Who colour-coded Christmas?
18 October 2011The conventional colours of Christmas – red and green – are not, as many might suppose, a legacy of the Victorians. Instead, they hark back...
Microscopic marvels and grand designs
17 October 2011The best of University of Cambridge engineering has gone on show in the Department of Engineering's annual Carl Zeiss photography and video competition.
Family Day at the Festival of Ideas
16 October 2011Saturday 22 October is family day at Cambridge University’s Festival of Ideas, the UK’s only arts, humanities and social sciences festival which runs between 19-30...
Does prison work? / How to stay out of prison - Festival of Ideas
15 October 2011Jason Hill was a persistent young offender who the courts and Youth Offending Services had given up on.
Freedom, revolution and communication at the Festival of Ideas
15 October 2011Join authors, historians and filmmakers for the flagship day at the Festival of Ideas on Saturday the 22nd October, the UK’s only arts, humanities, and...
Past versus present in an age of progress: the Victorians
14 October 2011Interdisciplinary research has to be the answer when it comes to understanding the Victorians, writes Professor Simon Goldhill, one of the researchers involved in a...
Mental time-travel in birds
14 October 2011Certain types of birds may track army ant swarms using sophisticated memory and the ability to plan for the future.
A conservation leader in the making
13 October 2011Joy Juma, from Kenya, is among the first early-career conservation practitioners to take an innovative Masters programme at the University of Cambridge.
The meaning of emoticons
13 October 2011The emoticons used on Twitter are a language in themselves and are taking on new and often surprising meanings of their own, according to new...
Clean correction of a patient’s genetic mutation
13 October 2011New gene therapy methods accurately correct mutation in patient’s stem cells, bringing personalized cell therapies one step closer.