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Why animals talk

28 August 2024

Dr Arik Kershenbaum listens to wolves, gibbons and dolphins to reveal the messages they send one another. His work challenges our assumptions about what animals are capable of, and affirms what makes humans truly unique.

A colour-enhanced image showing a clump of prostate cancer cells

Together against prostate cancer

13 Aug 2024

New, repurposed and combined treatments could soon transform prostate cancer outcomes, with DNA repair research informing promising clinical trials...

The mink must go: ending a catastrophic UK invasion

13 Aug 2024

Many have said it's an impossible task. But a new approach is astonishing scientists by clearing the UK of destructive American mink - the lasting...

Cancer researcher Tom Else sitting in a lab wearing a white lab coat

Sight and sound

06 Aug 2024

How photoacoustics could transform cancer detection and monitoring

Cambridge United joins Open Cambridge to offer exclusive tours as part of a unique programme of events

05 Aug 2024

In an Open Cambridge first, visitors will be given the chance to learn about the football club's history and highlight its community initiatives and...

Discover your city this September

30 Jul 2024

Open Cambridge, the annual ten-day festival and celebration of local history and culture, will launch its 2024 programme of events on Monday 12...

Dr Alex Cagan outside the Department of Genetics

How 'superstar species' solve healthier ageing and cancer resistance

29 Jul 2024

Dr Alex Cagan – illustrator, geneticist and explorer of animal DNA – is offering a new perspective on the tapestry of life. His work has profound...

Inside the institute looking at early cancer

24 Jul 2024

Today sees the launch of the Early Cancer Institute at Cambridge. Its mission is deceptively simple: to detect cancer early enough to cure it.

Samuel Pepys’ fashion prints reveal his guilty pleasure: fancy French clothes

22 Jul 2024

A collection of French fashion engravings offers precious new insights into the life of Samuel Pepys years after his premature final diary entry. The...