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  2. Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #5 |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/opinion-brexit-and-the-importance-of-languages-for-britain-5
    Thumbnail for Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #5 | University of Cambridge 1 Nov 2016: When I tell people that I study the history of foreign-language learning in England, they often ask whether the English ever learnt other languages at all. ... Reading back over the documents of the investigation that followed, it’s hard for me to
  3. How humans and wild birds collaborate to get precious resources of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/how-humans-and-wild-birds-collaborate-to-get-precious-resources-of-honey-and-wax
    Thumbnail for How humans and wild birds collaborate to get precious resources of honey and wax | University of Cambridge 22 Jul 2016: Honeyguides give a special call to attract people’s attention, then fly from tree to tree to indicate the direction of a bees’ nest. ... While many people consider wilderness not to have people in it, at Niassa people are an essential part of the
  4. Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #3 |…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/opinion-brexit-and-the-importance-of-languages-for-britain-3
    Thumbnail for Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #3 | University of Cambridge 13 Oct 2016: We heard that Nigel Farage disliked sharing trains with people speaking languages other than English, and shortly before the referendum it was reported that a Muslim woman on a bus had ... This then impacts on applications to study languages at university
  5. Kepler's Trial: An Opera | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/keplers-trial-an-opera
    Thumbnail for Kepler's Trial: An Opera | University of Cambridge 15 Dec 2016: Thousands of people, mostly women, were executed for supposed dealings in the occult, and families were torn apart in a climate of paranoia and distrust. ... Around 25,000 people were executed for witchcraft in the 16th and 17th centuries,” Rublack said
  6. Reading the face of a leader | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reading-the-face-of-a-leader
    Thumbnail for Reading the face of a leader | University of Cambridge 10 May 2016: Jochen Menges. Past studies have shown that, in competitive settings, people prefer both male and female leaders to have masculine facial characteristics – because these are perceived as signalling competitive personality traits. ... The study finds
  7. Facebook updates could provide a window to understanding – and…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/facebook-updates-could-provide-a-window-to-understanding-and-treating-mental-health-disorders
    Thumbnail for Facebook updates could provide a window to understanding – and treating – mental health disorders | University of Cambridge 28 Oct 2016: People with schizophrenia and psychosis, for example, have reported that social networking sites helped them socialise and did not worsen their symptoms. ... However, the use of social networking sites in the context of mental health and young people
  8. Explaining the European Union | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/explaining-the-european-union
    Thumbnail for Explaining the European Union | University of Cambridge 11 May 2016: This has led people to ask for ‘the facts’, as if they will be decisive. ... That will come down to their political views. “The idea that if you give people the facts people will agree is bogus.
  9. Questions of life and death | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/questions-of-life-and-death
    Thumbnail for Questions of life and death | University of Cambridge 4 Nov 2016: Stockley focuses on three people whose lives are ending. They and those they love share their feelings. ... She spoke of the closeness that developed between her team and the people they filmed – and her own emotional response.
  10. How to build a healthier city | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-to-build-a-healthier-city
    Thumbnail for How to build a healthier city | University of Cambridge 13 Jun 2016: When new infrastructure integrates opportunities for walking and cycling, we see people shifting their commuting behaviour. ... Given the stereotype of the British as a very private people, how did people respond?
  11. The myth of quitting in anger | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-myth-of-quitting-in-anger
    Thumbnail for The myth of quitting in anger | University of Cambridge 31 May 2016: part of their self-definition, and hence such people are less likely to respond to negative feelings by disengaging. ... The research focused on a large company in the pilot training and certification business, with a final dataset of 135 people employed
  12. “It’s not worth me having a long-life lightbulb”: Attitudes to death…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/its-not-worth-me-having-a-long-life-lightbulb-attitudes-to-death-among-the-very-old
    Thumbnail for “It’s not worth me having a long-life lightbulb”: Attitudes to death among the very old | University of Cambridge 5 Apr 2016: time. “As people get older, as their friends die, there’s an element of ticking them off,” said one proxy. ... Few people wanted to be admitted to hospital in the event of such an illness, though rarely gave reasons.
