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9 Feb 2024: Our amazing immune system protects us from pesky pathogens. Join the Altenburg/Boyle Lab to learn all about viruses and how our immune system fights them! Play germ hide & seek to discover how our immune system helps seek out pathogens that are

9 Feb 2024: Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys… how much do you know about your amazing organs and about organ donation and transplantation? Join scientists from the NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Organ Donation and Transplantation to find out more

9 Feb 2024: Babbage Lecture Theatre, (Through the Pembroke Archway), New Museums Site Downing Street, CB2 3RS. ... The audience will leave with a new-found respect for the wonder of life on Earth, and an understanding of the amazing abilities of our animal cousins.

9 Feb 2024: See some of the latest science-based products from local companies, and win a prize for thinking of the most original ways to use them!

9 Feb 2024: Robert Chapman is a neurodivergent philosopher, writing on neurodiversity theory, madness and disability. They have taught at King’s College London, the University of Bristol, Sheffield Hallam and Durham University, where they are currently an

9 Feb 2024: Join us as we celebrate over 10 years of making, inventing and collaboration at Cambridge’s city centre makerspace. This is a chance to tour our workshops and see all kinds of equipment, ranging from 3D printers to the glassworking area.

9 Feb 2024: University of Cambridge Student Services , New Museums Site Bene't Street, CB2 3PT.

9 Feb 2024: Many of us are worried about our memory as we get older, and whether we might develop dementia. But what makes up our memory, and how does it change as we get older? How can we look after our brain health? And what can be done if we are worried

9 Feb 2024: This is the culminating (spring) event of the AHRC-funded ‘Seasons of Sanctuary’ project. It will be of interest to gardeners, readers, historians and art lovers.

9 Feb 2024: University of Cambridge Student Services, Reception area New Museums Site Downing Street, CB2 3RS.

9 Feb 2024: Throughout the history of science, people have been fascinated by the way vision works and how it can be tricked. Come along and discover how moving images can be created in different ways, how colours combine in unexpected ways and how you can tell

9 Feb 2024: Search site. Tales from the trowel’s edge: New archaeological sites on the island of Samos. ... Faculty of Classics, G19 Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DA. Since 2021, the West Area of Samos Archaeological Project has been working on the Greek island of Samos,

9 Feb 2024: Mitochondria are the powerhouses of our cells. They process our food molecules into ATP – a molecular fuel for the rest of the cell.

9 Feb 2024: Are you feeling lucky?’ Beliefs, superstitions and tales about luck are present across all human cultures, according to anthropologists. We are perennially fascinated by luck and by its association with happiness and danger, uncertainty and

9 Feb 2024: University of Cambridge New Museums Site, New Museums site Bene't Street, CB2 3PT. ... 12pm-4pm. Do you know how plants get their scientific names? Discover the fascinating collections of our Herbarium in three new videos.

9 Feb 2024: Fun crafts for kids with a Viking twist – come and join us in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic to make some Viking goodies!

9 Feb 2024: Marsyas Trio. Hilary Tann - In the Theatre of Air. Ewan Campbell - new work (world premiere). ... Timing:. In person. Format:. Exhibition. Age:. All Ages. What does new research recently carried out on the library of Sir Thomas Smith (1513–1577),

9 Feb 2024: He has published several books, most recently Loving Your Neighbour in an Age of Religious Conflict: A New Agenda for Interfaith Relations, and he is an honorary canon of Chichester Cathedral.

9 Feb 2024: In this workshop led by Kemal Sultanov, we will trace the ‘genesis’ of a literary text from its earliest drafts through to its publication (and beyond), by examining the authors’ preparatory notebooks, drafts produced at various stages of

9 Feb 2024: Join us for a presentation in our Business Lounge to explain how carbon-free, ammonia energy can shape the future, followed by a live hydrogen ignition demonstration on the balcony outside the lounge.

