Larger wine glasses may lead people to drink more
07 June 2016Selling wine in larger wine glasses may encourage people to drink more, even when the amount of wine remains the same, suggests new research from...
Opinion: Droughts and floods: India’s water crises demand more than grand projects
06 June 2016Bhaskar Vira (Department of Geography and University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute) discusses ways of dealing with the crisis affecting India’s water resources.
Opinion: How the British military became a champion for language learning
06 June 2016Wendy Ayres-Bennett (Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics) discusses the impact of the military's new language policy.
Women and people under the age of 35 at greatest risk of anxiety
06 June 2016Women are almost twice as likely to experience anxiety as men, according to a review of existing scientific literature, led by the University of Cambridge....
Opinion: Ancient Greeks would not recognise our ‘democracy’ – they’d see an ‘oligarchy’
03 June 2016Paul Cartledge (Faculty of Classics) discusses what the ancient Greeks would think of our democracy.
Waterworld: can we learn to live with flooding?
03 June 2016Flash floods, burst riverbanks, overflowing drains, contaminants leaching into waterways: some of the disruptive, damaging and hazardous consequences of having too much rain. But can...
Squeezing out opal-like colours by the mile
03 June 2016Researchers have devised a new method for stacking microscopic marbles into regular layers, producing intriguing materials which scatter light into intense colours, and which change...
Opinion: Uncertain, nostalgic, uncomfortable and bewildered: a portrait of the older Brexit backer
02 June 2016Geoffrey Edwards (Department of Politics and International Studies) discusses what motivates some people to support Brexit.
Opinion: Accurate science or accessible science in the media – why not both?
02 June 2016Michael Gaultois (Department of Chemistry), Joshua Conrad Jackson (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill), Ian Mahar (Boston University), and Jaan Altosaar (Princeton University) discuss why much reporting on...
Genetic switch that turned moths black also colours butterflies
02 June 2016Heliconius butterflies have evolved bright yellow colours to deter predators, while peppered moths famously turned black to hide from birds. A new study reveals that...