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For over 450 years, students have been studying anatomy at Cambridge through whole body dissection. But students find that they learn far more than just the architecture of the human body. https://medium.com/@cambridge_uni/2985c0cb84ab#.3e0t18swb

A Cambridge augmented reality app that breathes animated life into the printed page has worked its magic on the programme for this year's Science Festival. Download the free app, 'pop the Popcode', and point your phone at the front cover of the Science Festival programme. If you haven't got a programme yet, you can try it on the website: http://comms.group.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/popcode/

Despite the rapid melting of ice in many parts of Antarctica during the second half of the 20th century, researchers have found that the floating ice shelves which skirt the eastern Antarctic Peninsula have undergone sustained advance over the past 20 years.

Want to learn how to row but worried about falling into the River Cam? Well Downing College's rowing tank maybe a good place to work on your technique before getting into an actual boat. The tank officially opens on Saturday 21st April. For more information visit their website: http://www.cambridgerowingtank.co.uk

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, delivers a public lecture at Madingley Hall on 24 November 2011. The lecture is chaired by Dr Ron Zimmern, Chairman of the Foundation for Genomics and Population Health, and introduced by Dr Rebecca Lingwood, Director of Continuing Education at the University of Cambridge. Please note that the lecture proper begins

On 1 October 2010, in a ceremony in Cambridge's Senate House, Sir Leszek Borysiewicz was admitted to office as the 345th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was previously Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, and before that Deputy Rector of Imperial College London. The University of Cambridge is one of the world's greatest research Universities, with 17,500 students

The Cambridge scientists developing a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine Professor Jonathan Heeney explains why we need a vaccine against the new COVID-19 coronavirus and how his team is using new technology developed for influenza and Ebola viruses to target the new infection. Thumbnail Credit - Fusion Animation

The Descent of Man would forever change the way we thought about ourselves and where we come from but how accurate was Darwin in his ideas about human evolution? Professor Robert Foley, Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies explores how 19th-century society viewed ideas of 'early man', and reveals how far our knowledge has progressed since Darwin sketched his

Ready for a Cambridge adventure? ️ We have eight museums for you to explore and to help you get started, here's the first four: Museum of Zoology ❄️ The Polar Museum Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Whipple Museum of the History of Science Can you find them all? #Museums #CambridgeMuseums #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #UniversityOfCambridge

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Sign up today for our Applicant Webinar Series: https://bit.ly/ApplicantWebinarsYT Before successfully applying to medicine at Cambridge, Ashna was worried how her disability would affect her application. Ashna has her own website, where she provides updates about her life as a medical student: https://ashnabiju.com/ Ashna is affiliated with @CaiusSchools #VersusPastDoubts #CambridgeUniversity

Currently Co-Director of the Alaska Mountain Safety Center, Inc. Jill Fredston is one of North America's leading avalanche specialists, as well as being an accomplished rower and explorer. Her book Rowing to Latitude Journey along the Arctic's Edge won the 2002 National Outdoor Book Award for Literature. Her most recent book Snowstruck In the Grip of Avalanches was published in November 2005. Her

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

New Cambridge students: how are you getting on with your formal gowns? Some new @SidneySussexCollege students told us a bit about theirs during matriculation day #Cambridge #Freshers2023 #CambridgeUni #CambridgeUniversity #Uni

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/

This is the first in a series of three films about four people ‘Leaving Prison in Faith’. Dr Ruth Armstrong meets a Christian man and a Muslim man as they prepare to leave HMPYOI Feltham in London and a Christian woman and a Muslim woman as they prepare to leave HMPYOI Styal. In these films you meet the four protagonists of the films in their prison cells and hear of their hopes for themselves

Climate changes from millions of years ago are recorded at daily rate in ancient sea shells, new research shows. A huge X-ray microscope has revealed growth bands in plankton shells that show how shell chemistry records the sea temperature. The results could allow scientists to chart short timescale changes in ocean temperatures hundreds of millions of years ago. This video shows computerised

Cambridge Festival of Ideas explores new and original thinking on some of the most pressing issues of the day. The aim of the Festival is to fuel people’s interest in arts, humanities and social sciences through a series of events ranging from talks, debates and film screenings to exhibitions and comedy nights. Of the over 250 events at the Festival, most are free. www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk/

Go Viral! is a new game developed in partnership between the UK Government and the University of Cambridge to help fight the ‘infodemic’: the deluge of false information about COVID-19. Based on ‘inoculation theory’, the game simulates an environment for users to play the role of a fake news producer, so they can understand how misinformation is circulated online. Play Go Viral! here:

Find out more about the eagerly awaited Cambridge Festival of Ideas event 'Access all archives: sights and sounds' which will take place on Monday 24 October 2011. The University's museums will be brought alive with live music and cutting-edge sound installations to accompany your exploration of the archives. Film and photography projections, improvisation, gamelan gongs, DJ sets and more combine