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16 May 2013English speakers who are 18 or under use the word ‘like’ in conversation over five times as often as speakers who are over 70; ‘because’...
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English speakers who are 18 or under use the word ‘like’ in conversation over five times as often as speakers who are over 70; ‘because’...
Development of a sophisticated artificial pancreas holds potential to transform the lives of patients with Type 1 diabetes.
New study to reveal what happens to the human brain as we mature; research will also provide insight into the development of mental disorders
In a digital world, literature, art and music are often the result of collaborative efforts. But who owns what, and can copyright law cope? New...
A new joint innovation by the University of Cambridge and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK’s National Measurement Institute, could pave the way for...
Ahead of his talk at the Hay Festival, Jonathan Haslam discusses his forthcoming history of Soviet intelligence organisations, revealing, among other things, just how unprepared...
Geographic information systems – once limited to the domain of physical geographers – are emerging as a promising tool to study the past, as researchers...
Dr Malachi McIntosh, Lecturer in Postcolonial and Related Literatures, wonders what Britishness is, as Granta magazine publishes its influential, once-per-decade ‘Best of Young British Novelists’...
Research indicates the existence of Earth-like planets in dead solar system through latest chemical analysis techniques
Hard-engineered sea walls have a limited life span. Could saltmarshes and mangroves offer a different approach to buffering against storm surges and coastal erosion?