Local water availability is permanently reduced after planting forests
20 January 2020River flow is reduced in areas where forests have been planted and does not recover over time, a new study has shown. Rivers in some regions...
Becoming less active and gaining weight: downsides of becoming an adult
20 January 2020Leaving school and getting a job both lead to a drop in the amount of physical activity, while becoming a mother is linked to increased...
Cambridge-designed curriculum teaches schoolchildren about water scarcity and climate activism
17 January 2020Students and teachers across India now have free access to a new curriculum on water security and sustainability, co-developed by researchers at the University of...
Police platform patrols create ‘phantom effect’ that cuts crime in Tube stations
16 January 2020A major experiment introducing proactive policing to Underground platforms finds that short bursts of patrolling create a 'phantom effect': 97% of the resulting crime reduction...
The 'P' word
16 January 2020How do we shift our 'take, make, throw-away' plastic world towards 'recycle, recover, re-use'? It's time for blue-sky thinking plus practical measures in the battle...
Women in STEM: Agnieszka Słowik
16 January 2020Agnieszka Słowik is a PhD candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, where she is a member of the artificial intelligence research...
Higher rates of post-natal depression among autistic mothers
15 January 2020Autistic mothers are more likely to report post-natal depression compared to non-autistic mothers, according to a new study of mothers of autistic children carried out...
Dr Jane Goodall on the environment: "My greatest hope is our young people"
14 January 2020In a new film, Dr Jane Goodall DBE talks about the environmental crisis and her reasons for hope.
Contaminating a fake rubber hand could help people overcome OCD, study suggests
09 January 2020The famous, but bizarre, ‘rubber hand illusion’ could help people who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder overcome their condition without the often unbearable stress of...
Women in STEM: Anna Chaplin
09 January 2020Anna Chaplin is a PhD candidate in the Department of Psychiatry who studies the association between depression and cardiovascular health in young people. Here, she...