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How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, Y is for Yak: an animal that is an integral part of high-altitude livelihoods throughout the Himalayas, Tibet and Central Asia.

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Endurance descendants to mark centenary by completing ancestor’s unfinished business

The family of the chief scientific officer from Ernest Shackleton’s famous Endurance expedition are to mark its centenary by completing part of his intended route to the South Pole and by digitising unpublished journals kept by their ancestor, James Wordie.

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Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure

People diagnosed with schizophrenia who are prone to hallucinations are likely to have structural differences in a key region of the brain compared to both healthy individuals and people diagnosed with schizophrenia who do not hallucinate, according to research published today.

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Given in evidence

How do we get better at taking the research knowledge from our science and engineering base and turning it into technologies, industries and economic wealth? The Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy aims to give policymakers the information they need to provide effective support for emerging technologies...

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‘Fourth strand’ of European ancestry originated with hunter-gatherers isolated by Ice Age

Populations of hunter-gatherers weathered Ice Age in apparent isolation in Caucasus mountain region for millennia, later mixing with other ancestral populations, from which emerged the Yamnaya culture that would bring this Caucasus hunter-gatherer lineage to Western Europe.

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Opinion: Why cats are fussy eaters but dogs will consume almost anything

Hannah Rowland (Department of Zoology) discusses why different animals have different tastes when it comes to food.

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Understanding the Paris Climate Summit

An event taking place next week in Cambridge will highlight some of the key scientific, technological and policy issues relevant to the Paris climate summit which begins later this month.

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Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in the short term

A new report by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) reveals that global investment portfolios could lose up to 45 per cent as a consequence of short-term shifts in climate change sentiment.

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Languages are fighting back

The number of young people studying languages in the UK is falling. Determined to change this, the University is running an increasing number of events to highlight the life-changing power of languages.

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Power up: cockroaches employ a “force boost” to chew through tough materials

New research indicates that cockroaches use a combination of fast and slow twitch muscle fibres to give their mandibles a “force boost” that allows them to chew through tough materials.

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How yaks and humans have lived in partnership for centuries

Endurance descendants to mark centenary by completing ancestor’s unfinished business

Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure

Given in evidence

‘Fourth strand’ of European ancestry originated with hunter-gatherers isolated by Ice Age

Opinion: Why cats are fussy eaters but dogs will consume almost anything

Understanding the Paris Climate Summit

Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in the short term

Languages are fighting back

Power up: cockroaches employ a “force boost” to chew through tough materials

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