Forest clearances sealed ancient civilisation’s downfall
02 November 2009An ancient South American civilisation which disappeared around 1,500 years ago helped to cause its own demise by damaging the fragile ecosystem that held it...
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An ancient South American civilisation which disappeared around 1,500 years ago helped to cause its own demise by damaging the fragile ecosystem that held it...
The latest instalment of a 20-year study to understand how Britain became an island completes a tale of megafloods and super-rivers.
It is widely believed that women live long post-reproductive lives to help care for their grandchildren. Now research suggests that the pattern may differ depending...
Professor Paul Cartledge finds that the Greeks, a people rarely known for their wine-making skills, nevertheless laid the foundations for the European wine trade.
Expensive medical equipment is lying unused in Rwanda's leading hospital because it costs too much to use it, a report by enterprising students has found.
The Cambridge Primary Review, based at the University's Faculty of Education has published its final report on the condition and future of English primary education.
A breakthrough by scientists at Cambridge University may terminate the threat of termites, cockroaches and other pests such as ants and locusts - responsible for...
Archaeological finds from thousands of years ago have been uncovered in a Cambridge village in an event which was part of the celebrations of the...
A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Scientists are close to discovering how normal breast cells become cancerous, according to research published today.