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Researchers from the University of Cambridge, University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have confirmed that a 505 million-year-old creature, found only in the Burgess Shale fossil beds in Canada's Yoho National Park, is the most primitive known vertebrate and therefore the ancestor of all descendant vertebrates, including humans.

On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. One year on, Dr Rory Finnin, associate professor of Ukrainian Studies, reflects on the war and asks: what have we learned? Recorded 20 February 2023, nine years after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

How much teaching will be online this term? What role should the University adopt in the climate change emergency? What is the University doing to stand up to racism? These, and many more, were questions put to the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof Graham Virgo, during a conversation with the President of the Cambridge Students’ Union, Zak Coleman. Beneath a portrait of King James I, Prof Virgo

An introductory talk describing the exchange of wealth as analysed by social anthropologists

This curious object is the oldest man-made object in the library and comes from pre-dynastic Egypt, sometime between 3900 and 3650 BCE.

The episode explores the topic of extreme weather and its impact on communities and asks: What does extreme weather mean for us? The speakers highlight the importance of connecting research to real-world impacts and the need for collective action. They discuss the devastating losses of climate disasters, the challenges of adaptation and the power of nature. They also emphasise the importance of

Learn about career options for graduates of Modern & Medieval Languages.

Join in the Cambridge Science Festival excitement, and see what Peter Wothers gets up to in his science festival lectures! This lecture is taken from the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival.

Cambridge graduate Tim Hunkin, inventor of unique seaside amusement machines and much more, will be speaking at the Cambridge Science Festival on 16 March