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Goats, game show hosts, eyeballs and pirates are going to help the next generation of engineers win places at leading universities, thanks to a new...

Previously believed to be only man-made, a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism has been discovered in a common insect - showing that...

A new centre for the study of children's literature, which will analyse material ranging from classics such as Alice In Wonderland to Disney films...

Cambridge academics have been honoured for their outstanding contribution to astronomy by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).

Greater Manchester Police are to field test a new Cambridge University initiative to cut crime by focusing police officers on "pressure points" known...

Nicola Clayton, Professor of Comparative Cognition, has collaborated with the world-famous Rambert Dance Company to produce a contemporary dance...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Aberystwyth University have created a "robot scientist" which the researchers believe is the first...

Froghoppers, the champion jumpers of the insect world, can leap 100 times their body length by using a structure similar to an archer's bow.