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Revealed: face of 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from cave where species buried their dead

02 May 2024

A new documentary has recreated the face of a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal whose flattened skull was discovered and rebuilt from hundreds of bone fragments by a team of archaeologists and conservators led by the University of Cambridge.

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Everest mountaineer’s letters digitised for the first time

22 Apr 2024

Letters written by the famous mountaineer George Mallory have been made available to a global audience for the first time, in the centenary year of...

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Woman wrapped in white towel checking her breast for signs of cancer

Report highlights inequalities and hidden suffering among people living with breast cancer

15 Apr 2024

Many people with breast cancer ‘systematically left behind’, say researchers in Lancet Commission led by Professor Charlotte Coles.

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Prof. Rory Naismith holding a silver Byzantine coin in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Photo: Adam Page

An early medieval money mystery is solved

09 Apr 2024

Byzantine bullion fuelled Europe’s revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in...

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Britain industrialised much earlier than history books claim

05 Apr 2024

Millions of historical employment records show the British workforce turned sharply towards manufacturing jobs during the 1600s – suggesting the...

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Cancer's climate innovation

04 Apr 2024

An enzyme inspired by brain cancer DNA that has the potential to slash greenhouse gas emissions from the production of nylon won the 2024 Cambridge...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Anna Moore

26 Mar 2024

Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge and programme lead, Dr Anna Moore, discusses the NIHR BioResource’s national...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: George the Poet

25 Mar 2024

George the Poet is a spoken word performer whose innovative brand of musical poetry has won him critical acclaim both as a recording artist and a...

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Unveiling Darwin's treasures: specimens from historic voyage make television debut

21 Mar 2024

200-year-old plant specimens from the Voyage of the Beagle, held in the University's herbarium archives, make their television debut.

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Mixed fortunes at the 150th football Varsity

21 Mar 2024

A comprehensive win and a loss on penalties for Cambridge in the annual matches against Oxford.

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Carmen Palacios-Berraquero

Quantum leap

21 Mar 2024

Meet the brilliant founder and CEO of Nu Quantum, a Cambridge spinout paving the way for a new era of quantum computing.

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Tom McClelland

20 Mar 2024

Tom McClelland is a lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He will be speaking about his and...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Saleyha Ahsan

18 Mar 2024

Broadcaster and PhD student Dr Saleyha Ahsan, co-convenor of the CRASSH ‘Healthcare in Conflict’ research network, will chair a panel discussion...

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