More or less ethical
19 November 2015The ethics of a person’s negotiating tactics may differ according to the nationality of the other party to the negotiation, according to a new study.
Evolution website sets out to tackle great scientific unknowns
18 November 2015Ever wondered if a fly can ride a bicycle, or whether you could survive only on water? A new website on evolution, created by Cambridge scientists and featuring contributions from luminaries including Sir David Attenborough, has some intriguing answers.
How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries
18 November 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, Y is for Yak: an animal that is an integral part of high-altitude livelihoods throughout the Himalayas, Tibet and Central Asia.
Endurance descendants to mark centenary by completing ancestor’s unfinished business
18 November 2015The family of the chief scientific officer from Ernest Shackleton’s famous Endurance expedition are to mark its centenary by completing part of his intended route to the South Pole and by digitising unpublished journals kept by their ancestor, James Wordie.
Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure
17 November 2015People diagnosed with schizophrenia who are prone to hallucinations are likely to have structural differences in a key region of the brain compared to both healthy individuals and people diagnosed with schizophrenia who do not hallucinate, according to research published today.
Given in evidence
17 November 2015How do we get better at taking the research knowledge from our science and engineering base and turning it into technologies, industries and economic wealth? The Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy aims to give policymakers the information they need to provide effective support for emerging technologies and industries.
‘Fourth strand’ of European ancestry originated with hunter-gatherers isolated by Ice Age
16 November 2015Populations of hunter-gatherers weathered Ice Age in apparent isolation in Caucasus mountain region for millennia, later mixing with other ancestral populations, from which emerged the Yamnaya culture that would bring this Caucasus hunter-gatherer lineage to Western Europe.
Opinion: Why cats are fussy eaters but dogs will consume almost anything
13 November 2015Hannah Rowland (Department of Zoology) discusses why different animals have different tastes when it comes to food.
Understanding the Paris Climate Summit
13 November 2015An event taking place next week in Cambridge will highlight some of the key scientific, technological and policy issues relevant to the Paris climate summit which begins later this month.
Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in the short term
12 November 2015A new report by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) reveals that global investment portfolios could lose up to 45 per cent as a consequence of short-term shifts in climate change sentiment.
