Cambridge alum Lord Monckton attacked over his claim that Architecture degree...
Photo - Theapricity.com Leading science blog attacks Cambridge alumnus for climate change denial as Lord Monckton claims his Architecture degree equips him to discuss climate change. A Cambridge...
View ArticleCambridge MP Huppert fumes as his favourite science show gets the axe
Julian Huppert, Lib Dem MP for Cambridge, described BBC East's decision to scrap popular radio show 'The Naked Scientists' as "a grave mistake". The programme, which has run for ten years and won...
View ArticlePioneering fight against heart disease stems from Cambridge research
Photo - Cambridge University - Dept of Medicine Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered a new way to make stem cells which has the potential to treat cardiovascular disease. The new...
View ArticleGo Compare the cold void of space: Hawking commits murder in new TV ad
This New Year Lucasian Professor of Mathematics Stephen Hawking will be gracing TV screens in an advert for the car insurance comparison site, GoCompare. The advertisement, which first aired today,...
View ArticleCambridge researcher warns Christmas binge eating can take hours off your life
Image - Stockvault.net How many portions of yule log did you eat this Christmas? Did you watch the Downton Abbey special at the same time as drinking a glass of red wine? Or, in other words, how many...
View ArticleMystery of globe in Whipple Museum solved
Photo - Jacqueline Garget The mystery of a Spanish globe housed in Cambridge's Whipple museum finally seems to have been solved. The purpose and provenance of the artefact, which looks from the outside...
View ArticleCan science inspire music?
Muse - The 2nd Law Adam Thelwall investigates... What inspires music? Popular theories cite love, politics and drugs. But what of us lonely NatScis who don't experience these things? Maybe rock legends...
View ArticleThe science of sleep
Image - Stockvault.net Pulled an 'all-nighter' recently? Stefan Nigam separates myth from fact in his quest to uncover the importance of sleep... The conventional wisdom passed onto Cambridge students...
View ArticleAcademics slam Cameron’s “naive” cyber-spying bill
Image - Mike Licht A Cambridge academic was among nine cyber-security experts to speak out this week against government plans which would allow security services to snoop on email, internet and mobile...
View ArticleExclusive: TCS interviews discoverer of DNA James Watson
Photo - wikipedia 60 years ago James Watson and Francis Crick published their famous paper on nature, in which they described the structure of DNA two months after they famously announced their...
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