terence Tse (i7 Institute for Innovation and Competitiveness, ESCP...
Man with a Bouquet of Plastic Flowers
20 October 2015Almost 40 years have passed since Bhupen Khakhar painted one of the most iconic paintings in the history of Indian modern art. Dr Devika Singh...
New microscopic imaging technology reveals origins of leukaemia
19 October 2015Scientists at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research at the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology have taken advantage...
Not a drop to drink
19 October 2015A major research collaboration is looking at how small towns in the hills of India and Nepal are coping with increasing demand for water: who...
New graphene based inks for high-speed manufacturing of printed electronics
19 October 2015A low-cost, high-speed method for printing electronics using graphene and other conductive materials could open up a wide range of commercial applications.
The Sea-Pie and the sad sailor
16 October 2015The idiosyncratic diaries of one man’s voyage from Liverpool to India, and the exquisite painted souvenirs he bought there, are among the treasures to be...