How we live now
15 October 2012This term eminent thinkers from a broad range of fields will be contributing to a series of lectures with the theme Understanding Society. Taking place...
Crisis, what crisis? The myths and magic of middle age
14 October 2012Middle age is often viewed negatively – a time of gradual, uncontrolled decline. But according to Dr David Bainbridge, who will be speaking at the...
Cracking the code: the decipherment of Linear B 60 years on
13 October 2012A conference in Cambridge this weekend will mark the 60th anniversary of the decipherment by Michael Ventris of Linear B, a script used for an...
Interview with Nobel Prize-winner Professor Sir John Gurdon
13 October 2012In this video interview with John Gurdon, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday, he talks about the research that...
Anglo-US public health research partnership forged
12 October 2012The University of Cambridge and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health will pioneer collaborative research in...
Science illuminating art
12 October 2012Illuminated manuscripts are revealing their secret histories thanks to the application of techniques more commonly found in scientific laboratories.
Surprising solution to fly eye mystery
11 October 2012Research provides insight into why flies have the fastest vision in the animal kingdom.
Margaret Drabble deposits archive in University Library
11 October 2012Leading author Dame Margaret Drabble has deposited her literary archive in Cambridge University Library.
Original sin and the risk of epidemics
10 October 2012Mathematicians are helping to build a better picture of how populations develop immunity to flu and which groups are most at risk of getting –...