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Smarter than the average bird?

Corina Logan's research investigates behavioural flexibility in the great-tailed grackle.

Debt level analysis could help investors make sharper choices about real estate

Retail and institutional investors alike often buy stocks in Real Estate Investment Trusts, because they are known as defensive stocks, able to withstand periods of economic downturn, but a new study explains why some of these companies could prove a much safer bet than others.

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Policing: two officers ‘on the beat’ prevent 86 assaults and save thousands in prison costs

The results of a major criminology experiment in Peterborough suggest that investing in proactive PCSO foot patrols targeting crime ‘hot spots’ could yield a more than five-to-one return: with every £10 spent saving £56 in prison costs.

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Opinion: No giant leap for mankind: why we’ve been looking at human evolution in the wrong way

Robert Foley (Department of Archaeology and Anthropology) discusses the cumulative processes by which we became human.

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Darwin’s 'true century' was delayed until animal biographies illuminated social evolution

Over the last fifty years, long-term studies following individual animals over entire lifespans have allowed insight into the evolutionary influence of social behaviour – finally fulfilling the holistic approach to evolution first suggested by Darwin, argues the author of a new milestone work on mammal societies.

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Nano ‘hall of mirrors’ causes molecules to mix with light

Researchers have successfully used quantum states to mix a molecule with light at room temperature, which will aid in the exploration of quantum technologies and provide new ways to manipulate the physical and chemical properties of matter.

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How to build a healthier city

Life in towns and cities can grind you down, but putting health and wellbeing at the centre of new housing and infrastructure developments could make for happier, healthier citizens.

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Cambridge people named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2016

Several members of the University have been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list announced today.

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Opinion: Women are far more anxious than men – here’s the science

Olivia Remes (Cambridge Institute of Public Health) discusses why women are almost twice as likely to experience anxiety as men.

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Going green: why don't we all do it?

From wind turbines and solar photovoltaics to grey water recycling and electric vehicles, technology is making it ever easier for us to be green – yet many of us are not. Now, Cambridge researchers are discovering that our personalities and communities have a major impact on our environmental decisions, opening up new ways...

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Smarter than the average bird?

Debt level analysis could help investors make sharper choices about real estate

Policing: two officers ‘on the beat’ prevent 86 assaults and save thousands in prison costs

Opinion: No giant leap for mankind: why we’ve been looking at human evolution in the wrong way

Darwin’s 'true century' was delayed until animal biographies illuminated social evolution

Nano ‘hall of mirrors’ causes molecules to mix with light

How to build a healthier city

Cambridge people named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list 2016

Opinion: Women are far more anxious than men – here’s the science

Going green: why don't we all do it?

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