Charts map rapid growth and slow decline of brains
06 April 2022An international team of researchers has created a series of brain charts spanning our entire lifespan – from a 15 week old fetus to 100...
‘Robot scientist’ Eve finds that less than one third of scientific results are reproducible
06 April 2022Researchers have used a combination of automated text analysis and the ‘robot scientist’ Eve to semi-automate the process of reproducing research results. The problem of...
Epilepsy drug could help prevent stroke in people with ‘furred’ arteries
04 April 2022A drug used to treat epilepsy patients could help prevent stroke in people whose arteries show signs of atherosclerosis – furring of the arteries –...
Exploring Antarctica in Cambridge
01 April 2022In its inaugural year in 2021, the Cambridge Festival managed to reach every continent on Earth - except Antarctica. So, for 2022, we’ve brought Antarctica...
Protection of refugee animals is vital to support livelihoods and health
31 March 2022The lifting of veterinary regulations to allow animals to be moved to safety during Ukraine's humanitarian crisis is unprecedented. Dorien Braam argues for this approach to be...
Poorly conceived payment-on-results funding threatens to undermine education aid
30 March 2022Analysis of a results-based-financing programme for education aid in Ethiopia finds that multiple aspects of the arrangement were unfit for purpose from the start and...
NRICH: nurturing next-generation problem solvers
30 March 2022NRICH spent the last two years in emergency rescue mode, helping learners in lockdown. Its online resources attracted over a million page views per week. Now celebrating...
Greater business-university collaboration will reap rewards, says new report
28 March 2022Interactions between UK businesses and universities are broad-based and beneficial, but are being held back by firms' lack of capacity and information to tap this...
Scientists find that the impact of social media on wellbeing varies across adolescence
28 March 2022Girls and boys might be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use at different times during their adolescence, say an international team...
Dense bones allowed Spinosaurus to hunt underwater
23 March 2022Its close cousin Baryonyx probably swam too, but Suchomimus might have waded like a heron.