Drought encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest
15 Dec 2022Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in...
Ancient grammatical puzzle solved after 2,500 years
15 Dec 2022A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at Cambridge...
Mastercard Foundation African scholars tackle climate change at Cambridge
05 Dec 2022The University of Cambridge and Mastercard Foundation have joined forces to help young African leaders tackle some of the continent’s most pressing...
The Mystery of Darwin's Stolen Notebooks - Cambridge University Library Podcast
21 Nov 2022Darwin’s tiny, priceless Tree of Life sketch is arguably the most iconic drawing in the history of science. In this first podcast from one of the...
Black Ned Kelly? The truth about an infamous Australian bandit
14 Nov 2022Historian Dr Meg Foster shatters the myth that “Black Douglas” murdered a white woman and tells the story of an intelligent survivor
USA sexually ‘teased’ its troops in WWI to make them fight harder
07 Nov 2022The United States Government sought to sexually stimulate then frustrate its soldiers to prepare them for an unpopular conflict in Europe, a...
Disappearing notes show dramatic loss of whales
14 Oct 2022A Cambridge team frustrated by the apathetic response to biodiversity loss has developed a dramatic new way to highlight the demise of nature – and...
A retrofitting revolution
06 Oct 2022Laying the foundations for buildings to stay cool in extreme heat.
DNA profiling solves Australian rabbit plague puzzle
22 Aug 2022A new study proves that a single introduction of rabbits shipped from England in 1859 caused the infamous invasion and argues that wild genetic...
Medieval monks were ‘riddled with worms’, study finds
19 Aug 2022Research examining traces of parasites in the remains of medieval Cambridge residents suggests that local friars were almost twice as likely as...
Do not try this at home: Medieval medicine under the spotlight in major new project
17 Aug 2022How did our medieval ancestors use dove faeces, fox lungs, salted owl or eel grease in medical treatments? A Wellcome-funded project at Cambridge...
Cambridge to return Benin artefacts
29 Jul 2022The University is supporting a claim for the return to Nigeria of 116 objects, currently held in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, that...