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.