Dreaming polar lands with the haunted and damned
31 October 2012The Scott Polar Research Institute invites you to take a trip through the psychic hinterlands of Polar exploration for this year’s Festival of Ideas –...
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The Scott Polar Research Institute invites you to take a trip through the psychic hinterlands of Polar exploration for this year’s Festival of Ideas –...
Cambridge team which developed method to generate liver cells from skin cells has formed a new company to supply stem cell products to the drug...
Corpses sold for dissection by body snatchers helped improve understanding of how the human body worked, according to a new book that brings together archaeological...
At the 2012 Conservative Party conference, new Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced plans to amend the criminal law to ensure that even householders who react...
Researchers have offered a convincing new theory which explains why children believe that they are invisible when they cover their eyes.
The renowned pianist, conductor and musicologist, Robert Levin, arrives in Cambridge this week, where he will give a series of lectures and recitals that take...
Understanding how the numbers add up in relation to risk can help us deal with our own uncertainty, as David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the...
A panel discussion for the Festival of Ideas examines whether social media giants are profiting from our willingness to share the most intimate details of...
On Monday (29 October) the Fitzwilliam Museum will host an opera that will take the audience on a surprising tour of some of its greatest...
Why does Britain need a National Risk Register (NRR)? To understand what the risks are and how to improve resilience, explains John Tesh, the Cabinet...