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Cambridge Science Festival


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11 March08:00 - 17:00Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering
09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
10:00 - 20:00IMAGINARY: Through the eyes of mathematics
10:00 - 16:00Grafton science
10:30 - 16:30Assembling bodies
13:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
13:15 - 14:30Kill or cure: lunch-time screenings at the Dept. of Pathology: Malaria vaccine
17:00 - 18:00Churchill's College: from monster to clone
17:00 - 18:00African science heroes film
17:30 - 19:00Will the lights go out? Energy policy in the UK to 2020
18:00 - 19:00One hundred years of rehabilitation: how far have we come and...
12 March08:00 - 17:00Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering
09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
10:00 - 17:00IMAGINARY: Through the eyes of mathematics
10:00 - 13:00Blade Runner: science fiction on film (15)
10:00 - 16:00Grafton science
10:00 - 11:00Dr Neil Arnold - discovering glaciers
10:30 - 16:30Assembling bodies
13:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
13:15 - 14:30Kill or cure: lunchtime screenings at the Dept. of Pathology: Influenza
14:00 - 16:00Dr Steve Boreham & Chris Rolfe - 3D laser scanning in Geography
19:30 - 21:00OBSERVATIONS: a new work composed by Pixelh8 at the Institute of Astronomy
19:30 - 20:30What's the risk of getting out of bed?
13 March08:00 - 17:00Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering
09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
09:00 - 16:00Dr Ian Willis - Meet the Met Station
09:00 - 16:00Education @ Scott Polar Research Institute - keeping warm in the Arctic and the Antarctic
09:00 - 16:00Drop in stands in the Department of Geography
09:30 - 10:45Robots for beginners
10:00 - 16:00The way to the stars: 700 years of astronomy
10:00 - 16:00The way to the stars: 700 years of astronomy
10:00 - 16:00Everybody makes an antibody
10:00 - 16:00Medicines under the microscope
10:00 - 16:00Diverse species
10:00 - 16:00Crash, bang, squelch!
10:00 - 16:00Cambridge AWiSE
10:00 - 16:00DNA, diversity and you
10:00 - 16:00Blow them away
10:00 - 16:00Explosive lower limb power
10:00 - 16:00Get a grip on strength
10:00 - 16:00Move out of the way! Coming through!
10:00 - 16:00How is IQ measured?
10:00 - 16:00Play with a brain!
10:00 - 16:00Play a computer game with your mind
10:00 - 16:00Visual illusions
10:00 - 16:00Can you beat the lie detector?
10:00 - 16:00Tuppenny bridge
10:00 - 16:00The world of sight and sound
10:00 - 16:00An eye for art
10:00 - 16:00Would you like to cuddle a crayfish?
10:00 - 16:00Forensic fun!
10:00 - 16:00IET Cambridge Young Professionals
10:00 - 16:00The great gut race
10:00 - 12:00Explore the diversity of the mind
10:00 - 16:00Build a bridge workshop
10:00 - 14:003D jigsaws- how biomolecules fit together
10:00 - 17:00IMAGINARY: Through the eyes of mathematics
10:00 - 16:00Mitochondrion paint-by-numbers
10:00 - 10:45The diversity of ice-cream!
10:00 - 16:00Mighty minerals
10:00 - 14:00Bottle your genes
10:00 - 16:00Living and breathing - how hearts and lungs work
10:00 - 16:00Cancer care: from laboratory to bedside
10:00 - 16:00Stem cells: masters of diversity
10:00 - 16:00Cancer diversity
10:00 - 16:00The game of life!
10:00 - 16:00Molecules + paint
10:00 - 16:00Mix a track
10:00 - 16:00Seeds of diversity
10:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
10:00 - 16:00Society of Biology
10:00 - 15:00The cosmos of your body
10:00 - 16:00Mindfulness meditation and science open day
10:00 - 16:00Getting to the heart of healthy ageing
10:00 - 16:00BBSRC - bioscience for life
10:00 - 16:00Learn about aerodynamics with Williams F1!
10:00 - 16:00African science heroes
10:00 - 16:00Grafton science
10:00 - 12:00Dr Iris Moeller - Our coast: a natural sea defence!
