Stories

Researchers have discovered significant variations in the ability of different UK butterfly species to maintain a suitable body temperature. Species...

In his new book, Dr Arik Kershenbaum draws on his knowledge of life on Earth to argue that aliens probably aren’t as weird as we might expect.

Final-year student Toni Fola-Alade had a plan: secure investment for his startup, focus on his exams and enjoy his final term as a student. Then...

COVID-19 has forced millions of people to confront the prospect of dying earlier than they expected and under extraordinary circumstances. Now more...

Cambridge researchers are supporting a project to 3D-print face shields and face masks in Malawi. The work is helping them create a 'blueprint' for...

Cambridge University Library partners with Google Arts and Culture to open its world-class collections freely to a global audience becoming the first...

Walking at ‘botanist pace’ on Mount Terror in South Africa, Dr Ángela Cano likes to stop and smell the succulents. She then measures, photographs...

When infectious diseases expert Mike Weekes realised he and colleagues had know-how that could help protect staff, patients and students in a...