Michael Ventris (left) and (right) a detail of the Pylos Tablet Ta641 inscribed with Linear B

Cracking the code: the decipherment of Linear B 60 years on

13 October 2012

A conference in Cambridge this weekend will mark the 60th anniversary of the decipherment by Michael Ventris of Linear B, a script used for an early form of ancient Greek. His stunning achievement pushed back the frontiers of knowledge about the ancient world.

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Farewell to the Chancellor

23 June 2011

His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, paid his final visit to the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ before he stood down as Chancellor.

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Positron emission tomography

What do drugs do to the brain?

17 March 2011

Drug abuse is probably linked to an in-built tendency to act without thinking, as shown by studies of siblings of chronic stimulant users, a leading neuroscientist will claim this week.

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Honorary Degrees 2011 nominations announced

08 March 2011

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge has today submitted the names of eight distinguished individuals to the Regent House for approval for the conferment of honorary degrees at a Congregation in the Senate House on Thursday 23 June 2011.

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