Solomon Schechter (1847-1915): a Jewish polymath with a gift for friendship
20 November 2015The Jewish scholar Solomon Schechter is best remembered for his work on the Cairo Geniza. A conference this Sunday will explore the wider impact of...
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The Jewish scholar Solomon Schechter is best remembered for his work on the Cairo Geniza. A conference this Sunday will explore the wider impact of...
Jacob Dunn (Division of Biological Anthropology) discusses why sperm are the most diverse cells found among animals.
Hugh Hunt (Department of Engineering) discusses whether we could directly engineer the climate and refreeze the poles.
The ethics of a person’s negotiating tactics may differ according to the nationality of the other party to the negotiation, according to a new study.
Ever wondered if a fly can ride a bicycle, or whether you could survive only on water? A new website on evolution, created by Cambridge...
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, Y is for Yak: an animal that...
The family of the chief scientific officer from Ernest Shackleton’s famous Endurance expedition are to mark its centenary by completing part of his intended route...
People diagnosed with schizophrenia who are prone to hallucinations are likely to have structural differences in a key region of the brain compared to both...
How do we get better at taking the research knowledge from our science and engineering base and turning it into technologies, industries and economic wealth?...
Populations of hunter-gatherers weathered Ice Age in apparent isolation in Caucasus mountain region for millennia, later mixing with other ancestral populations, from which emerged the...