African collections at MAA come from over 700 named collectors, donors or vendors. One of the largest collections, made by ...

Researchers have developed a mindfulness therapy tailored specifically to appeal to teenagers to help them cope with increasing levels of depression and mental health problems. The approach teaches ...

Remotely operated camera traps, sound recorders and drones are increasingly being used in conservation science to monitor ...

A pivotal clinical trial of a 'pill-on-a-thread' test, which will decide if it becomes a new screening programme for ...

The Human Cell Atlas is an ambitious project to map every cell in the human body. Its co-lead, Professor Sarah Teichmann, ...

Cultural, political, or even violent conflict are likely to encourage people to strengthen their accents as they try to ...

The University of Cambridge is a global institution. These pages provide an overview of Cambridge's international activities in pursuit of its mission to contribute to society through excellence of ...

Sitting in a field strung with 120 miles of radio telescope antennae, 24-year old PhD student Jocelyn Bell couldn’t shake the feeling that she’d seen something before. The year was 1967. For two years ...

I like to think of butterflies as the gateway drug. If we can get people involved in butterfly conservation, that’s the first step to getting them to care about insects more broadly. Andrew Bladon, ...

A graveyard of 35 people laid to rest over 10,000 years ago was uncovered in Shanidar Cave by archaeologist Ralph Solecki in 1960. This cemetery was found at the end of four seasons of excavation, ...