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9 Feb 2024: A fascinating series of short films with researchers at Cambridge who are imagining the future. These films share an insight into the researchers and their work.

9 Feb 2024: The Nazis are well known for covering up their crimes by destroying evidence. But what role can archaeology play in uncovering new evidence? This session will reveal the work of conflict archaeologists. This event will take place via Zoom.

9 Feb 2024: Being subject to a Greek tyrant was bad, but was being a tyrant yourself good if you could get away with it? Join Il-Kweon Sir for this lunchtime foray into those early Greek lyric poets who, living in the age of tyrants, explore the almost

9 Feb 2024: Kamal Ahmed, former BBC Economics editor and editor-in-chief of the News Movement, is in conversation with the University of Cambridge's Professor David Spiegelhalter and award-winning journalist Marianna Spring, about the manipulation of statistics

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: 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: The history of science is full of amazing stories of discovery and invention, but there are also darker stories to be told.

9 Feb 2024: Dr David Sterling Brown – a tenured Associate Professor of English at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, USA, and a member of the Curatorial Team for The Racial Imaginary Institute, founded by Claudia Rankine – will offer a brief reading

9 Feb 2024: Lawyers often remind us that doctors must be subject to the law like everyone else. However some lawyers are less well attuned to the demands the Rule of Law makes on their own work. To defend the role of judges in overseeing health care this must

9 Feb 2024: An opportunity to see some treasures from the Whipple Library rare book collection, featuring some of the earliest Western scientific books, works by Darwin, Galileo, Newton and more, and (possibly) the smallest scientific book ever printed… This

9 Feb 2024: University Biomedical Services implements the 3Rs –Replacement, Reduction and Refinement – to ensure humane and ethical procedures are applied in scientific animal research.

9 Feb 2024: In this interactive story, Mandisa takes the audience through a journey that shows how small actions at the grassroots level can make a big impact. Along the way, there will be hidden clues and hints, pictures, props and music.

9 Feb 2024: Is your primary school age child a budding researcher? Find out by coming to this fun event for families. Come and visit the PEDAL’s popular Playful Learning Zone at the Faculty of Education to see play and education research in action.

9 Feb 2024: Have you ever wondered how doctors calculate your heart health? Did you know researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit can predict if you are likely to get heart disease in the next 10 years?

9 Feb 2024: Our microbiology laboratory team work every day of the year testing patient samples sent in from doctors and hospitals across the East of England to help diagnose and treat illnesses.

9 Feb 2024: Join our researchers to explore what it means to age and how the molecular processes in our bodies change as we develop from an embryo all the way through to old age.

9 Feb 2024: Join us on a tour exploring the historic connections between Cambridge and the British Empire.

9 Feb 2024: At this Multi-activity, family fun session, you can test out the games we use in our research with children and families.

9 Feb 2024: Get hands-on with us at the MRC Toxicology Unit, where we will be exploring the fascinating world of our gut microbiome.

9 Feb 2024: Make a working Grätzel solar cell using a few basic materials including something surprising – blackberries – with scientists at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.