Pain in the machine: a Cambridge Shorts film
02 November 2016The pain we experience as humans has physical and emotional components. Could we develop a machine that feels pain a similar way – and would...
Elephant poaching costs African economies US $25 million per year in lost tourism revenue
01 November 2016New research shows investing in elephant conservation is smart economic policy for many African countries.
Does your empathy predict if you would stop and help an injured person?
31 October 2016If you see an injured person by the side of the road, would you stop and help them, or are you more likely to walk...
Protecting our data and identity: how should the law respond?
28 October 2016Many of us see our privacy as a basic right. But in the digital world of app-addiction, geolocation tracking and social oversharing, some may have...
Opinion: Economics has a serious gender problem – it needs more women
28 October 2016Victoria Bateman (Lecturer and Fellow in Economics) calls for fresh thinking to prevent the exclusion of women's voices.
Facebook updates could provide a window to understanding – and treating – mental health disorders
28 October 2016Our Facebook status updates, ‘likes’ and even photos could help researchers better understand mental health disorders with the right ethical safeguards, argue researchers from the...
Plant ‘thermometer’ triggers springtime budding by measuring night-time heat
27 October 2016A photoreceptor molecule in plant cells has been found to moonlight as a thermometer after dark – allowing plants to read seasonal temperature changes. Scientists...
Fossilised dinosaur brain tissue identified for the first time
27 October 2016Researchers have identified the first known example of fossilised brain tissue in a dinosaur from Sussex. The tissues resemble those seen in modern crocodiles and...
Potential new treatment for haemophilia developed by Cambridge researchers
27 October 2016A new treatment that might one day help all patients with haemophilia, including those that become resistant to existing therapies, has been developed by researchers...
Top ten universities conduct a third of all UK animal research
27 October 2016The ten UK universities who do the most world-leading biomedical research have announced their animal research statistics, revealing that they collectively conducted a third of all...