14 h. ago Exploring Antarctic was colonialism, claims Cambridge University (even though only penguins live there)

In the latest effort by the university's museums to deal with subjects related to empire, signs have been put up as part of a project aimed at 'confronting Cambridge's colonial story'.

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5 d. ago 'Proof' of alien farts on distant planet questioned as scientists may be full of hot air

Rival boffins are at odds over a University of Cambridge revelation last week that claimed a planet 124 light years from Earth was 'teeming' with life after they found gas

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6 d. ago Youngsters who sleep longer may perform better in tests, study suggests

The group that slept the longest performed the best, the research showed.

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9 d. ago The showdown between Harvard and the White House – day by day

After months of mounting pressure on the university to defend itself, Harvard rejected a series of Trump administration demands – here’s what happenedIt took Harvard University less than 72 hours to reject a series of demands put forth by the Trump administration, setting up a high-stakes showdown between the US’s wealthiest and oldest university and the White House.The swift rebuke on Monday came after weeks of mounting pressure from Harvard faculty, students, alumni, and the city of Cambridge, all urging the university to defend itself, and higher education as a whole, against what they saw as an unprecedented attack from Washington. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Are we alone? New discovery raises hopes of finding alien life

Tentative evidence for life on a distant world is exciting, but unconfirmed. As new telescopes bring exoplanets into sharper focus, is the truth out there?Towards the end of his life, the cosmologist Stephen Hawking was asked about the odds of finding intelligent alien life in the next two decades. “The probability is low,” he declared in 2016, and took a lengthy pause before adding: “Probably.”This week, other scientists from the University of Cambridge reported tentative evidence for two compounds in the atmosphere of a planet, K2-18b, that sits in the constellation of Leo 124 light years away. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Scientists find possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet

Astronomers have detected possible chemical signs of life on a faraway planet

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1 week ago Alien planet may be 'teeming with life' as exact date we will know if ETs exist revealed

Professor Nikku Madhusudhan, from the University of Cambridge, has said we have "the strongest evidence yet" that there could be alien life existing on another planet

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1 week ago Has alien life been found on another planet as James Webb telescope finds 'strongest evidence yet'?

Researchers from the University of Cambridge using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected chemicals produced by simple organisms such as marine phytoplankton and bacteria on exoplanet K2-18b

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1 week ago ‘Strongest evidence yet’ found of alien life beyond our planet

A team from the University of Cambridge made the discovery on exoplanet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away from Earth.

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1 week ago Strongest sign found yet of alien life by scientists investigating distant ocean

Scientists have found gases used in biological processes on earth 124 light years away on a world they suspect could be ‘teeming’ with life

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2 w. ago Cambridge complete Boat Race clean sweep with emphatic victory

The light blues also won the women’s race as well as both reserve race

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2 w. ago Cambridge complete Boat Race clean sweep as men’s team claim emphatic victory

The light blues also won the women’s race as well as both reserve races.

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2 w. ago Boat Race 2025: Start time, TV channel and everything to know as Cambridge battle Oxford

We bring you everything you need to know about how to watch the battle between Cambridge and Oxford universities along the Thames for the 170th edition of the Boat Race

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2 w. ago Crews in Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race warned of a heightened risk of exposure to dangerous levels of E.coli bacteria, with water quality almost three times below acceptable limits

Campaign group River Action have urged today's winning crew to 'think twice' before throwing their cox in the river - the traditional celebration of victory.

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2 w. ago Boat Race 2025 start time and TV channel as Cambridge and Oxford take to the Thames

Ahead of the 2025 Boat Race, Mirror Sport takes you through everything you need to know to watch the battle between the universities of Cambridge and Oxford along the Thames

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2 w. ago Cambridge University will no longer tell students where they rank with their peers on test results amid claims it drives a 'culture of overwork'

The changes are expected to be implemented in the next academic year and will mean that undergraduates will no longer be told where they rank in their cohort based on test results.

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2 w. ago E.coli fears, selection spat and Cambridge dominance: What to know about the storied Boat Race

Rowing crews from British universities Oxford and Cambridge will compete in the men’s and women’s Boat Race on Sunday

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2 w. ago Boat Race E.coli fears as filthy River Thames' water puts Oxford and Cambridge rowers 'at risk of vomiting and intestinal infections'

With just days before the annual race between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Olympics rowing legend Redgrave has pleaded with organisers to take action.

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2 w. ago Boat race feud results in Oxford and Cambridge ditching women’s trial race

Cambridge failed to fill women’s boat with eligible rowersSituation indicative of on-going ill-feeling between clubsThe bad blood between Oxford and Cambridge continues to fester ahead of Sunday’s University Boat Race, with the fallout from the PGCE row leading to the abandonment of a trial race between the two clubs this morning.The Guardian has learned that Cambridge were unable to field a crew in Wednesday’s women’s spare race after Oxford insisted that the ban on PGCE students taking part also applied to what is a practice race for squad members not selected for the Boat Race. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Charles and Camilla release official 20th wedding anniversary photographs

In one image the King and Queen are in the grounds of the Villa Wolkonsky in Rome.

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