Talkin' 'bout a revolution: how to make the digital world work for us
03 October 2016The digital revolution is one of the great social transformations of our time. How can we make the most of it, and also minimise and...
Ten thousand reasons to celebrate Open Access at Cambridge
03 October 2016The University of Cambridge has received its 10,000th Open Access submission – highlighting its commitment to making research freely available to anybody who wants to...
'Extreme sleepover #19' – Living beside Uruguay’s ‘Mother Dump’
30 September 2016In a new podcast, Patrick O’Hare describes his time with the clasificadores – the families who scavenge Montevideo’s pungent ‘wastescape’ to recover and classify anything that...
Use of body-worn cameras sees complaints against police ‘virtually vanish’, study finds
29 September 2016Year-long study of almost 2,000 officers across UK and US forces shows introduction of wearable cameras led to a 93% drop in complaints made against...
Mediterranean diet could lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in the UK
29 September 2016Britons eating a Mediterranean diet could lower their risk of developing heart disease and stroke, according to research published in the open access journal BMC...
Harnessing the possibilities of the nanoworld
29 September 2016Scientists have long suspected that the way materials behave on the nanoscale – that is when particles have dimensions of about 1–100 nanometres – is...
The fall and rise of Native North America
26 September 2016The story of Native North America – from its vast contribution to world culture, to the often taboo social problems of drinking, gambling and violence...
Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain
26 September 2016In the first of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at Cambridge, Sarah Colvin, Schröder Professor of German and Head of the Department...
Opinion: More women are running the world, so why aren't more men doing the dishes?
23 September 2016The number of women in global leadership positions continues to increase, but the change seems one-sided, writes Dr Alice Evans (Geography) on The Conversation website....
Trophy hunting of lions can aid in conservation, but overhaul of system is required, say researchers
23 September 2016New research has found that controlled trophy hunting of lions can actually help conserve the species, but only in areas where hunting companies are given...