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Black and white photograph of a family lined up against a wall, taken from a report on the physical welfare of mothers and children.

Cambridge experts bust myths about family, sex, marriage and work in English history

11 Jul 2024

On World Population Day, University of Cambridge researchers bust some of the biggest myths about life in England since the Middle Ages, challenging...

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Tick, tick, tick: the demographic time bomb

03 Nov 2012

By 2032 a quarter of the British population will be over the age of 65. On November 3, a panel of economists, businessmen and social scientists will...

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A screengrab of Barack Obama's typical Facebook fan from LikeAudience.

With friends like these…

22 Apr 2011

Cambridge researchers have created a website that combines the Facebook profiles of fans of companies and public figures with personality testing to...

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Airport Moving Walkway

Getting to grips with inclusive design

01 Sep 2007

The so-called ‘demographic time bomb’ is ticking. But is product design good enough to keep up with the ageing population?

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sweet old kiss

A brief history of ageing

01 Sep 2007

As life expectancy increases, what can historical analysis of longevity tell us about limits to the human lifespan?

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