‘Manifest’ is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year
20 November 2024The controversial global trend of manifesting has driven Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024.
Northerners, Scots and Irish excel at detecting fake accents to guard against outsiders, study suggests
20 November 2024People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and Essex, new research has found.
A peek inside the box that could help solve a quantum mystery
19 November 2024An elusive particle that first formed in the hot, dense early universe has puzzled physicists for decades. Following its discovery in 2003, scientists began observing a slew of other strange objects tied to the millionths of a second after the Big Bang.
Spread the word!
18 November 2024Dr Mark Wormald helps launch Elemental Poetry Cambridge – a new project to get the city writing.
‘Teen-friendly’ mindfulness therapy aims to help combat depression
18 November 2024Researchers have developed a mindfulness therapy tailored specifically to appeal to teenagers to help them cope with increasing levels of depression and mental health problems.
Study uncovers earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape the landscape of Tasmania
15 November 2024Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier than previously thought.
New long-term collaboration with Suzano begins with a £10 million donation to support conservation and sustainability education and research
15 November 2024Suzano, one the world’s largest producers of bio-based raw materials, based in São Paulo, Brazil, establishes a long-term initiative with Jesus College and the University of Cambridge.
Presidents' Challenge marks start of 2025 Boat Race season
15 November 2024The countdown to the 2025 Boat Race is officially underway, with the annual Presidents’ Challenge ushering in another season of competition between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
ActNowFilm to premiere at COP29
15 November 2024Youth leaders from around the planet join world figures in the COP29 premiere of a new film demanding global negotiators give young people a say in their own future.
Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence
13 November 2024A ‘one of a kind’ fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.
