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9 Feb 2024: University of Cambridge Student Services, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, CB2 3QH.

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: Through sensory science programmes, Dr Erica Tandori works with researchers to create tactile artworks that educate and engage on pathology, and are designed for the blind and low-vision community.

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: Explore the history of science through the Whipple Museum’s collection of instruments, models and pictures. Use the handling boxes in the learning gallery to explore the human body, light and shadows, and a range of other scientific concepts.

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: Prepare to get your hands dirty and transform into a mini scientist. During this interactive workshop, you’ll have the chance to get creative with some easy science experiments, and also learn how to do some of them at home. Age group: 3+ years.

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: The Department of Pathology will be showcasing a collection of pathology-inspired artworks created by local primary school students who were visited earlier in the year by PhD student researchers.

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: Drop in and explore the world of materials science through our table-top displays and interactive activities.

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: We know everyone is different, but our immune system is by far the most variable part of our body.

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: 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: University of Cambridge Student Services, Reception area 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: Babbage Lecture Theatre, (Through the Pembroke Archway), New Museums Site Downing Street, CB2 3RS.

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: 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