Set up for life
25 November 2020We’re used to the idea that as adults we have some control over our destiny: what we eat and drink and how much we exercise...
Rhythm and bleughs: how changes in our stomach’s rhythms steer us away from disgusting sights
24 November 2020Does the sight of maggots squirming in rotten food make you look away in disgust? The phrase ‘makes my stomach turn’ takes on a new...
Cambridge Dictionary names 'quarantine’ Word of the Year 2020
24 November 2020‘Quarantine’ has defeated 'lockdown' and 'pandemic' to be crowned Word of the Year 2020 after data showed it to be one of the most highly searched for on the...
Darwin's missing notebooks
24 November 2020Cambridge University Library has launched a public appeal for help in tracking down two missing notebooks belonging to Charles Darwin - one of which includes...
The grateful gardener who brought Apocalypse Now to a flowerbed
23 November 2020He builds human-sized nests from twigs, spins circles in the garden and torches wicker men at Harvest Moon. The music-loving college gardener Peter Kirkham believes...
"Reproduction matters to us all": latest issue of Horizons magazine
20 November 2020Professor Kathy Niakan talks about why it’s vital to take a multidisciplined approach to understanding the urgent challenges posed by reproduction today – and introduces our Spotlight...
‘Spill-over’ effects show hidden value of prioritising education of poorest children and marginalised girls
20 November 2020Development projects that target the education of the world’s very poorest girls also significantly improve other young people’s attainment, according to new research that suggests such...
Ethnic minorities at much higher risk of homicide in England and Wales
17 November 2020Calculations now familiar from coronavirus coverage – cases per 100,000 people – applied to ethnicity and homicide victimisation in the UK for the first time.
New green materials could power smart devices using ambient light
17 November 2020Researchers have developed environmentally friendly materials that could harvest enough energy from indoor light to power wireless smart devices.
Beyond the pandemic: focus on productivity to make everyone better off
16 November 2020There is no way out of the immediate economic hit of a pandemic, says Professor Diane Coyle, but to heal social fractures, we must focus on...