Darwin’s personal library put online
23 June 2011Notes and comments scribbled by Charles Darwin on the pages and margins of his own personal library have been made available online for the first...
Regius Professorship in Engineering announced
23 June 2011Regius Professorship in Engineering proposed to celebrate HRH The Duke of Edinburgh's 34 years as Chancellor.
Birds of a feather display only a fraction of possible colours
23 June 2011Research reveals plumages exhibit less than a third of possible colours birds can see.
Is there any such thing as the female brain?
22 June 2011At Women's Word, a festival at Lucy Cavendish College this weekend, Professor Melissa Hines will explore the differences between male and female behaviour, and summarise...
You hymn it, we’ll play it
21 June 2011An epic, 24-hour celebration of religious music will be taking place at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, this week, starting on Wednesday evening (June 22).
Abnormal brain structure linked to chronic cocaine abuse
21 June 2011Research gives insight into why some people develop addiction.
Diagnosed autism is more common in an IT-rich region
20 June 2011Research provides important insight into ‘systemizing’ theory of autism.
Journey to the Icelandic 'saga-steads'
20 June 2011Now mid-way through a year-long 21st-century pilgrimage to the settings of Iceland’s famous medieval Íslendingasögur (‘sagas of Icelanders’), Dr Emily Lethbridge has crisscrossed the country...
Connection not conflict is the best way forward
20 June 2011In the introduction to a new book Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen urges governments to focus on commonalities rather than differences.
Paranoid Android? Get connected to a new study…
17 June 2011More than 1,000 people around the world have signed up to take part in the biggest ever public study of Android phone usage.