History’s great books meet today’s technology
17 April 2012A lecture series by Sidney Sussex College about great ideas and works is now available on iTunes.
Earlier relatives may have climbed out of family tree
16 April 2012Chimpanzee behaviour suggests tree-to-ground transition occurred before the emergence of ancient humans.
Cambridge in Morocco
16 April 2012In the midst of the historic changes that are affecting much of the Arab world, a team of Cambridge researchers are visiting Morocco to explore...
Building our capacity to endure
13 April 2012In its inaugural list of the top 50 most influential people for sustainability in the UK, Building Design magazine has listed three Cambridge academics. The...
Wiring the brain
12 April 2012Scientists have created a simple new model of the human brain which reproduces the statistics of its complex network organization.
Unpublished journal offers new take on Darwin’s daughter
12 April 2012A small, lockable leather diary - kept in the vast archives of Cambridge University Library - has led to a reassessment of one of the...
‘Picture This #19′ - The Wreck of the Alba, Kettle's Yard
12 April 2012Unlike most of Alfred Wallis’ paintings, which he painted from memory of events long past, the Wreck of the Alba was an event that he...
From fins to limbs
11 April 2012Tonight Cambridge vertebrate palaeontologist Professor Jenny Clack is the subject of BBC Four’s Beautiful Minds series. The programme looks at her contribution to our understanding...
Rage against the machine
11 April 2012April 2012 marks the bicentenary of the high-water mark of the Luddite rebellion – but new research suggests that the movement may be celebrated for...
Confronting global challenges at Hay
10 April 2012Is democracy up to our 21st-century problems? Will the UK ever sort out its relationship with Europe? Is tragedy the perfect form for the modern...