Research Horizons Podcast
1) Welcome to dataworld
Carrying out fieldwork in high-security subterranean data centres, Alex Taylor explores fears of technological failure in our data-dependent society. Alex is a PhD student in the Division of Social An...Show More
2) Canine transmissible venereal tumour: the contagious cancer that conquered the world
Genetics of a canine transmissible tumour show how the world’s oldest cancer “metastasised” through the global dog population – and captured, maintained and rearranged its mitochondrial DNA along the ...Show More
Canine transmissible venereal tumour: the contagious cancer that conquered the world
03:29 | May 17th, 2016
3) Lines of Thought: Understanding Gravity
Cambridge University Library is celebrating its 600th anniversary with an exhibition of priceless treasures communicating 4,000 years of human thought. To celebrate, we have made six films on the six ...Show More
4) Lines of Thought: Revolutions in communications
From 3000-year-old Chinese oracle bones to Penguin paperbacks of the 20th century, the collections at Cambridge University Library chart the technological revolutions that have changed the world aroun...Show More
5) Lines of Thought: Discoveries that Changed the World
6) Avian flu viruses which are transmissible between humans could evolve in nature
Research provides insight into feasibility of virus becoming airborne transmissible. It might be possible for human-to-human airborne transmissible avian H5N1 influenza viruses to evolve in nature,...Show More
Avian flu viruses which are transmissible between humans could evolve in nature
19:43 | Nov 12th, 2015
7) A glimpse of India
Britain has had a long history of interaction with India from the 17th century until the present day. During that time, a large number of Britons who lived in the region documented their lives using d...Show More
8) Calls vs. balls: An evolutionary trade-off
Howler monkeys are about the size of a small dog, weighing around seven kilos, yet they are among the loudest terrestrial animals on the planet, and can roar at a similar acoustic frequency to tigers....Show More
9) J is for Jay
The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, J is for Jay – a surprisingly clever corvid with the ability to...Show More
10) The horses’ teeth
This set of 29 papier mache models of horses' teeth (Wh. 6135) was made by Dr Louis Auzoux in France in the 1890s. The original wooden case opens out to reveal four rows of spaces for sets on each sid...Show More
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