It’s all (New Testament) Greek to Divinity students
05 September 2014A project and website to help Divinity students (and any other keen language students) learn New Testament Greek will launch this month.
A ‘rare and merveleous’ guest: Elizabeth I samples life in Cambridge 450 years ago
05 September 2014In August 1564 Queen Elizabeth I made her only visit to Cambridge - and found fault with some of the elaborate arrangements. A pageant on...
Understanding the implications of climate change for business
05 September 2014A new online resource, which summarises the implications of climate change for specific sectors of the economy, has been produced and made freely available by...
First graphene-based flexible display produced
05 September 2014A flexible display incorporating graphene in its pixels’ electronics has been successfully demonstrated by the Cambridge Graphene Centre and Plastic Logic, the first time graphene...
Lesbian, gay and bisexual men and women report poorer health and experiences of NHS
04 September 2014A survey of over two million people has found that lesbian, gay and bisexual men and women in England are more likely to report poor...
Economic success drives language extinction
03 September 2014Thriving economies are the biggest factor in the disappearance of minority languages and conservation should focus on the most developed countries where languages are vanishing...
Global snapshot of infectious canine cancer shows how to control the disease
03 September 2014While countries with dog control policies have curbed an infectious and gruesome canine cancer, the disease is continuing to lurk in the majority of dog...
Why teach oracy?
01 September 2014In this article, Professor of Education Neil Mercer argues that ‘talk’ needs tuition; state schools must teach spoken language skills for the sake of social...
Changing global diets is vital to reducing climate change
01 September 2014Healthier diets and reducing food waste are part of a combination of solutions needed to ensure food security and avoid dangerous climate change, say the...
Study shows where on the planet new roads should and should not go
28 August 2014Researchers have created a ‘large-scale zoning plan’ that aims to limit the environmental costs of road expansion while maximizing its benefits for human development.