A history of drink and drugs
01 May 2009A large interdisciplinary network is aiming to shed light on the practices, rituals and attitudes surrounding intoxication.
Stirring tails of evolution
01 May 2009Researchers in Cambridge are studying how the generation of fluid flow by organisms may have played a role in the evolution of biological complexity.
On the wings of a butterfly
01 May 2009Since Darwin’s time, Amazonian butterflies have intrigued biologists as examples of evolution in action.
In Darwin’s footsteps: the geology of the Galapagos
01 May 2009How did a fragment of lava set in motion a journey to the Galapagos 170 years after Darwin’s epic voyage?
Commemorating Darwin
01 May 2009David Norman, Director of the Sedgwick Museum examines Darwin’s early years and his links with Cambridge.
Displaying the foundations of evolutionary thinking
01 May 2009Collaboration between the University Herbarium and Microsoft Research Ltd has made a unique botanical collection available to a world-wide audience.
What Darwin didn’t know: viruses and evolution
01 May 2009Scientists in the Department of Veterinary Medicine are studying viruses as pathogens in host populations, endeavouring to understand the implications of our shared evolutionary history.
Design optimisation by evolution
01 May 2009By adopting the principles of natural selection, engineers are using survival of the fittest to breed better design solutions.
Mr Darwin’s postbag
01 May 2009Through the Darwin Correspondence Project, a rich collection of letters held at Cambridge University Library is both transforming our understanding of one of the greatest...
Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies
01 May 2009Cambridge anthropologists are increasingly looking at human evolution not just as a path through the remote past, but also as a way to explore humanity...