The day they nearly banned the bomb
26 September 2016New book overturns assumptions on Reagan/Gorbachev 1986 summit, claims new book on 30th anniversary.
Professor Stephen Toope appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
26 September 2016Today (7 October), international law scholar and university leader Professor Stephen Toope was appointed as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Professor Toope will take over from Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz on 1 October 2017.
The fall and rise of Native North America
26 September 2016The story of Native North America – from its vast contribution to world culture, to the often taboo social problems of drinking, gambling and violence – is the subject of a sweeping new history by a Cambridge academic and authority on the subject.
Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain
26 September 2016In the first of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at Cambridge, Sarah Colvin, Schröder Professor of German and Head of the Department of German and Dutch, argues that learning languages is key to understanding how people think and plays a major role in social cohesion.
Opinion: More women are running the world, so why aren't more men doing the dishes?
23 September 2016The number of women in global leadership positions continues to increase, but the change seems one-sided, writes Dr Alice Evans (Geography) on The Conversation website. So why are men not picking up more of the housework?
Bookings open for Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2016
23 September 2016The Festival runs from 17-30 October with over 200 events, mostly free, on everything from the future of Europe to the continuing relevance of Shakespeare.
Trophy hunting of lions can aid in conservation, but overhaul of system is required, say researchers
23 September 2016New research has found that controlled trophy hunting of lions can actually help conserve the species, but only in areas where hunting companies are given long-term land management rights.
'Extreme sleepover #18' – rebuilding earthquake-shattered Christchurch
22 September 2016Kristen MacAskill describes how an earthquake in her hometown served to influence her career as an engineer.
Unprecedented study of Aboriginal Australians points to one shared Out of Africa migration for modern humans
21 September 2016The first significant investigation into the genomics of Aboriginal Australians has uncovered several major findings about early human populations. These include evidence of a single “Out of Africa” migration event, and of a previously unidentified, “ghost-like” population spread which provided a basis for the modern Aboriginal cultural landscape.
Ancient ‘trace’ in Papuan genomes suggests previously unknown expansion out of Africa
21 September 2016Several major studies, published today, concur that virtually all current global human populations stem from a single wave of expansion out of Africa. Yet one has found 2% of the genome in Papuan populations points to an earlier, separate dispersal event – and an extinct lineage that made it to the islands of Southeast Asia and Oceania.
