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Cambridge Alumni Magazine
Issue 89 - Lent Term 2020
Features
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Sun King
What happens when an emperor decides to change the religion of an entire people? Forget the Tudors. This is reformation – and counter-reformation – ancient Egyptian style.
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Axons. Neurons. And Bruno.
Blue-sky science is high risk. You might find something amazing – or you might not – as Dr Kristian Franze has discovered.
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All the lonely people
Humans are social animals – so it makes sense that loneliness is bad for your health. But with so many of us affected, what can be done? CAM investigates.
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Super power
When hydrogen is burned in a fuel cell to generate electricity, the only waste product is water vapour.
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Reasons to feel hopeful
Living through dark times can be challenging. It takes resilience, courage and, above all, hope. But what is hope exactly? CAM investigates.
Regulars
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Inbox 89
Read the letter from the Editor for CAM 89 and all your emails, letters, tweets and posts in response to CAM 88.
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Vick Hope: Room 8 4PT, Emmanuel
Vick Hope (Emmanuel 2007) and third-year geographer Robyn Topper, discuss the demands of work, play and flying under the porters’ radar.
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Campendium: Lent Term 2020
New Year’s Honours, clever cuttlefish, and communicating sand dunes.
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Susceptible to dogmatism? New research suggests cognitive science can illuminate ideological extremism
Dr Leor Zmigrod is examining whether ideological extremism has neurocognitive roots.
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These are the breaks
The Cambridge University Breakdancing Club straddles both sport and dance with a culture that celebrates innovation.
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This idea must die: ‘Gender roles are universal’
Dr Sheina Lew-Levy explains why the idea of universal gender roles just isn’t supported by the evidence.
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Search it up!
Your directory to alumni life: events, benefits and updates.
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Journeys of discovery for explorers and thinkers
Dr Owen Weller, University Lecturer, explains why he is passionate about the flora, fauna and peoples of the Arctic.
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‘Certain things are just indelible’
Lecturer in Caribbean and Atlantic History, Dr Johnhenry Gonzalez reveals the reads which have had the greatest influence on his life.
Editor’s pick
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A Jane Austen Guide to the 21st Century
In 2019, Austen’s writing is even more popular than it was in 1819. But beyond the carriages and costumes, she has far more to say about our digital lives than you might imagine
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In Vitro
The first Petri dish was put into service in 1887. Today, this most humble of scientific instruments remains at the cutting edge of discovery.
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Cabin Fever
Forget IKEA flatpack furniture. When you’re the Ottoman Emperor, the height of chic is a flatpack Scandi garden house
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The Lost Key
‘From the sublime to the ridiculous’ – Cambridge porters spill the beans