The polar explorer using Grime to break the ice
29 Jan 2020It’s not often someone compares the voices of seals to the sounds of space set to a Grime beat. But when he’s not monitoring seals from space...
Astronomers use ‘cosmic echo-location’ to map black hole surroundings
20 Jan 2020Material falling into a black hole casts X-rays out into space – and now astronomers have used the echoes of this radiation to map the dynamic...
Women in STEM: Angela Harper
02 Jan 2020Angela Harper is a PhD candidate at the Cavendish Laboratory, a member of Churchill College, and a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Here, she tells us about...
The climate scientist and the planet-sized problem
06 Dec 2019Dr Emily Shuckburgh is Director of Cambridge Zero, an ambitious new University climate change initiative aimed at transitioning to a zero carbon...
The plant scientist with a practical vision for Africa (and who wasn’t content to sit and drink tea).
17 Oct 2019Carol Nkechi Ibe discovered the hard way what it’s like to be bright and educated, and yet feel like you know almost nothing. The life science...
The student working to make education accessible to everyone
08 Oct 2019Final-year chemist Shadab Ahmed reflects on his sabbatical year as CUSU Access and Funding Officer, the importance of role models, and how increasing...
The neuroscientist hoping to slow down dementia and speed up Darwin
23 Aug 2019When she’s not on the river captaining the Darwin College Boat Club, PhD student Jessica Walsh is investigating a possible link between leaky blood...
The engineering student who gets his kicks from playing with the Pythons
03 May 2019When he’s not catching passes in the backfield and blocking the opposition, Kiran Singh Jolly – a running back with Cambridge University’s American...