  13. Global carnivore conservation at risk | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/global-carnivore-conservation-at-risk
    Thumbnail for Global carnivore conservation at risk | University of Cambridge 6 Apr 2016: New strategies that involve better integration of people and carnivores inside and outside of protected areas will be needed if further species of carnivores are not to become extinct. ... There is need to implement conservation strategies that promote
  14. On the life (and deaths) of democracy | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/on-the-life-and-deaths-of-democracy
    Thumbnail for On the life (and deaths) of democracy | University of Cambridge 26 May 2016: In essence, Cartledge argues that this truly represented government of the people by the people for the people. ... This system is so rarely used, and so risky, but it’s the nearest thing to trusting the people.
  15. The amazing axon adventure | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-amazing-axon-adventure
    Thumbnail for The amazing axon adventure | University of Cambridge 5 Feb 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
  16. Positive teacher-student relationships boost good behaviour in…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/positive-teacher-student-relationships-boost-good-behaviour-in-teenagers-for-up-to-four-years
    Thumbnail for Positive teacher-student relationships boost good behaviour in teenagers for up to four years | University of Cambridge 9 Aug 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
  17. Dementia: Catching the memory thief | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/dementia-catching-the-memory-thief
    Thumbnail for Dementia: Catching the memory thief | University of Cambridge 21 Sep 2016: Most people, by the time they’re in their eighties or nineties, have some of these changes in their brains, regardless of whether or not they ever develop dementia.”. ... Then we wouldn’t need to worry about identifying people at highest risk of
  18. Lines of Thought: Communicating Faith | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lines-of-thought-communicating-faith
    Thumbnail for Lines of Thought: Communicating Faith | University of Cambridge 27 May 2016: had the right to interpret it to the people. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
  19. How does your smart city grow? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-does-your-smart-city-grow
    Thumbnail for How does your smart city grow? | University of Cambridge 17 Jun 2016: Professor Lord Robert Mair. It can be tough getting people excited about infrastructure because we often don’t notice it until something goes wrong. ... But just think how different expectations were for people living in Victorian London.
  20. Keeping patients safe in hospital | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/keeping-patients-safe-in-hospital
    Thumbnail for Keeping patients safe in hospital | University of Cambridge 15 Nov 2016: In other words, people focus on the areas that are being incentivised, but neglect other areas. ... It is not, he says, just about technology, but about the system and the people within the system.
  21. The archaeology of childhood | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-archaeology-of-childhood
    Thumbnail for The archaeology of childhood | University of Cambridge 30 Jan 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
  22. Smarter than the average bird? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/smarter-than-the-average-bird
    Thumbnail for Smarter than the average bird? | University of Cambridge 15 Jun 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
  23. New approach to treating type 1 diabetes aims to limit damage caused…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/new-approach-to-treating-type-1-diabetes-aims-to-limit-damage-caused-by-our-own-immune-system
    Thumbnail for New approach to treating type 1 diabetes aims to limit damage caused by our own immune system | University of Cambridge 11 Oct 2016: About 400,000 people in the UK are affected, 29,000 of them children. ... The researchers say that any treatment would initially focus on people who are newly-diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, many of whom are still able to produce sufficient insulin to
  24. When is a book not a book? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/when-is-a-book-not-a-book
    Thumbnail for When is a book not a book? | University of Cambridge 10 Oct 2016: The thing that people always hoped was the digital world would get simpler and it’s actually a whole lot more complicated because your end result isn’t the same. ... static. Many people working in the industry worried that publishing would go the
  25. Man on a mission to beat cancer | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/man-on-a-mission-to-beat-cancer
    Thumbnail for Man on a mission to beat cancer | University of Cambridge 14 Nov 2016: People say it’s because children don’t smoke or live for 70 years or do those things which cause mistakes in a cell’s DNA. ... What we will see increasingly in cancer is a push towards diagnosing early, and people becoming increasingly used to
  26. Global responsibilities | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/global-responsibilities
