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...
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The 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...
Carlos Gonzalez Sierra is one of the new intake of Gates Cambridge Scholars, international postgraduates with a commitment to improving the lives of others.
We are in the midst of a “global learning crisis” according to UNESCO, with too many children worldwide learning little or nothing at school. A...
A “gutsy” Indian approach to innovation is being echoed worldwide by multinational companies adopting “frugal” approaches that help them do business faster, better and cheaper.
Evidence shows that experts are frequently fallible, say leading risk researchers, and policy makers should not act on expert advice without using rigorous methods that...
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, T is for Tasmanian Devil and the researchers studying...
A new study using extensive eyewitness accounts re-examines the causes and legacy of Angola's brutal 27-year civil war, once described by the United Nations as...
A new study finds that changing climate in the polar regions can affect conditions in the rest of the world far quicker than previously thought.
Simon Redfern from the Department of Earth Sciences discusses a study that has recreated the conditions experienced during the meteor strike that formed the Barringer Crater in Arizona.
The journey from a single fertilised egg cell through to a baby delivered crying into the arms of its mother is one of the most...