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The suitably sci-fi autonomous vehicle is a 12-seater shuttle, developed by engineering firm Aurrigo and Smart Cambridge, a workstream of the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP). Read more here: https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/universitys-expertise-advises-on-west-cambridge-site-trial-of-self-driving-shuttle

An international team of astronomers has found a pulsating, dead star beaming with the energy of about 10 million suns. This is the brightest pulsar – a dense stellar remnant left over from a supernova explosion – ever recorded. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/astronomers-discover-the-mighty-mouse-of-stellar-remnants

How does a Killer T Cell Kill its target? Our new film captures the behaviour of cytotoxic T cells – the body’s ‘serial killers’ – as they hunt down and eliminate cancer cells before moving on to their next target.

The naked mole rat's weird biology can help us develop ways to combat painful human conditions like osteoarthritis. In Episode 2 of Naked Mole Ravolt, see what happens when a new queen arises and what a fight for supremacy reveals!

A female cricket mounted on a trackball walks towards the sound made by a male cricket. More information at: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/neural-circuit-in-the-cricket-brain-detects-the-rhythm-of-the-right-mating-call

The neo-Darwinian synthesis brought great simplicity to Darwins ideas, but at a cost. Today, new scientific developments require a re-conceptualization of Darwinism that may be of particular importance to the social sciences: evolution is not just about DNA; it also depends crucially on heritable changes that occur without a change in DNA sequence, behavioural and symbolic inheritance.

There’s a long tradition of Cambridge University students cycling to their studies. With the new term in full swing we celebrate the morning pedal to lectures.

What or who has prevented urgent action on climate change? Why have policymakers lagged behind the science and technology? How much do individuals make a difference or has it needed people to work out how to make money out of climate change for politicians to take action? Is there a human tipping point - allied to the scientific tipping point - where more radical action becomes inevitable? And

An iconic building in the centre of Cambridge is, today, being named the David Attenborough Building, in honour of Sir David’s pioneering work in bringing the wonders of our natural world to our screens.