Play’s the thing
04 August 2015Children’s play is under threat from increased urbanisation, perceptions of risk and educational pressures. The first research centre of its kind aims to understand the...
Earliest evidence of reproduction in a complex organism
03 August 2015A new study of 565 million-year-old fossils has identified how some of the first complex organisms on Earth – possibly some of the first animals...
‘Brain training’ app may improve memory and daily functioning in schizophrenia
03 August 2015A ‘brain training’ iPad game developed and tested by researchers at the University of Cambridge may improve the memory of patients with schizophrenia, helping them...
The Magna Carta of scientific maps
01 August 2015One of the most important maps of the UK ever made – described as the ‘Magna Carta of geology’ – is to go on permanent public display...
Iggy the Iguanodon and the 160-year-old dinosaur song
31 July 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, I is for Iguanodon – a thousand ages underground, his skeleton...
Cancer patients lose faith in healthcare system if referred late by GP
31 July 2015If it takes more than three trips to the GP to be referred for cancer tests, patients are more likely to be dissatisfied with their...
Cambridge researchers and pharma in innovative new consortium to develop and study early stage drugs
28 July 2015An innovative new Consortium will act as a ‘match-making’ service between pharmaceutical companies and researchers in Cambridge with the aim of developing and studying precision...
Close-up film shows for the first time how ants use ‘combs’ and ‘brushes’ to keep their antennae clean
27 July 2015Using unique mechanical experiments and close-up video, Cambridge researchers have shown how ants use microscopic ‘combs’ and ‘brushes’ to keep their antennae clean, which could...
Stressed young birds stop learning from their parents and turn to wider flock
23 July 2015Juvenile zebra finches that experience high stress levels will ignore how their own parents forage and instead learn such skills from other, unrelated adults. This...
Musical tastes offer a window into how you think
22 July 2015Do you like your jazz to be Norah Jones or Ornette Coleman, your classical music to be Bach or Stravinsky, or your rock to be...