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Bird watch
Which birds visit your garden and if so, how often? Do you feed them? Do they let you approach them? These any many other questions are part of a nationwide […]
Scholars on film
A new series of videos featuring three Gates Cambridge Scholars has been launched on the Gates Cambridge Youtube channel and highlights research on regenerative medicine, how to address chronic hunger […]
Gates Cambridge seeks new Provost
The Gates Cambridge Trust was founded in 2000 from a generous endowment of $210m from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The endowment is managed to provide funds in perpetuity […]
The drama of politics
How important is literature to the popularisation of political ideas? In the 18th century, literature was probably the most important popular vehicle of ideas. Despite the audience for plays being […]
Evolutionary tools
A Gates Cambridge Scholar will present her work on the possible relationships between nut-cracking behaviour in chimpanzees and the possible origins of the oldest stone age technologies at an international […]
Refugee health
Lucinda Lai [2012] spent the year before her MPhil working on mental health issues with Burmese refugees along the Thai/Burma border and is helping to write a book about these […]
Flexible technology
Chris Boyce [2011] has two passions: his research into new energy technologies to mitigate carbon emissions and a family business which he set up just after high school. His research, […]
Beware of neuro-bunk
Can a cheese sandwich or chocolate help you make better decisions? Can a brain scan cure mental illness? Or are these just two examples of neuro-bunk, where neuroscience is being […]
A born activist
Njoki Wamai is on a mission to ensure women’s voices are heard in peace mediation processes. She became interested in the subject following research on women’s experiences of the mediation […]
Hair loss is biotech’s gain
A team of biotechnology entrepreneurs from the University of Cambridge has scooped a prestigious prize in the biotech equivalent of Dragon’s Den with their hair loss treatment company. The Calvitium […]
