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The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series
Duration: 00:00:15
Published Date: 2016/02/09From Albatross to Zebrafish, the Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge’s connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. The articles are now being made available as a series of podcasts, and in our new publication on Medium. https://medium.com/cambridge-animal-alphabet -
J is for Jay
Duration: 00:04:24
Published Date: 2015/08/06The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, J is for Jay – a surprisingly clever corvid with the ability to mimic human voices and much more. Jays are corvids – members of the crow family. The jays we see in Britain are Eurasian jays. With their pinkish plumage, and characteristic flash of blue, they Results that match 2 of 3 words
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Animal research aims to improve the prospects for future organ…
Duration: 00:05:03
Published Date: 2023/07/13Content warning: this film contains images of blood and surgery For people with organ failure, transplantation is the only option. A lack of suitable organs for transplantation means patients die every day. Researchers in the University’s Department of Surgery are using large animal models to understand why donated organs become damaged and unsuitable for transplantation, and to test promising -
Three-dimensional reconstruction of a rangeomorph
Duration: 00:00:08
Published Date: 2016/11/14New three-dimensional reconstructions show how some of the earliest animals on Earth developed, and provide some answers as to why they went extinct. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/how-some-of-the-first-animals-lived-and-died A bizarre group of uniquely-shaped organisms known as rangeomorphs may have been some of the earliest animals to appear on Earth, uniquely suited to ocean conditions 575 -
How do we reduce the risk of animal viruses jumping to humans?
Duration: 00:04:55
Published Date: 2020/11/09COVID-19 is caused by a virus that jumped from animals to humans - and then spread rapidly. The risk of this happening again, causing another pandemic, is very real. Cambridge researchers have looked at all the major ways this might happen, to work out what might be done to reduce the risk. Read more here: -
Fighting cancer: Animal research at Cambridge
Duration: 00:11:40
Published Date: 2015/04/24Animal research plays an essential role in our understanding of health and disease and in the development of modern medicine and surgical techniques. As part of our commitment to openness, this film examines how mice are helping the fight against cancer. It takes a in-depth look at the facilities in which they are housed, exploring issues of animal welfare and the search for replacements. We -
Understanding the OCD Brain part 2: Animal research at Cambridge
Duration: 00:15:11
Published Date: 2017/03/28Science writer David Adam has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In the second of a series of films, he meets researchers at the University of Cambridge to find out what animals – rats and marmosets – can teach us about the condition and how this can help in the development of new treatments. -
Just Add Water
Duration: 00:05:45
Published Date: 2010/03/25Rotifers are tiny animals that survive against all the odds. They are also known for not having had sex for 80 million years. We follow Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, award-winning Cambridge researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, as he tests their super-powers by draining 90% of the water in their microscopic bodies, heats them to boiling point and freezes them in liquid nitrogen. Still they thrive! -
Cambridge Ideas - Just Add Water
Duration: 00:05:45
Published Date: 2010/04/06Rotifers are tiny animals that survive against all the odds. They are also known for not having had sex for 80 million years. We follow Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, award-winning Cambridge researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, as he tests their super-powers by draining 90% of the water in their microscopic bodies, heats them to boiling point and freezes them in liquid nitrogen. Still they thrive! -
Stealth swimmers: the fish that hide behind others to hunt
Duration: 00:01:29
Published Date: 2023/08/07An experiment on coral reefs provides the first evidence of a fish that uses other animals for motion camouflage to approach prey without detection. Coral reefs around the world are being degraded due to the warming climate, pollution and overfishing. The researchers say the strategy of hiding behind other moving fish may help animals adapt to the impacts of environmental change. Researchers: Dr -
Give and Take
Duration: 00:12:20
Published Date: 2019/11/14Give and Take explores the complex nature of gift giving for humans and their close animal relatives. The film brings biology, psychology, political studies, philosophy and theology into dialogue. Interviewees include Cambridge’s Professor Claire Hughes (Psychology), Professor Nicky Clayton (Psychology) and Dr Andrew Davison (Theology and Natural Sciences). Giving figures prominently in many -
#CambVet : Snow grit and animal paws
Duration: 00:00:24
Published Date: 2023/03/07Walking you dog in the snow? Cambridge University vet Charlotte has some advice if you are about to go out or if they have just come back in. -
Maggots and rotting food waste: a new recipe for sustainable fish and …
Duration: 00:04:10
Published Date: 2018/07/31Entomics Biosystems, a company set up by a group of Cambridge students, is developing a sustainable feed of the future – based on maggots and food waste. -
