Drought encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest

Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in the Danube

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Dec. 15, 2022 ~6 min

‘Cocktail’ vaccines could offer increased protection against future COVID-19 variants of concern

COVID-19 vaccinations that combine two or more distinct variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could offer protection against both current and future ‘variants of

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Dec. 14, 2022 ~4 min


UK-led robotic sky scanner reveals its first galactic fingerprint

A major telescope upgrade has peered through to the distant Universe to reveal the spectra of a pair of galaxies 280 million light years away from Earth.

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Dec. 12, 2022 ~6 min

Prostate cancer risk prediction algorithm could help target testing at men at greatest risk

Cambridge scientists have created a comprehensive tool for predicting an individual’s risk of developing prostate cancer, which they say could help ensure that

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Dec. 9, 2022 ~8 min

Webb telescope reaches new milestone in its search for distant galaxies

New findings confirm that JWST has surpassed the Hubble telescope in its ability to observe the early Universe

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Dec. 9, 2022 ~6 min

Protecting Europe’s seabirds

New conservation guide launched to protect European seabirds at risk from climate change 

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Dec. 8, 2022 ~4 min

Pedestrians choose healthy obstacles over boring pavements, study finds

Up to 78% of walkers would take a more challenging route featuring obstacles such as balancing beams, steppingstones and high steps, research has found. The

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Dec. 5, 2022 ~8 min

Two Cambridge researchers awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies

Professor Rachel Oliver and Professor Silvia Vignolini from the University of Cambridge have been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging

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Dec. 1, 2022 ~4 min


Fitness levels can be accurately predicted using wearable devices – no exercise required

Cambridge researchers have developed a method for measuring overall fitness accurately on wearable devices – and more robustly than current consumer

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Dec. 1, 2022 ~8 min

COVID has 'ruptured' social skills of the world’s poorest children, study suggests

Two interlinked studies, involving 8,000 primary pupils altogether, indicate children lost at least a third of a year in learning during lockdown.

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Nov. 30, 2022 ~7 min

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