    Thumbnail for Global responsibilities | University of Cambridge 16 May 2016: I was recently invited to address a meeting of the International Alliance of Research Universities at the University of Cape Town. The theme was Global
  27. Reconditioning the brain to overcome fear | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reconditioning-the-brain-to-overcome-fear
    Thumbnail for Reconditioning the brain to overcome fear | University of Cambridge 21 Nov 2016: Ben Seymour. Fear related disorders affect around one in 14 people and place considerable pressure on mental health services. ... To apply this to patients, we need to build a library of the brain information codes for the various things that people
  28. The Fitzwilliam Museum is 200 today | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-fitzwilliam-museum-is-200-today
    Thumbnail for The Fitzwilliam Museum is 200 today | University of Cambridge 4 Feb 2016: From the records we have discovered he appears to have been as generous as he was learned: he arranged music concerts to raise funds for charity, and helped many people escaping ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
  29. Dish Life: a Cambridge Shorts film | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/dish-life-a-cambridge-shorts-film
    Thumbnail for Dish Life: a Cambridge Shorts film | University of Cambridge 21 Nov 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
  30. Tackling inequality in computer science | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/tackling-inequality-in-computer-science
    Thumbnail for Tackling inequality in computer science | University of Cambridge 26 Jan 2016: It made him think that people in his country should be able to take it and his experience studying in the UK made the contrast between educational opportunities in both countries ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
  31. Why be human when you can be otherkin? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/why-be-human-when-you-can-be-otherkin
    Thumbnail for Why be human when you can be otherkin? | University of Cambridge 16 Jul 2016: People upon hearing that we are elves simply do not believe their own eyes and ears. ... on an obsolete paradigm, while the same people could have found a supporting community off- and online.”.
  32. Going green: why don't we all do it? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/going-green-why-dont-we-all-do-it
    Thumbnail for Going green: why don't we all do it? | University of Cambridge 10 Jun 2016: But what is considered an acceptable level of risk differs widely across people and households.”. ... Neuroticism and Agreeableness lead people to be more risk averse, while Extraversion has a positive association with risk.
  33. What makes a sand dune sing? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/what-makes-a-sand-dune-sing
    Thumbnail for What makes a sand dune sing? | University of Cambridge 4 Nov 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
  34. Being overweight linked to poorer memory | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/being-overweight-linked-to-poorer-memory
    Thumbnail for Being overweight linked to poorer memory | University of Cambridge 25 Feb 2016: We're not saying that overweight people are necessarily more forgetful," cautions Dr Cheke, “but if these results are generalizable to memory in everyday life, then it could be that overweight ... people are less able to vividly relive details of past
  35. Mulled wine: a recipe for sustainability? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mulled-wine-a-recipe-for-sustainability
    Thumbnail for Mulled wine: a recipe for sustainability? | University of Cambridge 19 Dec 2016: transported all around the UK to be processed, bagged and then shipped to a local supermarket; and, while some people still starve, other countries – including the UK – face an epidemic of ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects
  36. Time travelling to the mother tongue | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/time-travelling-to-the-mother-tongue
    Thumbnail for Time travelling to the mother tongue | University of Cambridge 19 Jul 2016: Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the mother tongue – shared by several hundred contemporary languages, as well as many now extinct, and spoken by people who lived from about 6,000 to ... spoken by people in the early 1700s but ‘borrowed’ into Low
  37. The fall and rise of Native North America | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-fall-and-rise-of-native-north-america
    Thumbnail for The fall and rise of Native North America | University of Cambridge 26 Sep 2016: In Canada, 1.4 million people identified as Aboriginal in 2011, some 4pc of the population. ... contribution to global culture, far outweighing the number of Native people there are today.
  38. Innovating for the future of cities | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/innovating-for-the-future-of-cities
    Thumbnail for Innovating for the future of cities | University of Cambridge 1 Jun 2016: People. Citizens must become smarter as well. Future technologies will not simply provide data. ... disappears. Improved walking and cycling paths will bring the benefits of exercise and re-connect people to their neighbourhood activities.