10:00 - 16:00Nanoyou at the Chemistry Department
10:00 - 16:00Spooky science: exhibition from the Society for Psychical Research archives
10:30 - 16:30Assembling bodies
10:30 - 16:00Why megaliths are mega
10:30 - 16:00The laboratory of bodies
10:30 - 11:30HNR Food factory - where you're the chef
10:30 - 16:00Timetruck at the Sedgwick Museum
10:30 - 15:30Fossil detectives
10:30 - 16:00The science of archaeology
10:30 - 17:00Chemistry in action
11:00 - 13:00Daring diversity - walking tour
11:00 - 12:00The way to the stars: make your own astrolabe
11:00 - 12:15Robots for beginners
11:00 - 11:45CHaOS
11:00 - 16:00Colourful creatures at the Museum of Zoology
11:00 - 12:00Autism: a different way of understanding
11:00 - 16:00Tap into your wild side!
11:00 - 12:00Get SET
11:00 - 12:00Burning issues - fire and flame
11:00 - 12:00Intrigue and espionage: the mathematics of code-breaking
11:00 - 11:45Embracing uncertainty: the new machine intelligence
11:00 - 11:45Spooky science
11:20 - 12:05The diversity of ice-cream!
12:00 - 16:00Hands on maths fair
12:15 - 13:00Climbing the tree of physics
12:15 - 13:00Life beneath the waves
12:30 - 13:30HNR Food factory - where you're the chef
13:00 - 14:00The way to the stars: make your own astrolabe
13:00 - 14:15Robots for beginners
13:00 - 13:45CHaOS
13:30 - 14:15Crisp packet fireworks!
13:30 - 14:30Burning issues - fire and flame
13:30 - 14:15The science of gambling
14:00 - 16:00Explore the diversity of the mind
14:00 - 17:00Building blocks of our material world
14:00 - 17:00SeeK (science and engineering experiments for kids)
14:00 - 16:00Gods and monsters
14:00 - 15:00Get SET
14:00 - 16:00Skulls, electrodes, brains and embryos: a perfect Saturday afternoon!
14:30 - 16:00Biodiversity and Spirituality
14:30 - 15:45Robots for beginners
14:30 - 15:30HNR Food factory - where you're the chef
14:45 - 15:30101 things you can do with a laser by Dr Evil
14:45 - 15:30Viscous fluids and vortices
14:45 - 15:45Dr Death and the medi-evil medicine show
15:00 - 16:00The way to the stars: make your own astrolabe
15:00 - 15:45CHaOS
15:00 - 16:00The feathered ape in your garden
16:00 - 17:00Burning issues - fire and flame
16:00 - 16:45The num8er my5teries
16:00 - 16:45Science research now!
16:00 - 16:45Extraordinary eyes
19:30 - 21:00OBSERVATIONS: a new work composed by Pixelh8 at the Institute of Astronomy
14 March08:00 - 17:00Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering
09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
10:00 - 16:00Upware Open Day 2010 - science in the environment
10:00 - 16:00Diverse species
10:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
10:00 - 17:00Molecules + paint (exhibition and talk)
10:00 - 16:00Pi day magic
11:00 - 13:00Daring diversity - walking tour
14:00 - 18:00Trinity College Science Society's science symposium
14:00 - 17:00IMAGINARY: Through the eyes of mathematics
14:00 - 16:00Sir Cornelius Vermuyden's fantastic feat!
