A taste of early modern medicine
18 Jul 2014Historic recipe books and physicians’ manuals featuring home-made cures from the 17th century have gone on display to the public for the first time, as part of a new exhibition revealing the secrets of early modern household knowledge.
High-quality traffic-free routes encourage more walking and cycling
17 Jul 2014New study finds overall physical activity is increased by proximity to routes.
Women’s professional self-identity impacts on childcare balance, but not men’s
17 Jul 2014Research shows that a mother’s self-identity impacts on the amount of time her partner spends on childcare – with strong professional identity in women creating a more equal childcare balance in a couple. A father’s self-identity, however, has no bearing on a mother’s time with children.
How people power saved Bloomsbury from destruction
17 Jul 2014The story of how ‘one of the last villages in London’ was saved from demolition to make way for the British Library is the subject of new research and an exhibition which opened in Bloomsbury this week.
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) and the books that made the father of anatomy
17 Jul 2014Born 500 years ago, Andreas Vesalius has iconic status in the history of science. Cambridge University Library holds several copies of the remarkable books that he published to revive the lost art of anatomy and promote his own career as a physician. Historian Dr Sachiko Kusukawa has curated an online exhibition to celebrate Vesalius's achievements.
Males and females with autism show an extreme of the typical male mind
16 Jul 2014The largest ever psychological study of sex differences in adults with autism has found that both males and females with autism on average show an extreme of the typical male mind, where systemising (the drive to look for underlying rules in a system) is stronger than empathising (the ability to recognize the thoughts and feelings of others and to respond to these with appropriate emotions).
On not forgetting Nadine Gordimer
16 Jul 2014In this article, originally posted on the CRASSH website, Graham Riach – a PhD candidate in the English Faculty working on South African literature – explores the life and legacy of writer Nadine Gordimer, who recently passed away.
British Academy welcomes new Fellows
16 Jul 2014Five Cambridge academics have been welcomed into the Fellowship of the British Academy.
"Brain Workout" for Physics Teachers at the Cavendish Laboratory
16 Jul 2014“It’s a proper brain workout,” said one of the thirty-seven physics teachers enjoying three days of subject workshops, practical experiments and teaching observations at the Physics Teachers Cambridge Residential.
