Distance running may be an evolutionary ‘signal’ for desirable male genes
08 April 2015New research shows that males with higher ‘reproductive potential’ are better distance runners. This may have been used by females as a reliable signal of...
Large Hadron Collider restarts after two years
07 April 2015After two years of intense maintenance and consolidation, and several months of preparation for restart, the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator in...
Has the pendulum swung too far in favour of patient autonomy?
06 April 2015New study questions whether doctors are not giving enough guidance to patients about end of life decisions.
Cambridge heads for Hay
04 April 2015The Cambridge Series at the prestigious Hay Festival takes place for the seventh year running in May.
The rise of the takeaway
02 April 2015The number of takeaway food outlets has risen substantially over the past two decades, with a large increase seen in areas of socioeconomic disadvantage, according...
Words for mud and mountain, wind and wetland: answers on a postcard, please
01 April 2015‘Dumberdash’ is an old Cheshire term for a short but violent storm. A ‘lumpenhole’ is a deep trench for fluid farmyard waste. The man who remembers...
Ghosts from the past brought back to life
01 April 2015One of the UK’s most important medieval manuscripts is revealing ghosts from the past after new research and imaging work discovered eerie faces and lines...
Archaeologists unearth medieval graveyard beneath Cambridge College
01 April 2015Archaeological investigations discovered one of Britain’s largest medieval hospital cemeteries, containing over 1,000 human remains, when excavating beneath the Old Divinity School at St John’s...
Pollution on the move – human activity in East Asia negatively affects air quality in remote tropical forests
31 March 2015New analysis shows that pollution from human activity in East Asia is having a negative effect on air quality in tropical rainforests thousands of kilometres...
Pig-borne disease jumped into humans when rearing practices changed
31 March 2015The most virulent strains of Streptococcus suis, the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in adult humans in parts of southeast Asia and in pigs around...