College Breweries: when drinking ale at University was safer than sipping tap water
22 Aug 2017From a College brewery to 3D photography, there’s lots to discover behind the scenes in Cambridge libraries in Open Cambridge 2017
A-Level results day 2017 #GoingToCambridge
17 Aug 2017We highlight some of the students who are celebrating today and looking forward to coming to Cambridge.
Study identifies dinosaur ‘missing link’
16 Aug 2017A ‘Frankenstein’s monster’ dinosaur may be the missing link between two major dinosaur groups, plugging what was previously a big gap between them.
Domestic abuse ‘workshops’ reduce repeat offending and harm to public – study
16 Aug 2017First UK experiment on policing domestic abuse finds fewer men reoffending against partners – and reoffenders causing less harm to victims – when mandated to attend charity-run discussion course. Researchers call on Government to approve rollout of programme across England and Wales.
'Precarious scheduling' at work affects over four million people in UK – far more than just zero-hours
16 Aug 2017Analysis of EU survey data suggests millions in UK may suffer anxiety as a result of unpredictable management-imposed flexible working hours. Research in supermarkets finds workers ‘begging’ for extra hours, and feeling they are being punished with last minute shift changes.
Tributes paid to an exceptional student killed in terror attack
15 Aug 2017PhD student Tammy Chen 'embodied the values of Cambridge' and strove to help women around the world.
Meadow of dancing brittle stars shows evolution at work
14 Aug 2017Newly-described fossil shows how brittle stars evolved in response to pressure from predators, and how an ‘evolutionary hangover’ managed to escape them.
India Unboxed at Open Cambridge’s 10th Anniversary weekend
11 Aug 2017The city celebrates its links with India throughout the Open Cambridge weekend.
Open Cambridge celebrates its 10th Anniversary
08 Aug 2017Tickets go on sale next week for the city’s hugely popular heritage weekend, Open Cambridge, which runs from 8-9 September and is celebrating its tenth year with the biggest and most ambitious programme of events ever.
DNA from Viking cod bones suggests 1,000 years of European fish trade
07 Aug 2017New research using DNA from the fish bone remains of Viking-era meals reveals that north Norwegians have been transporting – and possibly trading – Arctic cod into mainland Europe for a millennium.
