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Q&A with Mark Jacobson

Mark Jacobson, the author of 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything, is here to answer your questions on renewable energy and climate change! Mark Jacobson answered questions about...

18 Nov 2020

Part I: Will the Chinese Civil Code Become the Code of the Century?

2020 has been an exceptionally challenging year. The widespread of Covid-19 affects everyone’s life across the globe. As we manage to live through the endless lockdowns and reopens and learn to live...

Hao Jiang, Arthur Taylor von Mehren, James Gordley | 16 Nov 2020

Huge boost to the search for extraterrestrial life

A decision has just been reached that will give an amazing boost to our capacity to search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. On 12th November, member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) signed...

Wallace Arthur | 16 Nov 2020

Home for Christmas?

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian government has closed its borders, but welcomes home Australian citizens. However, it’s not as simple as boarding a plane and flying home....

Karen Stollznow | 12 Nov 2020

Q&A with the editors of ‘Bioinspired Structures and Design’

What inspired Bioinspired Structures and Design? This book was inspired by a course entitled “Bioinspired Structures” (16,982) that was taught by Prof. Leo Daniel at MIT. This highly successful...

Wole Soboyejo, Leo Daniel | 11 Nov 2020

Bears of the World: Why is this Book Needed?

Bears of the World was born from the idea of two friends who were wondering about the lack in the scientific literature of a book on all the species of the bears of our planet. This book demonstrates...

Vincenzo Penteriani, Mario Melletti | 11 Nov 2020

World War II and Southeast Asia

World War II trauma and disruption shaped modern Southeast Asia. Japanese occupation cost the lives of 4.5 million Southeast Asian civilians in the region’s countries of Burma, Malaya, Thailand, Indonesia,...

Gregg Huff | 11 Nov 2020

Celebrating music author and series editor Arnold Whittall

photo courtesy of the Society for Music Analysis Arnold Whittall, Professor Emeritus at King’s College, London, is one of the most respected figures in CUP’s music list. His publishing record...

Penny Souster, Vicki Cooper, Kate Brett | 11 Nov 2020

An East Asian Model of Immigrant Incorporation?

The global dimensions of migratory flows in the last century have created common dilemmas for liberal democracies throughout the world. As they address market demands for labor, states are faced with...

Erin Aeran Chung | 11 Nov 2020

Our Failed Notions about Human Intelligence: The Time to Change Them Is Now!

As I write, the United States of American has recently completed a national presidential election. There are probably ways in which it could have been done more poorly than it was done. First, the votes...

Robert Sternberg | 10 Nov 2020

Technology-Enabled Learning Prize 2020 Winners

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL) Prizes. Founded in 2019, the TEL Prizes recognise Cambridge University faculty members who use technology-based...

10 Nov 2020

Moral Economic Dilemmas of Humanitarianism

We were about to publish our book, Humanitarianism in the Modern World: The Moral Economy of Famine Relief, when Covid-19 lifted ‘crisis’ and ‘response’ off the page and into our own lives. The...

Norbert Götz, Georgina Brewis, Steffen Werther | 10 Nov 2020