A step towards solving the enduring puzzle of ‘infantile amnesia’
29 November 2014A study led by Professor James Russell shines a light on the phenomenon of 'infantile amnesia'. He argues that children's ability to recall events depends...
Trilogy of short films explores young people’s views of life in social care
27 November 2014A powerful new short film created with young people in residential care is helping provide valuable insights for service providers into the challenges of life...
Amazing feet of science: Researchers sequence the centipede genome
25 November 2014What it lacks in genes, it certainly makes up for in legs: the genome of the humble centipede has been found to have around 15,000...
The evolution of Darwin’s Origin: Cambridge releases 12,000 papers online
24 November 2014The origins of Darwin’s theory of evolution – including the pages where he first coins and commits to paper the term ‘natural selection’ – are...
Dizzying heights: prehistoric farming on the ‘roof of the world’
21 November 2014Animal teeth, bones and plant remains have helped researchers from Cambridge, China and America to pinpoint a date for what could be the earliest sustained...
Staying ahead of the game: Pre-empting flu evolution may make for better vaccines
20 November 2014An international team of researchers has shown that it may be possible to improve the effectiveness of the seasonal flu vaccine by ‘pre-empting’ the evolution...
Geologists discover ancient buried canyon in South Tibet
20 November 2014The discovery of an ancient buried canyon in Tibet rules out a popular model used to explain how the massive and picturesque gorges of the Himalaya...
Calcium loss turning lakes to ‘jelly’
19 November 2014Declining calcium levels in some North American lakes are causing major depletions of dominant plankton species, enabling the rapid rise of their ecological competitor: a...
Lifelong learning and the plastic brain
19 November 2014Our brains are plastic. They continually remould neural connections as we learn, experience and adapt. Now researchers are asking if new understanding of these processes...
Tricks of the trade: magic and mischief in the making
19 November 2014Victorian magicians Rhys Morgan and Robert West will be at Sidney Sussex College tonight (19 November 2014) where their show will provoke discussions about the...