Cambridge University's economic impact
20 Mar 2023The University contributes nearly £30 billion to the UK economy and supports more than 86,000 jobs across the UK, according to a new report.
Let's get fixable: why we need the right to repair
14 Mar 2023From toasters that won’t pop to farmers hacking their own tractors, we ask why the right to repair is important for people and for the planet – and we visit a local Repair Café to meet some of the 'fixers' in action.
Hunter-gatherer childhoods may offer clues to improving education and wellbeing
07 Mar 2023Hunter-gatherers can help us understand the conditions that children may be psychologically adapted to because we lived as hunter-gatherers for 95% of our evolutionary history. Paying greater attention to hunter-gatherer childhoods may help economically developed countries improve education and wellbeing.
Australian Aboriginal spears taken by James Cook to be repatriated
02 Mar 2023Four Australian Aboriginal spears – cared for by Cambridge’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology – are to be repatriated after Trinity College agreed to permanently return them to the country.
Should we allow genome editing of human embryos?
28 Feb 2023A citizens’ jury of individuals whose lives have been affected by hereditary disease has voted in favour of asking the UK government to consider changing the law to allow genome editing of human embryos to treat serious genetic conditions.
Would you prefer a four-day working week?
21 Feb 2023Working a four-day week boosts employee wellbeing while preserving productivity, according to research on a major six-month trial in the UK.
Cambridge PhD students launch Turkey earthquake bursary fund
17 Feb 2023Cambridge students have launched a bursary fund to help university students in Turkey affected by the devastating earthquake and its aftermath.
Memes-field Park? ‘Digital natives’ are flirting with Jane Austen’s vision of the ideal man all over again
27 Jan 2023Know about the Darcy hand-flex? Remember that lake scene with Colin Firth? For 200 years, audiences have been swooning over different portrayals of Mr Darcy, Jane Austen’s iconic male hero. Now, he and Austen’s work in general are experiencing yet another rebirth: this time as the ‘meme idols’ of ‘digitally native’ millennials and Generation Z.
Insulation only provides short-term reduction in household gas consumption
01 Jan 2023First study to look at long-term effect of home insulation in England and Wales finds fall in gas consumption per household was small and only lasts a few years.
Cambridge achievers recognised in New Year Honours
31 Dec 2022A number of academics, staff and an undergraduate student at the University of Cambridge feature in this year's New Year Honours List, the first of the reign of King Charles III.
