Manuscripts written in Syriac, an ancient language of the Middle East, are peppered with mysterious dots. Among them is the vertical double dot or zagwa elaya. A Cambridge academic thinks that the zagwa elaya is the world’s earliest question mark.
Veterinary research in Cambridge is spearheading a new generation of preventive methods to protect livestock from disease.
Forty 14 and 15 year olds from less privileged areas of Greater London will have the opportunity of experiencing life as Cambridge University maths students next week.
An online tool will help users predict trade-offs between the global commodities of energy, water and land.
Painter, author and filmmaker Andrew Lanyon seems to have achieved the impossible as he combines the histories of Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop and Cornish fisherman-turned-painter Alfred Wallis in the new exhibition at Kettle’s Yard.
A new book by a Cambridge University academic revisits one of the worst famines in recorded history. The Irish Famine of the 1840s had terrible consequences: 1 million people died and several million left Ireland. Today the world is watching as millions in Africa face a similar fate: starvation in the midst of plenty. Dr David Nally’s analysis of what happened in his native Ireland less than two centuries ago reveals some shocking parallels with what is happening in Africa.
The Royal Society, has announced the recipients of its 2011 awards, medals and prize lectures today (19 July 2011).
A “total immersion” event in Cambridge this weekend marks the climax of a conference examining the work of performers and their creative role in making music.
Sixth-formers meet college staff, students and alumnae to learn about the opportunities a university education creates
Dr Patricia Fara, Senior Tutor and Fellow of Clare College, has been awarded the prestigious 2011 British Society for the History of Science (BSHS) Dingle Prize for her book, Science: A Four Thousand Year History.
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