Medieval manuscripts revealed some bizarre medical treatments (Picture: Getty Images) Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments have been revealed in a new exhibition at the Cambridge University Library. Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World looks at how medical practitioners of the time sought to understand and treat illness with… strange methods. Researchers were shocked to…
Torn, folded, stitched and bound into a book of property records from the 1500s, rare tales of Merlin shapeshifting into King Arthur’s court and Sir Gawain gaining power from the sun had gone unnoticed for centuries, stacked among the records of an English manor and then among the millions of volumes of a university library….
Lloyds Banking Group Plc has partnered with the University of Cambridge to train 300 senior staff in artificial intelligence, aligning with the bank’s broader technology transformation efforts. According to Bloomberg News, the first cohort of leaders from the British bank began an 80-hour course this month aimed at fostering an “AI-first” mindset. Lloyds is one…
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