The last secrets of Kim Philby, the Soviet double agent who betrayed the UK
The British secret service has declassified new documents about the famous spy who ended up fleeing to Moscow, where he died alone and drunk 25 years later
Nurses flee Global South to work in healthcare systems of high-income countries
Following the pandemic, the surge in demand for health professionals has further weakened the already fragile systems of African countries. Experts are calling the situation a ‘global health emergency’
Architects create low-cost climate shelter at Harvard: ‘Cities have to become greener’
Belinda Tato and José Luis Vallejo have created Polinature, an innovative temporary solution made from simple materials designed to reduce heat in areas lacking vegetation while attracting pollinators
The attack of the ‘epidemic clones’: How harmless bacteria came to cause half a million deaths a year
A group of British researchers describe the evolution of ‘Pseudomonas aeruginosa’ over the last 200 years to the point where it took advantage of an immunological defect to make patients with cystic fibrosis sick
The fusion of two sisters into a single woman suggests that human identity is not in our DNA
The biologist Alfonso Martínez Arias defends that genes do not define the uniqueness of a person, citing the example of Karen Keegan, who has two genomes
A walk through Cambridge with Virginia Woolf
Visit The Orchard tea garden where her Grantchester Group met, the Girton and Newnham women’s colleges where she lectured, the Fitzwilliam Museum with her manuscripts, and a few pubs to recharge your batteries
New 14-day embryo model sheds light on the biggest enigma of human development
Palestinian scientist Jacob Hanna uses a chemical cocktail to induce self-organization of embryonic stem cells into a structure similar to a natural embryo
Moderate exercise reduces the chances of premature death
Just 75 minutes of mild physical activity a week are enough to prevent one in 10 premature deaths
Hadrian’s Wall treasure trove reveals first known sex toy from Roman world
A University of Cambridge study has identified a wooden object found at the Vindolanda fort in northern England as a dildo dating from the era of Emperor Antoninus Pius
Moderna and Merck announce promising results in trials of melanoma vaccine
The study found that combining mRNA technology with a cancer drug reduces the risk of recurrence or death by 44%