CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter
16 February 2024Your chance to get to know more about some of the speakers taking part in this year's festival.
Interactive tool helps you decide how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19
02 December 2021Is it risky to sing in a choir? What are the risks of eating in a small restaurant? How much difference does it make to open windows or clean surfaces? New interactive tool helps people make decisions on COVID-19.
Nine Cambridge researchers among this year’s Royal Society medal and award winners
04 August 2020A leading pioneer in the field of protein engineering, Sir Alan Fersht FMedSci FRS, has been named as the 2020 winner of the world’s oldest scientific prize, the Royal Society’s prestigious Copley Medal.
UK public ‘most concerned’ about coronavirus – more than Spain or Italy, study suggests
06 May 2020“Risk perception” among UK population greater than in nine other countries surveyed for latest research.
How different countries are reacting to the COVID-19 risk and their governments’ responses
24 March 2020Researchers at the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication spent the weekend surveying people's attitudes towards the risk of coronavirus, and their governments’ reactions.
Uncertainty about facts can be reported without damaging public trust in news – study
23 March 2020A series of experiments – including one on the BBC News website – finds the use of numerical ranges in news reports helps us grasp the uncertainty of stats while maintaining trust in data and its sources.
Cambridge Science Festival returns for milestone 25th year
25 January 2019The 2019 Cambridge Science Festival is set to host more than 350 events as it explores a range of issues that affect today’s world, from challenges around climate change policy, improving safety and quality in healthcare, and adolescent mental health, to looking at what the next 25 years holds for us and whether quantum computers can change the world.
Science fiction vs science fact: World’s leading AI experts come to Cambridge
10 July 2017Some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will gather in Cambridge this week to look at everything from the influence of science fiction on our dreams of the future, to ‘trust in the age of intelligent machines’.
Opinion: How dangerous is burnt toast?
23 January 2017A new campaign is warning people that burning some food, such as toast, is a potential cancer risk. Here, the evidence for this claim is explored by David Spiegelhalter, Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the new Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication.
New Cambridge centre sets out to prove we are not in a “post-truth” society
01 November 2016The Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication aims to ensure that facts on important issues are presented in ways that are accurate, transparent and relevant
