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9 Feb 2024: Some of the team from the Department of Archaeology, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and the Cambridge Archaeological Unit will be showcasing the variety of research within archaeology, through a range of hands-on activities

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: 6.30pm – Pre-concert talk & Exhibition: How can the arts interact with a Natural World in decline?

9 Feb 2024: What is a crystal? Which crystals are hiding in plain sight in our homes? Why isn’t old chocolate as good as new chocolate? If you are curious to find out the answers to these and many more questions, then get ready for an adventure to discover

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: 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: 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: 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: Join Dr Jo for a fun and informative, interactive show as we journey around the human body, discovering wonders of biology along the way.

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: Join researchers from the Department of Genetics for a variety of hands-on activities showing how genetics pops up in our everyday life.

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: 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: Join the enchanting Romani storyteller, renowned author and toymaker Richard O’Neill, often dubbed the “Romani Hans Christian Anderson”. Prepare to be captivated as he weaves his spellbinding tales, offering a delightful array of original and

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: How do you wash hands correctly to help prevent the spread of infectious microbes? What do bacteria look like? Find out by looking at them through a microscope. Use craft materials to build your own microbes to learn about the structure of bacteria

9 Feb 2024: Come and join us for a chat and an ice cream with some rare flavours that may not be around much longer. What can we do to take action? How can we contribute to solve the climate crisis? Can we find solutions so we do not have to shout Ice Cream!

9 Feb 2024: Researchers at the MRC Toxicology Unit are finding ways to make our medicines and environment safer! But what does that look like day-to-day? Well now you can follow our researchers, via our video series, and discover what a day as a scientist is

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: Optical wonders We will present a number of simple yet unexpected optical phenomena each of which has significant practical uses in modern technology. A visual !WOW! factor in everything from stage ghosts to brushing your hair; from the size of a