Cuckoos mimic 'harmless' species as a disguise to infiltrate host nests
10 June 2015First time ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ mimicry has been seen in birds. Host birds have evolved a general counter-strategy in which they defend against all...
Counting on sheep
10 June 2015Sheep are smarter than we might think, with brains surprisingly similar to ours. These similarities are helping researchers to study a devastating and incurable infant...
Lord Byron and the bears beneath Cambridge
10 June 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, B is for Bear – found roaming Cambridgeshire 120,000 years ago,...
The Big Dating Game
09 June 2015When is a rare disease not a rare disease? The answer: when big data gets involved. An ambitious new research project aims to show patients...
Virus evolution and human behaviour shape global patterns of flu movement
08 June 2015The global movement patterns of all four seasonal influenza viruses are illustrated in research published today in the journal Nature, providing a detailed account of...
Novel Thoughts #1: Paul Coxon on Jan Wahl's SOS Bobomobile
08 June 2015New film series Novel Thoughts reveals the reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists and peeks inside the covers of the books that have played a...
Novel Thoughts: what Cambridge scientists read
08 June 2015Literature and science may seem like opposite ends of the spectrum, but reading can have an impact on even the most scientific of brains. A...
‘Moral identity’ key to charitable time giving
05 June 2015Charities want your time and not just your money: new study identifies factors that lessen ‘time aversion’ in charitable giving.
Reprogramming of DNA observed in human germ cells for first time
04 June 2015A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge has described for the first time in humans how the epigenome – the suite of...
Let’s get statted
03 June 2015With more information than ever at our fingertips, statisticians are vital to innumerable fields and industries. Welcome to the world of the datarati, where humans...