Opinion
How to Write a Best-Selling Novel
Andy Martin discusses the “magic potion” for writing a thriller. So you want to write a novel? Of course you do. Everyone wants to write a novel at some stage in their lives. While you’re […]
Month: March 2017
Health
Your Body Clock Has an Impact on Whether You’ll Get Sick, Scientists Say
Akhilesh Reddy (Department of Clinical Neurosciences) discusses how circadian rhythms can affect whether you get the flu. From vitamin C and echinacea to warm clothes and antibacterial soap, there’s no shortage of ideas about how […]
Science
All Humans Evolved from This Odd-Looking Sea Creature
A tiny sea creature identified from fossils found in China may be the earliest known step on an evolutionary path that eventually led to the emergence of humans. Researchers have identified traces of what they […]
Opinion
Before the Fall of Rome, Roman Farmers Adapted the Lifestyles of Invaders
New archaeological analysis suggests people of Western Roman Empire switched between Hunnic nomadism and settled farming over a lifetime. Findings may be evidence of tribal encroachment that undermined Roman Empire during 5th century AD, contributing […]
Health
What Happens to Our Cells When We Age?
A team of researchers from across Cambridge has shed light on a long-standing debate about why the immune system weakens with age. Their findings, published today in Science, show that immune cells in older tissues […]
Science
Scientists Reconstruct the Face of a Man from the Middle Ages
New facial reconstruction of a man buried in a medieval hospital graveyard discovered underneath a Cambridge college sheds light on how ordinary poor people lived in 13th century England. The audience of an event at this […]
Health
Drinking Can Lower Your Risk for Some Heart Conditions
Moderate drinking is associated with a lower risk of several, but not all, cardiovascular diseases, according to a large study of UK adults led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and University College London […]
Science
Stem Cells Can Produce Millions of Human Brain and Muscle Cells in Days, Scientists Say
Scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have created a new technique that simplifies the production of human brain and muscle cells – allowing millions of functional cells to be […]
Health
Animal Research Helps Scientists Understand OCD
OCD can be a devastating condition: therapy and medication often doesn’t work, leaving many people unable to hold down a job or a relationship – or even to leave their house. In our series of […]
Science
Scientists Can Now Read Our Minds Using Brain Scanners
Brain imaging can reveal a great deal about who we are and what is going inside our heads. But how far can – and should – this research take us? Julia Gottwald and Barbara Sahakian, authors […]