City birds learn not to fear litter
Duration: 00:00:37
Published Date: 2016/11/14New research led by Gates Cambridge Scholar Alison Greggor, shows urban birds are less afraid of litter than their country cousins. It suggests they may learn that it is not dangerous and shows how some animals can learn to adapt to human-dominated environments. -
Sir John Sulston, Society and health, Tue 7 July
Duration: 00:08:37
Published Date: 2009/10/13Professor Sir John Sulston (University of Manchester, UK) Abstract: Darwin liberated us from dogma by making biology comprehensible, so allowing us to move forward. But whilst natural selection provides an explanation for our existence, it does not tell us how to behave. We must ourselves face up to our future as a thinking and powerful animal. -
Chris Ponting, Darwin and modern science, Thu 9 July
Duration: 00:12:24
Published Date: 2009/10/12Genomes: the books of life Professor Chris Ponting (University of Oxford, UK) Summary: DNA from across the tree of life presents a fascinating record of the impact of natural selection on animal evolution. Differences in anatomy and behaviour between species are reflected by changes both within genes and within DNA dark matter whose biology remains largely unknown. -
Photoreceptor Contraction
Duration: 00:00:18
Published Date: 2012/10/10In this video, you can see a group of isolated photoreceptors -- specialised light-detecting cells from the fly's eye - rapidly contract in response to light. This rapid contraction is believed to generate the electrical signal in the fly photoreceptor, which is the fastest visual response in the animal kingdom. Moving images courtesy of SCIENCE -
Liver disease drug could prevent COVID-19
Duration: 00:01:50
Published Date: 2022/12/05Scientists in the Sampaziotis Lab have identified an off-patent drug that can be repurposed to prevent COVID-19 – and may be capable of protecting against future variants of the virus – in research involving a unique mix of ‘mini-organs’, donor organs, animal studies and patients. Find out more here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05594-0 -
Volvox embryo turning itself inside out
Duration: 00:01:19
Published Date: 2015/04/27Researchers have captured the first 3D video of a living algal embryo turning itself inside out, from a sphere to a mushroom shape and back again. The results could help unravel the mechanical processes at work during a similar process in animals, which has been called the “most important time in your life.” Read more at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/upside-down-and-inside-out -
To boldly go -- how personality predicts social learning in baboons
Duration: 00:01:44
Published Date: 2014/03/11Like other social animals, baboons learn from each other about which foods are best to eat. Now, researchers at Cambridge have found that how well they learn from others depends on their personality, bold or anxious baboons learning more than those who are shy or laid back. - See more at: -
BioBlitz at Cambridge University
Duration: 00:04:22
Published Date: 2012/07/11Starting at 3pm on Friday June 22nd 2012, led by experts from the Museum of Zoology, volunteers and members of the public raced against time to count as many species of animals and plants as possible in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The Garden knows the 8000 species it has planted there, but there was still a lot still to discover in these wonderful grounds near the centre of Cambridge. -
Daniel Dennett, Human Nature and Belief, Wed 8 July
Duration: 00:29:20
Published Date: 2009/10/09Darwin and the evolution of why? Professor Daniel C Dennett (Centre for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA) Summary: We human beings are the only living things that can represent, transmit and criticize reasons for doing things and making things. This creates a perspective for us that we can then use to interpret all the rest of the life on the planet, cautiously. -
Cambridge Ideas - Seven Ages of the Body
Duration: 00:06:11
Published Date: 2010/08/26Dr John Robb is an archaeologist and has been studying how people have understood the human body over the last 10,000 years. "It may seem surprising to think the human body has a history. We take it for granted it's a material thing, it's just there" Over time his research shows the body has been seen and portrayed in different ways: the body as an animal, the body politicised, God's body, the -
Pain in the machine
Duration: 00:12:06
Published Date: 2016/10/31Pain in The Machine is a short documentary that considers whether robots should feel pain. Once you've watched our film, please take a moment to complete our short survey https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PainintheMachineSurvey Pain is a feeling that most would describe as being unpleasant, both physically and emotionally. Why then do humans and other animals have pain, and how is it useful? -
Bio-inspired robotics
Duration: 00:03:16
Published Date: 2015/08/12Fumiya Iida’s research looks at how robotics can be improved by taking inspiration from nature, whether that’s learning about intelligence, or finding ways to improve robotic locomotion. A robot requires between ten and 100 times more energy than an animal to do the same thing. Iida’s lab is filled with a wide array of hopping robots, which may take their inspiration from grasshoppers, -
Calls vs. balls: An evolutionary trade-off
Duration: 00:04:04
