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1 Sep 2007: In 1999, the worst avalanche winter in the Alps for 20 years, an ‘Alpine Tsunami’ travelling at over 100 mph entered the safe ‘green’ zone of the Austrian village of Galtür,

7 Mar 2007: Organised by the charitable trust Cambridge Youth Music (CYM), the concert is part of an annual competition to encourage young composers aged 20 and under who study or live in the

15 Mar 2007: With air travel predicted to almost double over the next 20 years, something radical needs to be done to tackle the problem of serious noise pollution.

18 Apr 2007: Today we have 18,000 students, in 1977 just 11,000. Women made up a little over 20% of the student body in 1977, now they approach a half; graduate students

17 Apr 2007: Every two years, approximately 20,000 people throughout the 180 regions are asked to rate both their overall happiness and longer-term sense of fulfilment ("life satisfaction") out of 10.

8 Feb 2007: It was the 100m Breaststroke that proved the turning point. Woman of the Match, Katherine Hedley won in 1.16.20 to take her fourth individual university record of the year.

16 Feb 2007: Professor Paul Ekins, head of the Environment Group at the Policy Studies Institute, will warn that without tighter measures, Britain stands little chance of meeting the 20% reduction in carbon emissions ... We will miss the 20% reduction target by 2010

19 Oct 2007: For the first time in the Tanner Lectures' history two speakers will share the main Tanner Lecture on Monday 22 October. Lord Winston and Professor Judy Illes

8 Jun 2007: The next Cambridge Science Festival will be held 10 – 20 March 2008.

1 Sep 2007: But, despite promises of an anti-schistosome vaccine ‘within five years’ for the past 20 years or so, there is still no vaccine available, because we don’t yet understand the