David Clarke died on the 27th June 1976. He was only 38 years old. When he died, he left behind his wife, Stella, and two young children, Andrew and Leonora. Their loss must have been awful.

A one-day meeting to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of David Clarke to be held at the McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge

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Data from the All of Us program confirm what many geneticists have long promoted

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The use of patient data has been controversial in the past.

In October 2024, I had the great honour of travelling to Hamilton to give the Margo Wilson Memorial Lecture.  It was fifteen years since Margo’s death. Preparing the lecture gave me the oppo…

From their first appearance in the archaeological record, the varying degree of biface presence in individual assemblages has long been a notable aspect of discussions surrounding the nature of the Ea...

Complexity has been both an integral but also heavily debated concept within anthropology and archaeology since the disciplines' professionalization in the ...

How populations adapt to their environment is a fundamental question in biology. Yet, we know surprisingly little about this process, especially for endangered species, such as nonhuman great apes. Ch...

The Master of Selwyn College Cambridge and former BBC executive Roger Mosey on modern challenges to journalism.

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All of statistics and much of science depends on probability — an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is.