Why we just can't stop eating: the complex truth behind obesity
23 July 2018Obesity is often characterised as nothing more than greed and lack of willpower. The truth is far more complex.
Thatcher papers for 1988 reveal her 'deep enthusiasm' for the single market
21 July 2018Margaret Thatcher’s infamous Bruges speech – which helped to coin the phrase ‘Euroscepticism’ – was never intended to be an anti-European diatribe, according to newly-released...
Six Cambridge academics elected to prestigious British Academy fellowship
20 July 2018Six academics from the University of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences.
Loneliness is contagious – and here's how to beat it
16 July 2018One in three adults is affected by loneliness. It's time for us to take a risk and let others into our lives, says Olivia Remes,...
Underdogs, curses and ‘Neymaresque’ histrionics: Cambridge University Press reveals what’s been getting us talking this World Cup
13 July 2018Cambridge University Press has revealed the results of its global study into the language used around the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Bridging the divide: philosophy meets science
12 July 2018A unique three-year project to bridge the divide between science and philosophy – which embedded early-career philosophers into some of Cambridge’s ground-breaking scientific research clusters...
Baby’s sex affects mother’s metabolism and may influence risk of pregnancy-related complications
12 July 2018The sex of a baby controls the level of small molecules known as metabolites in the pregnant mother’s blood, which may explain why risks of...
Legislating labour in the long run – how worker rights help economies
12 July 2018Researchers have built the single largest dataset of employment laws – spanning more than 100 countries across much of post-war history – to look at...
Cambridge partners with industry leaders to fund research on global sustainability challenges
11 July 2018The Prince of Wales Global Sustainability Fellowship Programme represents a multi-million-pound commitment from the private sector to accelerate progress on UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Making sense of cancer’s ‘big data’ problem to revolutionise patient care
10 July 2018A new institute at the University of Cambridge aims to revolutionise cancer care by using cutting edge analytics to maximize the use of big data...