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Drug dealer jailed after death of Cambridge University student

Benjamin Brown, 32, was jailed for four-and-a-half years following the death of 20-year-old Keshava Iyengar.

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

Floating factories of artificial leaves could make green fuel for jets and ships

Cambridge University scientists develop a device to ‘defossilise’ the economy using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2023

Death of baby after UK hospital missed vitamin jab ‘beyond cruel’, parents say

Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge failed to give William Moris-Patto a routine vitamin K injection

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2023

Cambridge Study Links Witchcraft Accusations To Women’s Occupations

New research reveals how women's jobs in healthcare, childcare, and food preparation made them vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft.

Zenger · Sep 25, 2023

Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world

Are we alone? This question is nearly as old as humanity itself. Today, this question in astronomy focuses on finding life beyond our planet. Are we, as a species, and as a planet, alone? Or is there life somewhere else?

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023

‘We’ve learned lessons’: the banker clearing up the £1.1bn fallout from the UK’s Covid loan scheme

British Business Bank chief Louis Taylor says he values roles that are ‘beyond the pure profit motive’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

7 Key Healthy Lifestyle Habits That Help Beat The Blues

Light drinking, a healthy diet, regular physical exercise were some lifestyle changes that could help reduce depression. 

Zenger · Sep 12, 2023

A punk, a monkey, a maths genius … our pick of local heroes who deserve a blue plaque

With the London scheme poised to go national, Observer writers make their cases for a few of the many overlooked, snubbed or merely forgotten figures who richly deserve recognition

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2023

Antoinette Sandbach’s relatives owned slaves – and so did mine. We have to atone for that as best we can

The former MP’s quest to break the public link with her ancestors is misguided. Better to accept our legacy and work for change, says author and broadcaster Alex Renton

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2023

“Mike Oldfield engineered the first track Henry Cow recorded, because Tom Newman had been celebrating the end of Tubular Bells and was brainless drunk under the console”: Bassist John Greaves’ life in prog

After starting out in his dad’s dance band, the Welshman encountered Henry Cow at university, knew he had to be part of it - and he’s never looked back

Louder · Aug 29, 2023