First wiring map of insect brain complete
10 March 2023Researchers have built the first ever map showing every single neuron and how they’re wired together in the brain of the fruit fly larva.
Humanity’s quest to discover the origins of life in the universe
08 March 2023Scientists from the University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago have founded the Origins Federation, which will advance our understanding...
Hunter-gatherer childhoods may offer clues to improving education and wellbeing
07 March 2023Hunter-gatherers can help us understand the conditions that children may be psychologically adapted to because we lived as hunter-gatherers for 95% of our evolutionary history....
Phone-based measurements provide fast, accurate information about the health of forests
07 March 2023Researchers have developed an algorithm that uses computer vision techniques to accurately measure trees almost five times faster than traditional, manual methods.
Rewarding accuracy instead of partisan pandering reduces political divisions over the truth
06 March 2023Researchers argue that the findings hold lessons for social media companies and the “perverse incentives” driving political polarisation online.
Daily 11 minute brisk walk enough to reduce risk of early death
01 March 2023One in ten early deaths could be prevented if everyone managed at least half the recommended level of physical activity, say a team led by...
Social media posts around solar geoengineering ‘spill over’ into conspiracy theories
28 February 2023Researchers from the University of Cambridge have analysed more than 800,000 tweets and found that negative emotions expressed about geoengineering – the idea that the...
Should we allow genome editing of human embryos?
28 February 2023A citizens’ jury of individuals whose lives have been affected by hereditary disease has voted in favour of asking the UK government to consider changing...
Voluntary UK initiatives to phase out toxic lead shot for pheasant hunting have had little impact
27 February 2023Three years into a five-year pledge to completely phase out lead shot in UK game hunting, a Cambridge study finds that 94% of pheasants on...
#CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr David Rose
24 February 2023The second in a series of interviews with some of the key speakers at the Cambridge Festival. David Rose is Professor of Sustainable Agricultural Systems...