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1 Feb 2013: On a Thursday evening in September 400 years ago, Simon Forman’s wife asked which of them would die first. Forman – at the time one of London’s best-known astrologers, occultists and physicians – replied that he would be dead within a week.

18 Feb 2013: What makes a successful woman at Cambridge? How should we judge success? And who would you nominate as a role model? These are questions that the Senior Gender Equality Network are putting to the wider University as part of a project to launch a

31 Jan 2013: Democracies require that citizens understand things. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance and there’s not much vigilance on the part of the general public at the moment.”.

21 Jun 2013: He has also devised a new third year course in Semiconductor Engineering, and has reinvigorated laboratories for the general Part I.”.

31 Jan 2013: Professor Andy Hopper and Dr Rob Mullins both confess to being slightly surprised – but delighted – by the extraordinary reaction that’s greeted the Raspberry Pi computer. By the time it was officially launched, and months before the credit

13 Feb 2013: The University and Cancer Research UK have also announced the appointment of Professor Simon Tavaré as the next Director of the newly branded Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, succeeding Sir Bruce Ponder. The transfer will strengthen the

31 Jan 2013: While not essential to his science, Dr Ott believes that producing stunning images is crucial to communicating his science to a wider audience, both to the general public and to academics

13 Feb 2013: Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Affairs Jeremy Sanders welcomed the decision. “The North West Cambridge development is a major part of the University’s long-term future, providing much of the residential and research accommodation that the

13 Feb 2013: As well as being home to a world-leading university, Cambridge can lay claim to being the UK’s capital of cycling, and in February a new velocipede arrives in the city. Looking like a cross between a gym bike and a unicycle, it should get staff

15 Apr 2013: In 2003, 58 people gathered to listen to Professor Usha Goswami deliver a lecture entitled ‘A Cross-Language Approach to Developmental Dyslexia’. This was the first in a series of annual disability lectures held with the support of St John’s