Darwin’s rabbit and the fightback against myxomatosis
15 February 2019Seventy years after myxomatosis decimated the rabbit populations of Australia, Britain and France, a new study led by Cambridge scientists reveals how the species has...
When real men wore feathers
14 February 2019Ostrich feathers are often associated with glamorous women but this wasn’t always the case. In the sixteenth century, it was Europe’s men who spearheaded this...
Music and the battle for Granada's past
13 February 2019Concerns over immigration and the rise of the far-right in Spain are fuelling tensions at one of its most important festivals, the Día de la...
Surface lakes cause Antarctic ice shelves to ‘flex’
13 February 2019The filling and draining of meltwater lakes has been found to cause a floating Antarctic ice shelf to flex, potentially threatening its stability.
Machine learning algorithm helps in the search for new drugs
11 February 2019Researchers have designed a machine learning algorithm for drug discovery which has been shown to be twice as efficient as the industry standard, which could...
Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them
08 February 2019Male butterflies have genes which give them a sexual preference for a partner with a similar appearance to themselves, according to new research.
Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you’ll be hungover, study finds
08 February 2019'Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine; wine before beer and you’ll feel queer' goes the age-old aphorism. But scientists have now shown that it doesn’t...
Species ‘hotspots’ created by immigrant influx or evolutionary speed depending on climate
06 February 2019New research reveals that biodiversity ‘hotspots’ in the tropics produced new species at faster rates over the last 25 million years, but those in temperate...
Quantum leap
06 February 2019Cambridge researchers are devising new methods to keep sensitive information out of the hands of hackers. They launched the UK’s first ‘unhackable’ network – made...
Scheme launched to improve health of French Bulldogs, Pugs and Bulldogs
04 February 2019A new screening scheme aims to provide breeders of French Bulldogs, Pugs and Bulldogs with more information about the health of their dogs, helping them...