A lack of sex held back life’s diversity for millions of years
The way that Earth’s first animals reproduced held back life’s diversity for millions of years, until stress and competition led to the development of sexual...
Policy recommendations in climate-related research often ‘an afterthought’, major analysis finds
Too often, policy recommendations in climate-related research are either an afterthought or stray too far into advocacy, a major new analysis has found.
‘Super-connected' teenagers key to tackling violent crime, study suggests
Mapping co-offender data from police records reveals the young people embedded in criminal networks who are most likely to carry knives, commit violence and become...
SpaceX’s hold over orbit matches East India Company’s grip on maritime trade
Elon Musk’s SpaceX holds sway over the emerging space economy in a way that has more in common with notorious colonial-era trading companies than the...
New ‘universal vaccine’ technology could protect us from future virus outbreaks
A Cambridge-led team has developed a way to engineer better vaccines that could provide broad protection from thousands of variants of viruses - such as...
Retelling the Odyssey
Cambridge Odyssey experts hope that Christopher Nolan’s film will feature enough female characters and do justice to the epic’s crucial underworld scene.
Mining for ‘clean energy’ metals driving widespread forest loss in Africa, study finds
Industrial-scale mining in Africa to support global supply chains is leading to unprecedented deforestation across the continent, with 34 hectares of forest removed for every...
Fulfilling the promise of graphene
The Cambridge spinout harnessing the potential of graphene with applications ranging from healthcare to quantum computing.
Robot fish could help explain how our ancient ancestors first learned to walk
Researchers have developed a fish-like robot that shows how some species of modern fish are able to walk on land, and could help unravel how...
Astronomers spot black hole that formed before its galaxy
The first direct mass measurement from the early universe weighs in on the debate over the origins of supermassive black holes.