1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (157+ words) Road traffic kills almost a third of hedgehogs in some British populations each year, a new study shows, and could be putting smaller populations at risk of collapse and local extinction. A new study involving the University of Cambridge has…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (725+ words) Infants use eye contact with speakers to work out what to pay attention to and synchronise their brainwaves, helping them learn language, scientists in Cambridge and Singapore have shown. Infants are surrounded by a vast range of stimuli that compete…...

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2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (893+ words) Dreamer, Rebel or Zigzagger? Research reveals nine types of procrastinators and how to help them all Procrastination is on the rise, partly because of digital distractions and modern work, a new book warns. Working out which types of procrastinators we…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (190+ words) TV nutrition and health experts will take centre stage alongside astronomers, neuroscientists and AI experts at the annual Pint of Science festival next week, with public talks in the unlikeliest of ‘lecture theatres’ – local Cambridge pubs. This year’s festival (18-20 May)…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1384+ words) Professor Mark Brown has devoted decades to defending pollinators from disease, pesticides and parasites. One-third of the food we eat relies on bee-pollinated crops. But in Europe, at least 23% of bee species are in decline. “What happens to pollinators could…...

6+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (75+ words) Professor Marcus du Sautoy Who started the myth that maths and art don’t get along? What’s your favourite “that’s actually maths!” moment in art or music? Are we hard-wired to love patterns, or do we just learn to? Is randomness…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (145+ words) What is the SPROUT study, and why was it set up? The Supporting Parental Responsive feeding for Optimal Thriving and child development (SPROUT) study explores parents’ and professionals’ experiences of feeding in the first year of life in the context…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (444+ words) “Play nicely, children,” has been a familiar plea of stressed-out parents and teachers since time immemorial. Now, new research suggests that getting children to play together cooperatively may - Play nicely: Children who are not friends connect better through play when…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago   (905+ words) An understudied group of bacteria in our gut microbiome appears to play a central role in keeping us healthy, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge. These are a fundamental and underappreciated component of human health. In a huge…...