15 March08:00 - 17:00Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering
09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
09:45 - 12:00Rocket launchpad challenge - school parties only
10:00 - 17:00IMAGINARY: Through the eyes of mathematics
10:00 - 17:00Molecules + paint (exhibition and talk)
11:00 - 13:00Daring diversity - walking tour
12:30 - 14:45Rocket launchpad challenge - school parties only
13:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
18:00 - 19:00Secrets of the Universe
19:00 - 20:00Burning issues - fire and flame
19:30 - 20:30From the Blitz to Bin Laden: how Londoners respond to adversity
16 March08:00 - 17:00Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering
09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
09:45 - 12:00Rocket launchpad challenge - school parties only
10:00 - 17:00IMAGINARY: Through the eyes of mathematics
10:00 - 17:00Molecules + paint (exhibition and talk)
10:30 - 16:30Assembling bodies
10:30 - 11:30Good vibrations
12:30 - 14:45Rocket launchpad challenge - school parties only
13:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
13:15 - 14:00Mercury blue - a pigment and the power of the planets
20:00 - 21:00Technology is what makes us human
17 March08:00 - 17:00Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering
09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
09:45 - 12:00Rocket launchpad challenge - school parties only
10:00 - 17:00IMAGINARY: Through the eyes of mathematics
10:00 - 17:00Molecules + paint (exhibition and talk)
10:00 - 14:30Science Connections Duxford
10:30 - 16:30Assembling bodies
11:00 - 13:00Daring diversity - walking tour
12:30 - 14:45Rocket launchpad challenge - school parties only
13:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
16:30 - 18:00Creative responses to 'Assembling bodies'
17:00 - 18:30The evolution of the modern workplace
18:00 - 20:30Exploring mind and brain
18:00 - 20:00Science of musical sound talks
18:00 - 19:00Science and Islam
19:00 - 21:00Public open evening at the Institute of Astronomy and talk by Ryan Cooke
18 March08:00 - 17:00Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering
09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
09:45 - 12:00Rocket launchpad challenge - school parties only
09:45 - 11:00Science of sport - school parties only
10:00 - 17:00Molecules + paint (exhibition and talk)
10:30 - 16:30Assembling bodies
11:00 - 12:15Science of sport - school parties only
12:30 - 14:45Rocket launchpad challenge - school parties only
13:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
13:15 - 14:30Science of sport - school parties only
16:00 - 17:00What will a nanobot look like?
18:00 - 19:00Fred Hoyle: Cosmology and controversy
20:00 - 21:00LaughLab
19 March08:00 - 17:00Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering
09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
09:45 - 12:00Rocket launchpad challenge - school parties only
09:45 - 11:00Science of sport - school parties only
10:00 - 17:00Molecules + paint (exhibition and talk)
10:30 - 16:30Assembling bodies
10:30 - 16:30Bodies exposed: identity and the image
11:00 - 13:00Daring diversity - walking tour
11:00 - 12:15Science of sport - school parties only
12:30 - 14:45Rocket launchpad challenge - school parties only
13:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
13:15 - 14:30Science of sport - school parties only
14:00 - 18:00Who owns science?
18:00 - 19:00The master puppeteer: how the brain controls the body
18:00 - 21:00Kettle's Yard/SCIENAR: Conversations across science and art
19:30 - 20:30Science of personality research
20 March08:00 - 17:00Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering
09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
10:00 - 16:00Diverse species
10:00 - 17:00Sounds like science
10:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
10:00 - 17:00Molecules + paint (exhibition and talk)
10:00 - 17:00The Eco-Saxons!
10:00 - 16:00Schools Zone in the University Centre
10:30 - 16:30Assembling bodies
10:30 - 16:30Bodies exposed: identity and the image
11:00 - 13:00Daring diversity - walking tour
11:00 - 17:00Electric Cambridge
12:00 - 16:00Enigma: codes and codebreaking
12:00 - 16:00Hands on maths fair
12:30 - 13:15Who wants to be a mathionaire?
13:00 - 17:00See high power lasers in action!
13:45 - 14:30Who wants to be a mathionaire?
14:00 - 15:00The maths and physics of sport
14:00 - 17:00Physics zone - diverse physics
14:00 - 17:00Experiments, demonstrations and CHAoS
14:00 - 17:00Astronomy roadshow planetarium
14:00 - 17:00Vet Hospital open day
14:00 - 17:00New technologies for machine intelligence
14:00 - 17:00Nanoyou at the Cavendish Laboratory
14:30 - 19:00Open afternoon at the Institute of Astronomy
14:30 - 15:30The high energy frontier - the Large Hadron Collider
15:00 - 15:45Who wants to be a mathionaire?
15:00 - 16:00The eerie silence: are we alone in the Universe?
15:00 - 17:00Test of FAITH: Does science threaten belief in God?
15:00 - 16:00Making the impossible, possible
19:30 - 21:00Public observing at the Institute of Astronomy
21 March09:00 - 17:30Darwin Correspondence Project exhibition
10:00 - 16:00Diverse species
10:00 - 18:00Molecules at work: aspects of life magnified two million times
10:00 - 17:00Molecules + paint (exhibition and talk)
10:00 - 17:00The Eco-Saxons!
11:00 - 15:30Diversity of life at Wandlebury Country Park
11:00 - 17:00Electric Cambridge
18:30 - 19:30A service of thanksgiving for the Cambridge Science Festival