‘Manifest’ is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year
20 Nov 2024The controversial global trend of manifesting has driven Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024.
Northerners, Scots and Irish excel at detecting fake accents to guard against outsiders, study suggests
20 Nov 2024People from Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and the north-east of England are better at detecting someone imitating their accent than people from London and...
Study uncovers earliest evidence of humans using fire to shape the landscape of Tasmania
15 Nov 2024Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, about 2,000 years earlier...
Vast majority of Trump voters believe American values and prosperity are ‘under threat’
11 Nov 2024Data also suggests that Democrat appeals to unity were popular across the board, but “politicians need to do more to understand why some people feel...
A radical economic transformation is the only way to save nature and ourselves
04 Nov 2024After two weeks of negotiations last week in Cali, Colombia, the COP16 biodiversity summit was suspended with no overall agreement on a path forward...
Hope and determination for nature
31 Oct 2024Cambridge Conservation Initiative Executive Director Melissa Leach offers insights on the COP16 Global Biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia as...
Are weight loss jabs the solution to the obesity crisis?
30 Oct 2024Almost two thirds of UK adults are overweight or obese. Are weight loss drugs the solution? Cambridge experts share their opinions.
Military musicians returning from Napoleonic wars invented Britain’s brass bands
30 Oct 2024Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain’s first brass bands earlier than previously thought, Dr Eamonn O'Keeffe has...
Airbnb rentals linked to increased crime rates in London neighbourhoods
24 Oct 2024Rising numbers of houses and flats listed as short-term lets on Airbnb are associated with higher rates of crimes such as burglaries and street...
UK budget rules hand green economy to China
24 Oct 2024A new report by researchers from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) argues the UK government...
Cambridge is forging a future for our planet
21 Oct 2024Find out how Cambridge's pioneering research in climate and nature is regenerating nature, rewiring energy, rethinking transport and redefining...
Changemakers: Bhaskar Vira, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Environmental Sustainability
21 Oct 2024Economist, researcher and educator, Bhaskar Vira is keeping faith with a life-long love for the natural world and a determination to tackle the...