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AI predicts healthiness of food menus

08 March 2024

Cambridge researchers have used artificial intelligence to predict the healthiness of café, takeaway and restaurant menus at outlets across Britain and used this information to map which of its local authorities have the most and least healthy food environments.

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Cambridge football men's and women's team combined stand together

Teams announced for 150th Varsity Football Matches

12 Mar 2024

The men's and women's teams for the 2024 Varsity football matches have been announced.

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Erwin Reisner

12 Mar 2024

Professor Erwin Reisner is the Professor of Energy and Sustainability. He is an expert in renewable energy and sustainable chemistry, in particular...

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Investing in women

08 Mar 2024

For International Women's Day, we meet two women from Murray Edwards, one of Cambridge's two Colleges for women.

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Marking International Women’s Day at the Cambridge Festival

08 Mar 2024

From pre-eclampsia and its lasting impact on women’s health to inequitable distribution of domestic and caring labour in different-sex couples to an...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Alexandra Zhirnova

07 Mar 2024

Alexandra Zhirnova is a PHD student in the Faculty of English at Cambridge University. Her work focuses on the religious and social history of Anglo-...

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Illustration of Calamophyton trees

Earth’s earliest forest revealed in Somerset fossils

07 Mar 2024

The oldest fossilised forest known on Earth – dating from 390 million years ago – has been found in the high sandstone cliffs along the Devon and...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Clare Brooks

06 Mar 2024

Clare Brooks is Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge. She will be speaking in a Question Time-style panel discussion on the teacher...

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Rare photos reveal 150 years of Varsity football

05 Mar 2024

Rare photos from the Cambridge archives revealed for the first time, celebrating 150 years of Varsity football.

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Romani storytelling, amazing animals and science fun for all: A feast of family fun at the Cambridge Festival 2024

05 Mar 2024

The Cambridge Festival family weekend is back on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 March. Taking place across the New Museums Site in the centre of Cambridge...

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Giles Yeo

04 Mar 2024

Cambridge biologist Professor Giles Yeo is the author of books including Why Calories Don't Count, is in conversation with Nazia Mintz Habib, Founder...

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Time, crime and how can the arts interact with a Natural World in decline?

04 Mar 2024

Each year the Cambridge Festival’s (13-28 March 2024) rich programme of events celebrates the arts across the city and this year is no exception.

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Cambridge fans cheering Varsity Rugby.

Cambridge wins the Varsity double

04 Mar 2024

Cambridge men and women's rugby teams both win The Varsity Matches.

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