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...
Ancient American dogs almost completely wiped out by arrival of European breeds
05 July 2018The arrival of Europeans to the Americas, beginning in the 15th century, all but wiped out the dogs that had lived alongside native people on...
Humans need not apply
05 July 2018Will automation, AI and robotics mean a jobless future, or will their productivity free us to innovate and explore? Is the impact of new technologies...
The Gaia Sausage: the major collision that changed the Milky Way
04 July 2018An international team of astronomers has discovered an ancient and dramatic head-on collision between the Milky Way and a smaller object, dubbed ‘the Sausage galaxy’....