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In April 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, close to 1.6 billion children and youth were out of school due to temporary closures, representing more than 90% of students around the world, according to the United Nations. Follow the podcast: https://mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen In this episode, we take an international perspective with our guests Arif Naveed, Aya Waller

Researchers have observed the process of evolution by natural selection at work in robots, by constructing a ‘mother’ robot that can design, build and test its own ‘children’, and then use the results to improve the performance of the next generation, without relying on computer simulation or human intervention.

Run by the University’s Environment and Energy Section, the ‘Living Lab’ is a programme that provides Cambridge students with opportunities to improve the University’s sustainability. Students can propose projects and will receive support from the E&E Section. The University’s buildings, grounds and operations act as a real-life test-bed to support participants’ professional skills

In combining theory and experiments, we should have two objectives in mind. The first objective is to confront the theory with some data to see whether the theory is at all consistent with the behavior exhibited in the laboratory. Clearly, there is much that can be learned about the theory from the data, quite apart from any notion of "testing" the theory. We hope to learn whether the theory is

From crop science to robotics, supply chains to economics, Cambridge University researchers are working with farmers and industry to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and profitability.

In an interview with the BBC yesterday (23 July 2015), US President Barack Obama argued that having "the United Kingdom in the European Union gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union and is part of the cornerstone of institutions built after World War II that has made the world safer and more prosperous." He continued: "And we want to make sure that United

Could virtual reality help you overcome anxiety? University of Cambridge PhD student Lucie Daniel-Watanabe is working with award-winning gaming company Ninja Theory to test this out. Using virtual reality, you learn a breathing technique to steady your heartbeat… …before being locked in a dungeon with a terrifying monster. The monster can’t see you, but can sense fear. Can you use the

Cambridge University Library and the National Maritime Museum have digitised the Board of Longitude archive. The archive will available online at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/longitude from 18th July 2013. The Board of Longitude sent astronomers on voyages of exploration to test methods of navigation and help make better maps. This is the second film of the series and looks at some of

The future is becoming harder to predict thanks to climate change and a global pandemic. But a large part of what the future will look like is in our own hands. The biggest challenge to creating a better future may be political rather than scientific or technological. Subscribe to the podcast here: mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen In this episode, Diane Coyle, professor of public policy,