New research from the University of Cambridge reveals that chess in the Middle Ages was more than just a game -- it was a space of equality and mutual respect. Through manuscripts like the 'Libro de Axedrez', historians found depictions of players from different races and religions competing as equals. The study shows that while society was divided, chess created an intellectual arena where skill mattered more than status. A fascinating look at how a simple game challenged social hierarchies centuries ago.


Medieval Chess Reveals a World of Equality

The University of Cambridge is home to a 4,000-year-old Egyptian skull that has been hiding nearly invisible cut marks for decades. According to a recent study that was published in Frontiers in Medicine, these marks could be proof of an antiquated treatment for cancer.

Ancient Egyptian skulls reveal 4,000-year-old cancer treatments, study finds

Women are more empathetic towards other people than anyone around the world, and we already knew this, but now this can be backed by a study too. According to a study published by researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK, women are better at empathising with other people than men.

Women all around the world are more empathetic than men, study shows

At the University of Cambridge, medical students are the first in the world to experience a new and futuristic way of learning. The university has informed that the students (the future doctors) are learning with the help of holographic models of patients.

WATCH | UK medical students train with life-like holographic patients in world-first

In a new trial conducted by the University of Cambridge, scientists were successfully able to de-age human skin cells by 30 years. With age, the ability of cells to function properly declines.

Reversal of time? Scientists de-age human skin cells by 30 years in trial

Scientists have discovered a super jelly that can survive being run over by a car. The study published in Nature Materials, has been conducted by the University of Cambridge.

Watch | This super jelly can survive being run over by a car

A 15th-century "birthing girdle", inscribed with prayers and a well-thumbed crucifix image, was likely actively used in medieval childbirth, according to new research on one of the few such sashes not destroyed by time or religious revolutionaries.

Medieval women 'put faith in birth girdles' to protect them during childbirth

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a first-of-kind device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into carbon-neutral fuel. This conversion takes place without requiring any additional components or electricity.

Artificial Photosynthesis: Device that converts sunlight, CO2 and water into clean fuel

The ceremony included space-themed music composed specially for Hawking called 'Beyond the Night Sky', inspired by a poem and quotes from 'A Brief History of Time' and whistling and 'shh' sounds based on recordings of space

Stephen Hawking's funeral held, Eddie Redmayne gives reading