Chris O' Rourke

And the Oscar goes to...

25 February 2012

French silent film The Artist won best picture at Sunday night's Academy Awards. Chris O’ Rourke from the Faculty of English looks at the resurgence...

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The Blind Beggar and his Grand-daughter

Benefiting from history

24 February 2012

A Cambridge academic’s research into the final days of the Old English Poor Law has thrown up some remarkable parallels to today’s welfare state –...

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From left: Bill Adams, Bruno Monteferri, Chris Sandbrook

Games for nature

24 February 2012

Can digital games and virtual worlds help us save nature? Conservation scientists Bruno Monteferri, Chris Sandbrook and Bill Adams explore whether computer gaming is a...

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How quickly things spread

20 February 2012

Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in populations is the key to controlling them. If the UK was facing a flu pandemic, how could we...

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