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Young leaders from UK and Latin America tackle future at Shaping Horizons

11 Sep 2019

More than 100 future leaders from the UK and Latin America have gathered at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge to discuss the future of work and education...

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Edzná ruins, Campeche

Scientists measure severity of drought during the Maya collapse

02 Aug 2018

̽»¨Ö±²¥severity of drought conditions during the demise of the Maya civilisation about 1,000 years ago has been quantified, representing another piece...

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Biggest library of bat sounds compiled to track biodiversity

14 Apr 2016

Researchers have compiled the largest known library of bat calls to identify and conserve rare species in Mexico – a country which is home to many of...

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Tomato

Prize tomato

30 May 2012

A group of students on the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge’s MPhil course in Engineering for Sustainable Development has devised a project that will help...

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Timeless Books

Newman: ̽»¨Ö±²¥Catholic pin-up pinned down

02 Jun 2010

John Cornwell, director of Jesus College's Science and Human Dimension project, is also the author of a new biography of Cardinal John Henry Newman...

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Meteor Crater AZ

Asteroid killed off the dinosaurs

04 Mar 2010

̽»¨Ö±²¥Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction, which wiped out the dinosaurs and more than half of species on Earth, was caused by an asteroid colliding...

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Dr Barbara Bodenhorn

Engaging with Inuit communities

01 Jan 2009

At first glance, reasons for researching locations as different as the Arctic and Mexico are not self-evident. But comparison is at the core of...

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