Novel Thoughts: what Cambridge scientists read
08 June 2015Literature and science may seem like opposite ends of the spectrum, but reading can have an impact on even the most scientific of brains. A...
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Literature and science may seem like opposite ends of the spectrum, but reading can have an impact on even the most scientific of brains. A...
Charities want your time and not just your money: new study identifies factors that lessen ‘time aversion’ in charitable giving.
A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge has described for the first time in humans how the epigenome – the suite of...
With more information than ever at our fingertips, statisticians are vital to innumerable fields and industries. Welcome to the world of the datarati, where humans...
Surprising finding shows that thornbills simulate a ‘chorus of alarm’ to distract predators by convincing them something scarier is on its way.
A team of scientists, part of the international effort to curb further spread of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, has released its first dataset...
Pollution causes 30,000 people a year in the UK to die early yet most of us are unaware of the degree to which we are...
Big data has captured the world’s attention, with talk of a new Industrial Revolution based on information, and of data being one of the 21st...
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, A is for Albatross – in sketches retrieved from...
The importance of family support on a child’s ‘school readiness’ is highlighted in a study published this month in the British Journal of Educational Psychology....