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Re-imagining King Lear in today's India

Preti Taneja's new novel uses King Lear as a framework to explore political and social changes in today's India. She will speak about it as part of the Cambridge Series at the Hay Festival.

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Extending weight loss programme helps overweight people keep more weight off and is cost-effective

Extending NHS weight loss programmes from one session per week for 12-weeks to one session per week for a year helped people who are overweight to lose more weight and keep it off for longer, according to a study published in The Lancet , and led by researchers from the University of Cambridge, University of Liverpool and...

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Opinion: Neuralink wants to wire your brain to the internet – what could possibly go wrong?

A company in Silicon Valley claims to be developing a "whole brain interface” for communicating wirelessly with the world. Christopher Markou from the Faculty of Law isn't overly keen...

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Measuring ripples in the cosmic web

Astronomers have made the first measurements of small-scale fluctuations in the cosmic web 2 billion years after the Big Bang. These measurements were conducted using a novel technique which relies on the light of quasars crossing the cosmic web along adjacent lines of sight.

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One Hundred Days of Trump

Professor Andrew Preston examines the origins of the first hundred days as a measure of presidential success in American politics.

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One Hundred Days of Trump

Professor Andrew Preston examines the origins of the first hundred days as a measure of presidential success in American politics.

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#ICYMI - Trump’s First Hundred Days

Dr Emily Charnock, Lecturer in American History, delivers her verdict as the Trump presidency reaches its first major milestone.

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#ICYMI - Trump’s First Hundred Days

Dr Emily Charnock, Lecturer in American History, delivers her verdict as the Trump presidency reaches its first major milestone.

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University of Cambridge looking for first professor of innovation

The University of Cambridge is to appoint its first professor of innovation, funded by an inventor with more than 400 patents to his name.

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Discarded History exhibition lifts the lid on 1,000 years of medieval history

Treasures from the world’s largest and most important collection of medieval Jewish manuscripts – chronicling 1,000 years of history in Old Cairo – have gone on display in Cambridge today for a six-month-long exhibition at Cambridge University Library.

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