Mongolian life stories database launched online
05 March 2013An online database launched today, 5 March, provides an oral history of Mongolia, as told by 600 Mongolian citizens who look back over their lives...
Acts of creativity, audiences and us
05 March 2013A conference in Cambridge next month will explore the notion of performance as a dynamic means of looking at the complex interactions between works of art...
I’ve got two dads – and they adopted me
04 March 2013Research into adoptive families headed by same-sex couples paints a positive picture of relationships and wellbeing in these new families. The study, which was carried...
Re J - Uncertain Perpetrators in Child Protection Cases
04 March 2013In Re J (Children) [2013] UKSC 9 the Supreme Court considered a child protection case involving a mother who had previously been suspected of causing...
The virtual Chopin
01 March 2013One of the greatest composers of the 19th century, Fryderyk Chopin, had an irrepressible creative imagination, and his music experienced continual evolution as a result....
History and conspiracy
28 February 2013Available to play back in full, this debate on history and conspiracy touches on the Suez Crisis, Stalin's Russia, the assassination of John F Kennedy,...
Fingerprint of a killer
28 February 2013Can whole genome sequencing provide the forensic information needed to map and control the global spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria?
China's "leftovers" are rejects in a man's world
28 February 2013In China, hysteria is growing about a rising number of so-called “leftover women”, who are highly successful but remain unmarried. A new study suggests that...
We need to talk about women
28 February 2013The urgent need to champion the rights of women around the world is the central theme of a series of lectures to be delivered in...
The Aerodynamics of Speed Skiing
27 February 2013By studying the aerodynamics of speed skiing, Cambridge Engineering student Robert Sills is developing methods to improve results of the British Speed Ski Team by...