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Report backs government-funded older people's advice service

Analysis of the FirstStop initiative reveals that the service saves money and improves quality of life.

Festival of Ideas begins!

Cambridge University's Festival of Ideas begins today (October 19).

7 billion: The crowded planet

On the eve of the world's population reaching 7 billion, leading minds discuss what the future holds for our increasingly crowded planet.

Food security: your questions answered

Over the past month, the University of Cambridge has been profiling research that addresses one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century - how to guarantee enough food, fairly, for the world's rapidly expanding population. As part of this, we asked whether you had a question that you wanted us to answer, and put them to a panel of academics who specialise in research to do with food security. Here's what they had to say. Thanks to everyone who sent questions in!

Cabbage gelder, cut throat of pigs, or man trap?

Faced with filling in the 2011 census form plenty of people will be tempted to put frivolous answers into the boxes asking for details about their lives. 200 years ago, a Norfolk vicar had similar ideas.

Large mammals declining in Africa's parks

African national parks such as Masai Mara and the Serengeti have seen populations of large mammals decline by up to 59 per cent, Cambridge researchers have warned.

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