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Why animals talk

28 August 2024

Dr Arik Kershenbaum listens to wolves, gibbons and dolphins to reveal the messages they send one another. His work challenges our assumptions about what animals are capable of, and affirms what makes humans truly unique.

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Mental Health Overhaul

04 Oct 2024

A new Cambridge network is turning to basic science in a bid to advance our understanding and treatment of mental health disorders

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Jan Steen, Mother and Child (17th-century painting). Image courtesy of York Museums Trust

Early foster care gave poor women power, 17th-century records reveal

03 Oct 2024

A rare collection of 300-year-old petitions gives voice to the forgotten women who cared for England’s most vulnerable children while battling their...

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Endless Stories at Cambridge University Library

26 Sep 2024

Centuries-old Asian and African manuscripts go on display for the first time

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Plane lands at dusk

Flight path to net zero

22 Sep 2024

Global aviation could be on a flight path to net zero if industry and governments reach just four goals by 2030, according to a new report from the...

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Highly-sensitive beaks could help albatrosses and penguins find their food

18 Sep 2024

Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks that could be used to...

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The Jungle Book proofs come to Cambridge

05 Sep 2024

'Exceptional accumulation of manuscripts and proofs' have a new home at Cambridge University Library

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Super Saturday Open Cambridge trail

03 Sep 2024

Are you free on Saturday 7 September? If so, why not spend the day walking around our beautiful city and popping along to some Open Cambridge events.

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Open Cambridge kicks off on Friday with a programme of free and unique events for all

02 Sep 2024

One of the region's largest heritage festivals begins on Friday 6 September with over 70 events covering walks, talks, open spaces, exhibitions and...

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A colour-enhanced image showing a clump of prostate cancer cells

Together against prostate cancer

13 Aug 2024

New, repurposed and combined treatments could soon transform prostate cancer outcomes, with DNA repair research informing promising clinical trials...

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The mink must go: ending a catastrophic UK invasion

13 Aug 2024

Many have said it's an impossible task. But a new approach is astonishing scientists by clearing the UK of destructive American mink - the lasting...

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Cancer researcher Tom Else sitting in a lab wearing a white lab coat

Sight and sound

06 Aug 2024

How photoacoustics could transform cancer detection and monitoring

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Cambridge United joins Open Cambridge to offer exclusive tours as part of a unique programme of events

05 Aug 2024

In an Open Cambridge first, visitors will be given the chance to learn about the football club's history and highlight its community initiatives and...

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