Published Date: 2015/10/22Howler monkeys are about the size of a small dog, weighing around seven kilos, yet they are among the loudest terrestrial animals on the planet, and can roar at a similar acoustic frequency to tigers. Evolution has given these otherwise lethargic creatures a complex and powerful vocal system. For males, a critical function of the roar is for mating: to attract females and scare off rival males. -
Sir David Attenborough speaks about the re-opening of the Museum of…
Duration: 00:02:08
Published Date: 2018/06/18The University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge is one of the largest and most important natural history collections in the UK, with an extraordinarily rich history dating back to 1814. On 23rd June 2018 the Museum reopens after a five-year, £4.1million redevelopment to reveal thousands of incredible specimens from across the animal kingdom. The refurbished galleries bring the Museum into the -
CTVT Oronasal Tumours
Duration: 00:01:44
Published Date: 2022/07/04Read more about the research here: https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/male-dogs-four-times-more-likely-to-develop-contagious-cancer-on-nose-or-mouth-than-females Animation Credit: Emma Werner Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour (CTVT) is an unusual cancer – it is infectious and can spread between dogs when they come into contact. The living cancer cells physically ‘transplant’ themselves -
Shedding light on forests
Duration: 00:09:37
Published Date: 2013/05/21The world needs forests. By using advanced imaging technology, scientists are able to map on an unprecedentedly large scale -- and in remarkably accurate detail - what is happening to these precious resources worldwide. Forests are essential for life on earth. They provide a habitat for a myriad of different plant and animal species -- too numerous to count but certainly running into millions. -
Curious Objects: Asante Gold Weights
Duration: 00:00:40
Published Date: 2017/02/03These Curious Objects are Asante gold weights and come from 19th or 20th century Ghana. They were made of brass, but we're used to measure gold dust which was the universal currency in West Africa at the time. Weights often featured animals, fish, weapons and tools – or human figures as demonstrated here. Their significance as an art form transcends their function and reflects wider Asante -
Dogs, Daughters and "Disinheritance" in the Supreme Court
Duration: 00:19:15
Published Date: 2017/03/29In Ilott v The Blue Cross [2017] UKSC 17 the Supreme Court considered the competing claims of the animal charities included in a woman's will and her estranged adult daughter, who was excluded from the will but living in necessitous circumstances. In this video, Brian Sloan considers the outcome of the case, which raised fundamental principles of succession law, and its broader implications. -
From Punnett to personal genomics: a century of genetics in Cambridge
Duration: 00:21:30
Published Date: 2012/10/02The Balfour Chair of Genetics was established at Cambridge in 1912. As part of its centenary celebrations the Department of Genetics has produced a short film following the development of the subject in the University over the past 100 years. In the early 20th century the establishment of genetic research in Britain was driven primarily by William Bateson. As Steward of St John's College and -
Fence break behaviour
Duration: 00:01:11
Published Date: 2016/11/14In Kenya, Dr Lauren Evans, a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Geography, is also researching the conflicts that arise when elephants and humans share the same rural landscape. She is an associate director of Space for Giants, a Kenyan-based elephant conservation charity that seeks to ensure a future for elephants through human-elephant conflict mitigation, anti-poaching, securing -
The horses’ teeth
Duration: 00:01:40
Published Date: 2015/07/17This set of 29 papier mache models of horses' teeth (Wh. 6135) was made by Dr Louis Auzoux in France in the 1890s. The original wooden case opens out to reveal four rows of spaces for sets on each side. A hinged wooden flap holds the teeth in place. The models demonstrate the appearance of horses’ teeth at different ages, the effects of wind sucking and crib biting, and the fraudulent ways of -
Daisy trick
Duration: 00:01:02
Published Date: 2012/02/01In this video Dr Beverley Glover explains how a daisy is a collection of tiny flowers grouped together to make it look like a single big flower. Under the Microscope is a collection of videos produced by Cambridge University that show glimpses of the natural and man-made world in stunning close-up. Check out the rest of the series here: http://bit.ly/A6bwCE Dr Glover: "The flowering plants -
Forget walking... tiny insect jumps on water
Duration: 00:05:41
Published Date: 2012/12/04An insect not much bigger than a grain of rice is able to repeatedly jump on the surface of water using specialised paddles on their hind legs, new research reveals. The pygmy mole cricket, which is really more closely related to a grasshopper than a cricket, is only 5mm (1/4 inch) long and weighs less than 10mg. They live in burrows that they dig into the muddy banks alongside fresh water, to -
What is the future?
Duration: 00:53:56
Published Date: 2021/03/26Hello and welcome back to Mind Over Chatter! This second series is all about the future - and in this first episode we’re going to be considering what the future even is… Have you ever wondered how time works? It turns out, the answer is a lot more complicated than we thought. Please fill out our survey https://forms.gle/r9CfHpJVUEWrxoyx9 to tell us what your mind thinks about our chatter.
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