The Pangolin May Get a Little Help — Manuela Hoelterhoff The pangolin is easy to catch and nice to eat. This week the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed federal protections for several pangolin species in Asia and Africa. Listing under the Endangered Spe...

This week, the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed federal protections for several pangolin species in Asia and Africa. Listing under the Endangered Species Act would give law enforcement resources to protect the world's most trafficked mammal. @deptfishwildlife.bsky.social #cambridgeU

Modern magic unlocks Merlin's medieval secrets Fragments of a rare Merlin manuscript from the 1200s discovered and digitised in a ground-breaking three-year project at Cambridge University Library.

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Medieval Tales of Merlin and Arthur, Hidden for Centuries, Return to Light Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and used advanced technology to reveal its contents.

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What a Mar-a-Lago accord could look like Trump’s team consider financial policy interventions to be crucial in a grand reordering of global finance and trade

Enlightening analysis from anthropologist and FT columnist Gillian Tett. #GillianTett #KingsCollege #CambridgeU
"Fourth, even if Trump’s actions are alienating allies, his advisers hope to force compliance with any accord through tariff shocks and other threats."

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Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial A 1561 charter granted powers to imprison young working-class women found walking with undergraduates after dark

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