New study shakes the roots of the dinosaur family tree
22 March 2017More than a century of theory about the evolutionary history of dinosaurs has been turned on its head following the publication of new research from...
Opinion: A rattled Saudi Arabia pivots for support to South-East Asia
22 March 2017Saudi Arabia is seeking to strengthen its commercial links with South-east's fast-growing economies. What makes this such an attractive offer - and are there any...
Opinion: Aid workers get a bad rap – but too often they’re thrown in at the deep end
21 March 2017The media are quick to criticise humanitarian organisations as inefficient and expensive, writes Corinna Frey (Cambridge Judge Business School), in The Conversation, but we should remember the...
Infections during pregnancy may interfere with key genes associated with autism and prenatal brain development
21 March 2017If a mother picks up an infection during pregnancy, her immune system will kick into action to clear the infection – but this self-defence mechanism...
Revealed: face of ‘ordinary poor’ man from medieval Cambridge
20 March 2017New facial reconstruction of a man buried in a medieval hospital graveyard discovered underneath a Cambridge college sheds light on how ordinary poor people lived...
Opinion: The science ‘reproducibility crisis’ – and what can be done about it
20 March 2017Reproducibility is the idea that an experiment can be repeated by another scientist and they will get the same result. It is important to show...
DeepMind-Royal Free deal is “cautionary tale” for healthcare in the algorithmic age
16 March 2017A study of a deal which has allowed Google DeepMind access to millions of healthcare records argues that more needs to be done to regulate...
Targeting of Syrian healthcare as ‘weapon of war’ sets dangerous precedent, say researchers
15 March 2017As new estimates of death toll for health workers are published, experts say the deliberate and systematic attacks on the healthcare infrastructure in Syria –...
Opinion: The ICC can’t live with Africa, but it can’t live without it either
15 March 2017The International Criminal Court’s focus on African states has led to pushback from the continent, yet intervening anywhere else looks increasingly unlikely, argues Adam Branch...
Opinion: How mapping teenagers’ brains has helped us understand more about schizophrenia
15 March 2017Teenage years can be difficult enough, but for people affected by schizophrenia, this is when symptoms first tend to arise. Dr Kirstie Whitaker (Department of Psychiatry),...