Issue - Any -Issue 106 Issue 105Issue 104Issue 103Issue 102Issue 101Issue 100Issue 99Issue 98Issue 97 Type - Any -Alumni lifeFeaturesBrainwavesCrosswordDon's diaryDownloadInboxMuseoMy room, your roomNewsSchool of thoughtShelfieSoundtrackStudent lifeThis idea must dieUniversity matters Topic - Any -Arts, humanities and societyBusiness and financeScience, medicine and technologySports, hobbies and personal stories Museo / In the story of DNA, what’s in a name? Everything! The fascinating saga behind a graffitied blue plaque and its ‘missing’ inscription is now the centrepiece of a display at the Whipple Museum. Features / Cold storage Mind-bending speed. Extraordinary accuracy. And… no data storage to speak of. Quantum computing holds immense potential, but while quantum memory can store vast amounts of data, that storage is ‘non-persistent’ – it can only hang on to it for around 100 milliseconds. Oh, and did we mention it will only work below -273°C? Features / Art without men The Women’s Art Collection, held at Murray Edwards, is Europe’s largest collection of art by women. Here is the world through women’s eyes. Features / From particle collisions to data constellations Dr Mireia Crispin-Ortuzar swapped her research on supersymmetry for a chance to reduce mortality from ovarian cancers. Crossword / Non-conformist by Nimrod CAM 103's crossword celebrated fashionable individuals and non-conformists. Features / What happens when all your BFFs are more URL than IRL? The parasocial relationship – a one-sided friendship, typically focused on a celebrity – is not new, but it has recently become turbo-charged. Should we be worried? Features / Black Atlantic How does Cambridge fit into the mesh of money, people and culture created by the transatlantic slave trade? A new research project is making discoveries about the objects in its collections, the people who collected them and how their stories connect Cambridge to a global history of colonialism. My room, your room / John Simpson: B2 Mallory, Magdalene Intrepid traveller John Simpson returns to his room at Magdalene to find current occupant Ben Weidmann – and one very welcome addition. This idea must die / This idea must die: “Obesity is caused by lack of willpower” This idea must die: “Obesity is caused by lack of willpower” Crossword / Missing Title by Nimrod CAM 102's crossword, Missing Title by Nimrod, had for its theme an 'Only Connect' wall. This idea must die / This idea must die: “Small island economies aren’t worth investing in” Dr Nazia Habib says we must focus on the potential – not the challenges – of isolated island communities. Soundtrack / We had a show called Too Marvellous for Words. One review said: “It’s not” For David Pickard (Corpus 1979), director of the BBC Proms, Cambridge was about discovering new music, converting people to opera… and performing terrible shows in Edinburgh. Pages« first‹ previous123456789…next ›last »