Andrés Alfonso-Rojas has analysed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago, and have remained giants ever since.

Research into parental support needs is informing Cambridge Children’s Hospital’s commitment to provide a ‘whole family’ approach to care.

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago, in 1525. It still influences how we think ...

In 1925, Payne-Gaposchkin became the first person to earn a doctoral degree (PhD) in astronomy from Harvard University. Her ...

Sitting in a field strung with 120 miles of radio telescope antennae, 24-year old PhD student Jocelyn Bell couldn’t shake the feeling that she’d seen something before. The year was 1967. For two years ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, ...

A Cambridge researcher offering new hope to people with brain tumours is the focus of a documentary exploring the science behind the next big breakthroughs.

Human-driven changes to landscapes worldwide are ‘thinning out’ the ecological services supplied by wild birds, eroding the ...

A lab-based screening has discovered over 150 common industrial chemicals, from pesticides to flame retardants, that have a ...

Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human ...

Autistic people are more likely to report suicide-related behaviours and psychological distress irrespective of previous traumatic experiences, according to ...