  39. Wolf species have ‘howling dialects’ | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/wolf-species-have-howling-dialects
    Thumbnail for Wolf species have ‘howling dialects’ | University of Cambridge 8 Feb 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
  40. Farming at nanoscale dimensions | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/farming-at-nanoscale-dimensions
    Thumbnail for Farming at nanoscale dimensions | University of Cambridge 18 Mar 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
  41. Uncovering the afterlife of ancient Egypt | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/uncovering-the-afterlife-of-ancient-egypt
    Thumbnail for Uncovering the afterlife of ancient Egypt | University of Cambridge 25 Feb 2016: The radiographs and scans also reveal how people tried to restore or preserve the coffins in the past. ... All this information helps bring us closer to the people who made the coffins as do the very human touches and stumbles – secret repairs hidden
  42. Lines of Thought: From Darwin to DNA | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lines-of-thought-from-darwin-to-dna
    Thumbnail for Lines of Thought: From Darwin to DNA | University of Cambridge 29 Jul 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
  43. Sex and the brain: fruitless research? | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/sex-and-the-brain-fruitless-research
    Thumbnail for Sex and the brain: fruitless research? | University of Cambridge 2 Jun 2016: The study revealed that such consistent brains are indeed rare. Our brains are more like a patchwork quilt, with most people having a mixture of features that are ‘typical’ male or ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People
  44. Shakespeare goes to East Africa | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/shakespeare-goes-to-east-africa
    Thumbnail for Shakespeare goes to East Africa | University of Cambridge 25 Mar 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
  45. Cutting welfare to protect the economy ignores lessons of history,…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/cutting-welfare-to-protect-the-economy-ignores-lessons-of-history-researchers-claim
    Thumbnail for Cutting welfare to protect the economy ignores lessons of history, researchers claim | University of Cambridge 2 Dec 2016: Despite her inaugural statement as Prime Minister, her Chancellor’s autumn statement signals continuing austerity with further cuts inflicted on the poor and their children, the vulnerable, and infirm older people.”. ... Please read our email privacy
  46. Living on the edge: succeeding in the slums | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/living-on-the-edge-succeeding-in-the-slums
    Thumbnail for Living on the edge: succeeding in the slums | University of Cambridge 30 Jun 2016: As recently as 1997, the city’s most prestigious club denied membership to Black people.”. ... Similarly, animals and plantations kept by people along the riverbank also present an opportunity.
  47. Could cryptocurrency help the ‘bottom billion’? | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/could-cryptocurrency-help-the-bottom-billion
    Thumbnail for Could cryptocurrency help the ‘bottom billion’? | University of Cambridge 17 Oct 2016: In fact only one in five adults living on less than $2 per day has a bank account, and nearly 80% of poor adults, or two billion people, are excluded from ... This resiliency has people’s attention,” says Hileman. “And currency is not the only
  48. Timber skyscrapers could transform London’s skyline | University of…

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/timber-skyscrapers-could-transform-londons-skyline
    Thumbnail for Timber skyscrapers could transform London’s skyline | University of Cambridge 8 Apr 2016: One way is taller buildings. We believe people have a greater affinity for taller buildings in natural materials rather than steel and concrete towers. ... Canada alone could produce more than 15billion m of crop forest in the next 70 years, enough to
  49. Squeezing out opal-like colours by the mile | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/squeezing-out-opal-like-colours-by-the-mile
    Thumbnail for Squeezing out opal-like colours by the mile | University of Cambridge 3 Jun 2016: Jeremy Baumberg. The team, led by the University of Cambridge, have invented a way to make such sheets on industrial scales, opening up applications ranging from smart clothing for people or ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects.
  50. Believing is Seeing: a Cambridge Shorts film | University of Cambridge

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/believing-is-seeing-a-cambridge-shorts-film
    Thumbnail for Believing is Seeing: a Cambridge Shorts film | University of Cambridge 9 Nov 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
  51. Predicting gentrification through social networking data | University …

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/predicting-gentrification-through-social-networking-data
    Thumbnail for Predicting gentrification through social networking data | University of Cambridge 13 Apr 2016: We understand that people who diversify their contacts socially and geographically have high social capital, but what about places? ... We understand that people who diversify their contacts socially and geographically have high social capital, but what

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