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Watch Artist in Residence Nabil Ali make ink from the bark of Newton’s Apple Tree in Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The tree, which blew down in a storm in 2022, was grafted from the original apple tree in a Lincolnshire garden that is said to have inspired Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity. Nabil has named his ink Newton’s Gold. It will be part of a digital colour catalogue he’s

Nissy Tee, Ibz Mo and Courtney Daniella offer advice and encouragement to all the students who attended the African-Caribbean Society's 2018 Access Conference.

Sitting in a field strung with 120 miles of radio telescope antennae, 24-year old Cambridge PhD student Jocelyn Bell couldn’t shake the feeling that she’d seen something before. The year was 1967. For two years, Jocelyn had helped solder and sledgehammer the antennae into place at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory just outside Cambridge. As she pored over her rolls of chart recordings,

The 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

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

Every year Kettle's Yard must raise over 50% of its income from external sources. This short film showcases the importance of philanthropic support to Kettle's Yard. http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/support-us/

Monday 9 May 2016 sees Sir James Dyson open some of the world's most advanced engineering facilities at the University of Cambridge - giving the institution's students and academics the space and means to prototype, invent and collaborate on cutting-edge research.

In 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

The Masters in Conservation Leadership: Student views on course structure and content

Cambridge University students Courtney, Dylan, Lina, Timi, Sujina and Reiss give some helpful advice on how they relieve stress during exam season. Directed by ibzmo