The myth of the Arab Spring
18 October 2011New research shows true picture of what and who is behind the political uprisings.
Open and transparent
18 October 2011An exciting venture dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and information, the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) is creating a worldwide ecosystem of searchable data and...
Who colour-coded Christmas?
18 October 2011The conventional colours of Christmas – red and green – are not, as many might suppose, a legacy of the Victorians. Instead, they hark back...
Microscopic marvels and grand designs
17 October 2011The best of University of Cambridge engineering has gone on show in the Department of Engineering's annual Carl Zeiss photography and video competition.
Past versus present in an age of progress: the Victorians
14 October 2011Interdisciplinary research has to be the answer when it comes to understanding the Victorians, writes Professor Simon Goldhill, one of the researchers involved in a...
Mental time-travel in birds
14 October 2011Certain types of birds may track army ant swarms using sophisticated memory and the ability to plan for the future.
A conservation leader in the making
13 October 2011Joy Juma, from Kenya, is among the first early-career conservation practitioners to take an innovative Masters programme at the University of Cambridge.
The meaning of emoticons
13 October 2011The emoticons used on Twitter are a language in themselves and are taking on new and often surprising meanings of their own, according to new...
The Creative Campus
13 October 2011Students ripped up their university exam papers in protest against established authority and in rejection of formal qualifications; a progressive sociologist assigned his students the...
Literature and Religion in Cheltenham
12 October 2011Professor David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity and Director of the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme, reflects on the first project in an exciting new venture, the...