Timothy H. Dixon author of Curbing Catastrophe is a Professor of Geosciences at the University of South Florida, in his newest article he discusses the need for diversity in the natural world as well as human society.
Timothy H. Dixon author of Curbing Catastrophe is a Professor of Geosciences at the University of South Florida, in this article he discusses how the effect of disasters of global importance could have been reduced if more people considered the geologist’s mantra “Think long-term”
In 2016, as part of our Shakespeare 400 commemorations, we invited the public to submit short play skits inspired by the works of the Bard. In this interview we talk to Ali Kemp and Deborah Klayman, the...
Michael E. Neagle discusses how American influence adapted and endured in republican-era Cuba.
Now that the new American president has expressed his preference for Twitter as a means to bypass traditional media and express his ideas directly to the people of his nation and the world, it’s...
In this blog post Victoria Aarons, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Saul Bellow, details some of the key themes and concepts explored in Bellow's work.
In this blog post Samantha Evans, editor of Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters, looks at the life of Emma Darwin and her relationship with women's higher education.
In this blog post Samantha Evans, editor of Darwin and Women: A Selection of Letters, looks at the lives of some of the women surrounding Darwin.
Eugene Morton uses his favorite four-legged friend to explore whether or not animals can have empathy.
So congratulations to Samuele Draghi from Milan whose photograph (below) impressed Nicolas the most. Samuelle wins £100 worth of Cambridge astronomy books. Nicolas said: “This image makes the best...
Luigi Lugiato author of Nonlinear Optical Systems [with Franco Prati and Massimo Brambilla], 2015, discusses his equation which provides a paradigm for pattern formation in nonlinear optical systems
Daniel Kernell author of Colours and Colour Vision gives us an insight into normal vs. deviant colour vision.