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Pledge to phase out toxic lead ammunition in UK hunting by 2025 has failed
A voluntary pledge made by UK shooting organisations in 2020 to replace lead shot with non-toxic alternatives by 2025 has ...
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Scientists identify genes that make humans and Labradors more likely to become obese
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered genes linked to obesity in both Labradors and humans. They say the effects can be over-ridden with a ...
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Major new policy school at Cambridge set to advance ‘good growth’
The Bennett School of Public Policy opens this autumn, and is already leading work on two of the most pressing policy ...
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Scientists discover how aspirin could prevent some cancers from spreading
Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind how aspirin could reduce the metastasis of some cancers by stimulating the immune system.
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Cambridge Festival: Speaker Spotlight
Hiranya Peiris holds the Professorship of Astronomy (1909) at Cambridge, the first woman to do so in the 115-year history of this prestigious chair. As a cosmologist, she delves into cosmic mysteries ...
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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight
Charlotte Andrew is a PhD student in the Insect Biomechanics Group in the Department of Zoology. Her research explores the mechanical implications of weather conditions on insect trapping in ...
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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight
Professor Sarah Hart is a British mathematician specialising in group theory and author. She is Professor Emerita of Mathematics and Fellow of Birkbeck College (University of London) and has recently ...