9 Feb 2024: Time of Your Life is a hands-on activity for all ages that will demonstrate the pervasive influence of our body clock in our day-to-day life and how the clock works at the cellular level; it will also demonstrate the daily variability in measurable

9 Feb 2024: Timing:. In person. Format:. Exhibition. Age:. All Ages. What does new research recently carried out on the library of Sir Thomas Smith (1513–1577), famous humanist and former scholar of Queens’

9 Feb 2024: Babbage Lecture Theatre, (Through the Pembroke Archway), New Museums Site Downing Street, CB2 3RS.

9 Feb 2024: University of Cambridge Student Services, New Museum Site, Bene't St, CB2 3PT.

9 Feb 2024: FameLab, the science communication competition, returns to Cambridge. Join our finalists as they talk about their research in just three minutes with no presentations and limited props. Expect short snippets of fascinating science with, perhaps, a

9 Feb 2024: Inspired by the popular formats of Would I Lie To You?, Have I Got News for You, and QI, this is perfect for the STEM-enthusiast, STEM-curious, quiz fan, or

9 Feb 2024: In this talk, Dr Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, a consumer psychologist at Anglia Ruskin University, will take the audience on an interactive journey exploring why shoppers act, think and behave the way they do. The audience will be shown examples that

9 Feb 2024: University of Cambridge Student Services, New Museums Site Bene't Street, CB2 3PT.

9 Feb 2024: Commoners’ Comedy and Custard Comedy are delighted to present an evening of thought-provoking humour, beginning with... Samantha Day – The Booby Trap. Breasts loom large in our culture, but why are we so obsessed with them?

9 Feb 2024: University of Cambridge Student Services, New Museums Site Bene't Street, CB2 3PT. ... As a result, a big gap exists in our fundamental understanding of how health conditions begin and evolve – but an ambitious new programme from the NIHR BioResource

9 Feb 2024: The world shows no sign of losing its fascination with monarchy.

9 Feb 2024: Enter your school into this Cambridge Festival Philosothon Special! Philosothons promote philosophical enquiry and rigour by bringing students together around stimulus material that allows the group to move beyond discussion towards critical inquiry.

9 Feb 2024: As part of the Festival Schools' Days, the Physics Outreach Office has put together a hands-on investigation which requires students to use curriculum science to solve problems.

9 Feb 2024: Which crystals are hiding in plain sight in our homes? Why isn’t old chocolate as good as new chocolate?

9 Feb 2024: But what role can archaeology play in uncovering new evidence? This session will reveal the work of conflict archaeologists.

9 Feb 2024: It will encourage non-traditional modes of listening and create new relationships with music. ... Timing:. In person. Format:. Exhibition. Age:. All Ages. What does new research recently carried out on the library of Sir Thomas Smith (1513–1577),

9 Feb 2024: We will have some hands-on activities involving experiments that can be done on site to demonstrate the beauty of everyday molecular science: from blowing balloons to making toothpaste for elephants, there will be a bit of ‘non-explosive’ fun

9 Feb 2024: University of Cambridge New Museums Site, New Museums Site Downing Street, CB2 3RS. ... Jack's Gelato will be on site during the Family Weekend on the New Museums Site offering up some of the flavours affected by climate change.

9 Feb 2024: Cambridge Junction, J3 , Clifton Way, CB1 7GX. Join Artistic Director Josephine Burton in conversation about the company’s new documentary theatre production The Reckoning, following several through-provoking productions telling Ukrainian

9 Feb 2024: University of Cambridge Student Services, New Museums site Bene't Street, CB2 3PT.

9 Feb 2024: In "Roads to Sustain", you'll embark on an exciting journey as road planners, where you'll learn to balance the art of road design with a keen focus on sustainability.

9 Feb 2024: Learning about viral tricks while using Lego is a one-of-a-kind experience, which will help young minds to explore the secrets of viruses and their unique strategies for survival.

9 Feb 2024: This helps us to understand diseases better, so that in the future, new treatments might be developed.

9 Feb 2024: Come and learn about cancer by taking part in multiple activities: look at real cancer cells under the microscope, make your own 3D cells, find the right antibody (key) that fits the right antigen (lock), or try your hand at origami to make your own

9 Feb 2024: Babbage Lecture Theatre, (Through the Pembroke Archway), New Museums Site Downing Street, CB2 3RS.

9 Feb 2024: As regional conflicts spread, this panel discussion of experts will consider the big question of how wars end from a historical, political and cultural point of view.

9 Feb 2024: Cambridge mathematicians work on everything from number theory to the Big Bang, using maths to tackle problems ranging from climate change to modelling the spread of pandemics.

9 Feb 2024: Come and meet the scientists of the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences, renowned for its world-class research, and their co-workers from other university departments.

9 Feb 2024: Modern vaccines are safe and effective. Join Dr Brian Ferguson and colleagues to find out how they work to protect against infectious diseases. Our stand, in partnership with the British Society for Immunology (BSI), will help to explain the

9 Feb 2024: His long-term goal is to translate these findings into new treatments for airway disease.