Hay Festival

Cambridge makes Hay

11 April 2011

The books that have changed our view of the Universe, eruptions that shook the world and Stalin's fiercest henchmen are just some of the themes...

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Oklahoma Sunset Oil Well

Benefits by the barrel

09 April 2011

Countries rich in oil have long been associated with the "resource-curse paradox" - a principle which states they will suffer, rather than benefit, in the...

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Safinatun Najah School - In the class

Classroom lessons in Islamic reform

08 April 2011

A Cambridge conference is set to reveal how Islamic faith schools, and other educational institutions, are adapting to far more than political pressure under the...

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Children Walking on Trail

Sibling rivalry and brotherly love

08 April 2011

Siblings, and even sibling rivalry, can have a positive effect on children’s early development and their ability to form social relationships later in life, according...

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Detail from the cover of the Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics

Smart thinking

07 April 2011

As audiences watch the movie "Limitless", in which an author uses a smart drug to boost his brain, a new book shines a spotlight on...

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Scriptural reasoning.

All in the script

05 April 2011

The power of “scriptural reasoning” to transform the way in which different faiths understand one another is to be the subject of a major lecture...

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Still from the film Cave of Forgotten Dreams

32,000 years of special effects

01 April 2011

The only Briton to have entered the spectacular cave featured in Werner Herzog’s new documentary explains how rock-art was just one element of multi-sensory performances...

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