On the origin of (robot) species
12 August 2015Researchers have observed the process of evolution by natural selection at work in robots, by constructing a ‘mother’ robot that can design, build and test...
Why does the kingfisher have blue feathers?
12 August 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, K is for Kingfisher. Look out for them among...
Here’s looking at you: research shows jackdaws can recognise individual human faces
11 August 2015When you’re prey, being able to spot and assess the threat posed by potential predators is of life-or-death importance. In a paper published today in...
Jays: the birds that can talk like humans
05 August 2015The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, J is for Jay – a surprisingly clever corvid...
Building from the ground up: participatory design in Kenya’s oldest slum
05 August 2015In a landmark project with UN-Habitat, a team of Cambridge researchers has designed a community centre in one of Kenya’s biggest and oldest slums, and...
Alan Turing Institute up and running
05 August 2015National institute for the development and use of advanced mathematics, computer science, algorithms and ‘Big Data’ has announced its first director, and will start research...
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...