The thinking hominid
01 February 2008The discovery in southern India of a well-preserved quarry dating from a million years ago is helping researchers to answer: how intelligent were our ancestors?
Can machines read?
01 February 2008Enabling computers to understand language might help users to overcome online information overload.
Orchestrating brain activity
01 February 2008New research in Cambridge is deciphering neural control signals that create the right brain state for the right situation.
Modelling uncertainty in the game of Go
01 February 2008Cambridge researchers have analysed millions of patterns of potential moves to model the uncertainty of play in the ancient game of Go.
Can machines reason?
01 February 2008Humans often use diagrams for reasoning, but can computers do the same?
Rebellion, repression, retribution
01 February 2008John Morrill explores one of the most extraordinary and least understood aspects of Anglo-Irish history - the rebellion of 1641.
Greek tragedy: setting the stage today
01 February 2008With the curtains just closed on the 40th Cambridge Greek Play since the 1880s, Greek classicist Simon Goldhill reflects on how this creative genre still...
Organic chemist, puppet maker, art conservator...
01 February 2008From organic chemist, through maker of rubber monsters, to conservator of fine art, Spike Bucklow describes his career path as "something of a drunkard's walk"....
Finding fault
01 February 2008A multicentre project led by the Faculty of Law has reached its conclusion, having studied over a century's worth of European legal changes relating to...
Should my invention be patented?
01 February 2008Deciding whether to file a patent application depends on the invention and the opportunity