The edible nature of words
12 September 2011A workshop at Cambridge University tomorrow will celebrate the rich and varied relationship between words and food, both metaphorically and literally.
Intertwined Worlds
09 September 2011A conference which aims to establish wider recognition for a "Judaeo-Islamic tradition"; the shared, cultural past common to Muslims, Arabs and Jews, will take place...
Mother tongue comes from your prehistoric father
09 September 2011Language change among our prehistoric ancestors came about via the arrival of immigrant men - rather than women - into new settlements, according to new...
Indians and Europeans share a milky past
09 September 2011Cambridge University researchers have discovered that lactose tolerant milk-drinkers in India and Europe could be related to the same person who lived at some point...
Meet Cambridge’s very own champion of open spaces
09 September 2011Road sweeper Allan Brigham will defend the value of parks and commons at an Open Cambridge event tonight.
The 800-year-old story of Stourbridge Fair
08 September 2011In medieval times Stourbridge Common was the site of one of Europe’s largest fairs – a bustling centre for shopping, eating and revelry, offering temptations...
Fantastic Mr. Dahl
07 September 2011To mark Roald Dahl Day on September 13th and the 50th anniversary of James And The Giant Peach, Professor Maria Nikolajeva explains why he remains...
Natural born killers
07 September 2011Newly hatched chicks of African honeyguide birds bite to death their foster siblings to eliminate competition.
Alzheimer’s test developed at Cambridge to be trialled by GPs
07 September 2011Launch of first ever rapid, objectively-scored GP assessment to differentiate between patients with memory loss due to the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease and normal...
"The food is splendid under the circumstances": letters from the First World War
06 September 2011Correspondence from young men caught up in the ravages of the First World War will be on display to the public for the first time...