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Jason Beer KC appointed to conduct Part Two of Independent Review following the death of Professor Jason Arday

Jason Beer KC has been appointed to chair Part Two of the Independent Review established by the University of Cambridge following the death of Professor Jason Arday in August 2026.
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Earliest spoken audio of endangered U.S. language discovered

Forgotten recordings made by a pioneering Black academic allow contemporary linguists to hear for the first time how the ...
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Comets didn’t seed life on Earth after all, new study suggests

Comets didn’t seed life on Earth after all, a new study suggests, potentially overturning a century-old idea. The theory that ...
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door of the zeptoverse

After a search lasting more than four decades, a UK-led team of physicists have found evidence for the rarest decay of a subatomic ‘beauty’ particle ever seen. The results could open the door to a ...
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“Our weapon is public opinion”

One of the largest surviving collections of suffrage posters from the early twentieth century are housed in Cambridge University Library’s famous tower. This month, a selection will go on display for ...
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Farmers have less leisure time than hunter-gatherers, study suggests

For two years, a team including University of Cambridge anthropologist Dr Mark Dyble, lived with the Agta, a population of small scale hunter-gatherers from the northern Philippines who are ...
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Spending for smiles: money can buy happiness after all

Spending can increase our happiness when it is spent on goods and services that fit our personalities and so meet our psychological needs. Joe Gladstone People who spent more money on purchases which ...
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Sexually transmitted diarrhoea spreading rapidly among some networks of gay men in the UK, study finds

Many men who have sex with men remain unaware of the growing risk posed by sexually transmitted Shigella, say researchers, as a new study shows variants are spreading quickly in the UK and evolving ...
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Removing beef and lamb from menu dramatically reduces food-related carbon emissions at Cambridge University

A Sustainable Food Policy at the University of Cambridge, which includes removing beef and lamb from the menu and promoting plant-based food options, has had a dramatic effect on food-related carbon ...
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Deforestation policies are failing to protect against a potentially bigger threat to the Brazilian Amazon

Antonio has spent the past seven years running toward fires that most others run from. A firefighter in the Brazilian Amazon since 2019, he works inside the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, one of the ...
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Genetic variant may help explain why Labradors are prone to obesity

A genetic variation associated with obesity and appetite in Labrador retrievers – the UK and US’s favourite dog breed – has been identified by scientists at the University of Cambridge. The finding ...