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What makes a sand dune sing?

When solids flow like liquids they can make sand dunes sing, and they can also result in a potentially deadly avalanche. Cambridge researchers are studying the physics behind both of these phenomena, which could have applications in industries such as pharmaceuticals, oil and gas.

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Brexit: High Court ruling on Article 50 explained

In a landmark constitutional judgment handed down today, the High Court has put a stumbling block in the way of the Prime Minister’s plan to trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017. Professor Kenneth Armstrong from the Centre for European Legal Studies goes through the ruling.

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Ectoplasm, spirit trumpets and paintings from Pompeii: 600 years of Curious Objects

Why does one of the world’s great research libraries have ‘ectoplasm’, a spirit trumpet and beard hair posted to Charles Darwin among its eight million books, manuscripts and digital collections?

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Brexit: Listen to experts from Cambridge and beyond discuss how, why and what next for Brexit Britain

Listen to some of the talks that were given as part of the University's 'Brexit Week' series, which took place from 18 - 22 October.

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Holbein’s Dance Of Death - the 16th century Charlie Hebdo

He is best remembered for the magnificent portraits he produced as the court painter of Henry VIII; but a new study of Hans Holbein’s famous ‘Dance Of Death’ suggests that he also had strong anti-establishment views, creating works which foreshadowed modern satire.

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Pain in the machine: a Cambridge Shorts film

The pain we experience as humans has physical and emotional components. Could we develop a machine that feels pain a similar way – and would we want to? The first of four Cambridge Shorts looks at the possibilities and challenges.

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Re-enacting the first night of television, 80 years on

Cambridge researchers and students have recreated John Logie Baird’s cumbersome ‘flying spot’ camera for a documentary about the first live scheduled BBC television broadcast on 2 November 1936.

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New Cambridge centre sets out to prove we are not in a “post-truth” society

The Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication aims to ensure that facts on important issues are presented in ways that are accurate, transparent and relevant

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Elephant poaching costs African economies US $25 million per year in lost tourism revenue

New research shows investing in elephant conservation is smart economic policy for many African countries.

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Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #5

In the fifth of a new series of comment pieces written by linguists at Cambridge, Dr John Gallagher, historian of early modern Europe, argues that Britain should look to its past to rediscover the importance of language learning.

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What makes a sand dune sing?

Brexit: High Court ruling on Article 50 explained

Ectoplasm, spirit trumpets and paintings from Pompeii: 600 years of Curious Objects

Brexit: Listen to experts from Cambridge and beyond discuss how, why and what next for Brexit Britain

Holbein’s Dance Of Death - the 16th century Charlie Hebdo

Pain in the machine: a Cambridge Shorts film

Re-enacting the first night of television, 80 years on

New Cambridge centre sets out to prove we are not in a “post-truth” society

Elephant poaching costs African economies US $25 million per year in lost tourism revenue

Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #5

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