Opinion: Brexistentialism: Britain, the drop out nation in crisis, meets Jean-Paul Sartre
11 July 2016Andy Martin (Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages) discusses existentialism and the EU referendum.
Opinion: Brexit shock has caused a sterling crash of historic proportions – here’s just how bad it is for the pound
11 July 2016Alain Naef (Faculty of History) discusses Brexit's impact on the value of the pound.
Where did it all go wrong? Scientists identify ‘cell of origin’ in skin cancers
08 July 2016Scientists have identified for the first time the ‘cell of origin’ – in other words, the first cell from which the cancer grows – in...
Missing link in epigenetics could explain conundrum of disease inheritance
07 July 2016The process by which a mother’s diet during pregnancy can permanently affect her offspring’s attributes, such as weight, could be strongly influenced by genetic variation...
The secret to an Oesia life: Prehistoric worm built tube-like “houses” on sea floor
07 July 2016A new study into an ancient sea worm called Oesia offers clues about a common ancestor which they shared with vertebrates, including humans, while also...
Anatomy of a decision: mapping early development
06 July 2016In the first genome-scale experiment of its kind, researchers have gained new insights into how a mouse embryo first begins to transform from a ball...
Dead satellite finds a calm centre at the heart of brightest galaxy cluster in the sky
06 July 2016With its very first – and last – observation, the Hitomi x-ray observatory has discovered that the gas in the Perseus cluster of galaxies is...
Opinion: Fair play? How ‘smart drugs’ are making workplaces more competitive
06 July 2016Barbara Sahakian (Department of Psychiatry) discusses 'smart drugs' and other ways to boost our cognitive abilities.
Bringing Berber empires into focus as contributors to Islamic culture
06 July 2016The Almoravid and Almohad empires flourished in the western Mediterranean of the 11th and 12th centuries. Despite controlling vast tracts of land, these Berber dynasties are...
Antimatter matters at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition
04 July 2016Scientists from the University of Cambridge are presenting their research into the nature of antimatter at this year’s Royal Society Summer Exhibition.