Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic and other metal ...

Metformin, a widely used and affordable diabetes drug, could prevent a form of acute myeloid leukaemia in people at high risk ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the ‘Barbarian Conspiracy’, a pivotal moment in the history of Roman Britain, a new Cambridge-led study ...

Democracy’s survival depends on reimagining and rebuilding technologies with democratic accountability at their core. If we leave the decisions about what to build to the titans of tech, the results ...

The fifth Cambridge Festival has drawn to a triumphant close, having welcomed a record-breaking 45,000 visitors across 385 events during 17 inspiring days. With standing-room-only talks, packed-out ...