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Scientists sequence Beethoven’s genome using locks of his hair

The German composer and pianist began to suffer progressive hearing loss in his 20s.

The Independent UK

Olga Kennard obituary

Crystallographer who set up a central repository for data to be used as an essential resource by researchers around the world

The Guardian - UK

Cambridge University’s economic contribution ‘four times that of Premier League’

Analysis of economic impact found the university adds nearly £30 billion to the UK economy every year.

The Independent UK

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An 11-minute walk can save you from an early death? That’s my kind of fitness regime

Even an exercise refusenik like me can get behind the latest research from Cambridge University. Most days, I spend longer than that staring into the fridge

The Guardian - UK

Human augmentation with robotic body parts is at hand, say scientists

Extra parts, from a thumb to an arm, could be designed to help boost our capabilities

The Guardian - UK

Walking just 11 minutes a day could stop 10% of early deaths, researchers find

Weekly 75 minutes of moderate-intensity activity is half the amount recommended by the NHS

The Guardian - UK

I couldn’t read until I was 18 - now I’m Cambridge University's youngest Black professor

"I remember thinking if I don't make it as a football player or a professional snooker player, then I want to save the world"

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‘I couldn’t read or write until I was 18 - now I’m Cambridge University's youngest Black professor’

Jason was told by therapists he would spend his adult life in an assisted living facility

Manchester Evening News

Man who couldn't read or write till 18 becomes Cambridge University's youngest Black professor

Professor Jason Arday, 37, didn't speak till he was 11 after being diagnosed with Autism

Wales Online

Bill Turnbull honoured by annual prize for Cambridge University medical students

The former BBC Breakfast presenter died last summer at the age of 66 from prostate cancer

Wales Online

Cambridge University students vote for completely vegan menus

Union will hold talks with catering services about removing all animal products from cafes and canteens

The Guardian - UK

"My wife thought I wasn't coming back, my children were shouting 'daddy's dead'"

During a Jubilee neighbourhood party, Andrew’s family were horrified when he collapsed after getting dizzy playing football

Manchester Evening News

Cambridge academics argue Scotland has right to hold indyref2 without Westminster

SCOTLAND does have the right to hold a referendum without the agreement of Westminster under a “people power” concept established at the time of…

The National (Scotland)

‘We feel for lecturers — but we want our fees back’: what students really think about the university strikes

Lecturers, librarians and administrative staff are among the 70,000 university workers set to strike for 17 days this term — so is Generation Covid right in asking for compensation? Katie Strick reports

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The Guardian - UK

Brexit causes collapse in European research funding for Oxbridge

Oxford and Cambridge universities, once given more than £130m a year in total by European research programmes, are now getting £1m annually between them

The Guardian - UK

Detail and description: A creative writing masterclass with Jem Poster and Sarah Burton

Explore and expand your descriptive writing ability in this weekend masterclass with Professor Jem Poster and Dr Sarah Burton, co-founders of Cambridge University’s master’s programme in creative writing

The Guardian - UK

Sorry, Jeremy Hunt, we older people want to work. But bosses just don’t want us to

The chancellor says that Britain needs us oldies back in employment, but the discrimination we face is an outrage, says Dorothy Byrne

The Independent UK

Tuning into brainwave rhythms can boost learning – study

Neuroscientists from Cambridge University attached sensors to the heads of 80 participants.

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'Exceptional' Cambridge student 'had been dead for some time' after missing calls

Erin Cresswell, of Gateshead, who was described as an "exceptional" Cambridge University student was found dead in her college room and "had sadly been dead for some time", an inquest heard

The Independent UK

Philosophers have a theory about men and household chores

Men and women appear to perceive chores differently

The Independent UK

Philosophers offer new ‘affordance theory’ to explain why men still don’t share invisible labour with women

Men and women appear to perceive chores differently

The Independent UK

Student solves Sanskrit grammatical problem that puzzled scholars for centuries

Indian PhD student Rishi Rajpopat, 27, has decoded a rule taught by Panini, a master of the ancient Sanskrit language.

Financial Times

The 4-day week: does it actually work?

A trial to gauge whether it is possible to do the same work in fewer hours is finally drawing to a close. Here’s what four companies discovered

Wales Online

Secondary school transition causes steep well-being decline, study shows

Researchers from Cambridge University and Manchester University analysed the well-being and self-esteem of more than 11,000 young people across the UK

The Independent UK

Cambridge University’s youngest college is granted listed status

Robinson College has been listed at Grade II* by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the advice of Historic England.

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