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The ‘Internet of Things’ is Sending Us Back to the Middle Ages

Internet-enabled devices are so common, and so vulnerable, that hackers recently broke into a casino through its fish tank. The tank had internet-connected sensors measuring its temperature and cleanliness....

Joshua A. T. Fairfield | 6 Sep 2017

The Great American Eclipse

The Great American Eclipse of August 21, 2017 NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) both place great emphasis on public engagement, giving back to the taxpayers who support space exploration. When NASA...

Bonnie J. Buratti | 5 Sep 2017

To use, or not to use, ANOVA?

What do you do when faced with analyzing student ratings from 1 to 5 for 3 instructors in 3 classes? Aside from questioning the validity of students assessing instructor capability other than for the income...

Trent Lalonde, Jamie Riggs | 1 Sep 2017

“Unveiling the North Korean Economy” Unveils the Solution for the North Korean Crisis

With all eyes turned towards North Korea, many are wondering if there is a solution that can prevent a potentially devastating war in the Korean peninsula and a way to achieve North Korea’s nuclear disarmament...

Byung-Yeon Kim | 23 Aug 2017

The psychosis of childbearing

‘Puerperal psychosis’   Psychosis after childbirth was first mentioned by Hippocrates, who reported delirium complicating puerperal sepsis in 8/17 case histories in women (covering the whole of...

Ian Brockington | 23 Aug 2017

Beckett’s Political Imagination

This book was a long time in the making – the research and writing took about ten years – and the ideas that gave rise to it go back even further, to the first time I read Beckett (nothing glamorous:...

Emilie Morin | 22 Aug 2017

Cambridge Author Predicts Mayweather vs McGregor Using Neuroscience

Merim Bilalić author of The Neuroscience of Expertise analyses the up and coming richest boxing match in history and predicts the outcome using neuroscience theory.

Merim Bilalić | 21 Aug 2017

Curbing Climate Change: Why it’s so hard to act in time

This summer I worked on the Greenland ice sheet, part of a scientific experiment to study surface melting and its contribution to Greenland’s accelerating ice losses. By virtue of its size, elevation...

Timothy H. Dixon | 18 Aug 2017

The Lives of the Philosophers – Why They Matter

The Lives of the Philosophers, a series published by Cambridge University Press, shows why biography is important and what it can tell us about the work of its various subjects. Sensitively charting the...

Daniel Blue | 16 Aug 2017

Was Teddy Roosevelt a Good Public Speaker?

President Theodore Roosevelt once overcame a speech impediment. Jeremy C. Young explores his journey as a public speaker.

Jeremy C. Young | 10 Aug 2017

Q&A with Panos Y. Papalambros

Panos Y. Papalambros, co-author of Principles of Optimal Design: Modelling and Computation, tells us more about the recent 3rd edition.

8 Aug 2017

How Big Pharma is Hindering Treatment of the Opioid Addiction Epidemic

“A crippling problem.” “A total epidemic.” “A problem like nobody understands.” These are the words President Trump used to describe the opioid epidemic ravaging the country during a White...

Robin Feldman | 8 Aug 2017