Draft 5/18/13 7PM - 10PM

Performance programming: digital and generative dance, music and art 3/23/13 6:30PM

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Computers always follow rules, and people sometimes do. Can following rules be creative? This live performance will experiment with...

Innovation and Development: Hackathon Finale 3/23/13 5PM - 7PM

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All are welcome to the finale event of a two-week collaboration or ‘hackathon’, involving enterprising students and professionals...

Yes! Why engineers love competitions Multiple Dates

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Challenges, competitions and prizes are often used to push engineers to do amazing things. Manned space flight, driverless cars, better...

Acts of kindness Multiple Dates

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An exciting and adventurous collaboration between theatre and science, centred around a new play, The Altruists, by Craig Baxter. The...

A chemical trail around Cambridge University Botanic Garden Multiple Dates

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A guided walk around the Chemicals from Plants trail. This trail highlights a few of the interesting chemical compounds in some of the...

Think big, make small: manufacturing adventures in the nanoworld Multiple Dates

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What is the nanoscale? How will it affect our lives in the future? How can we design and manufacture things in the nanoworld? These are...

Inventions and discoveries - a walking tour Multiple Dates

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Come on a walk with the Science Guides and find out how Cambridge scientists have changed the face of the world with their discoveries from...

Unearthing ancient life Multiple Dates

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Find out what a palaeontological research team collected during an expedition to Greenland during August 2012. Meet some of the scientists...

The changing perceptions of the nature of light 3/22/13 7PM - 8PM

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Opus Anglicanum use music and a sequence of texts chosen by John Allen, Emeritus Professor of Physics St Andrews University, to chart the...

Beyond the Higgs Boson: antimatter, spacetime and supersymmetry 3/22/13 7PM - 8PM

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The recent discovery of a Higgs-like boson at the Large Hadron Collider opens a new chapter in particle physics. In this talk, Andy Parker...

Sedgwick storytime: tall tales from the Broomsquire Multiple Dates

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Take a magical journey with the Broomsquire. Discover his fossils and the stories he tells about them. Can you spot which of them are true,...

My life as a dinosaur fanatic 3/21/13 6:30PM - 7:30PM

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World renowned palaeoartist Bob Nicholls will talk about his life as a professional dinosaur fanatic. Like many children Bob developed an...

MRC Centenary lecture: 100 years of TB – poets, sanatoriums and the MRC 3/21/13 6PM - 7PM

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Science writer and broadcaster Vivienne Parry OBE presents a fascinating insight into science through the ages to celebrate 100 years of...

Open access 3/21/13 6PM - 7:15PM

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The move to open access publishing has the potential to transform researchers’ communications and access to information by the public on a...

Our fluid Earth 3/20/13 8PM - 9PM

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Fifty years ago people imagined the Earth as a solid planet, unchanged for millions of years, until plate tectonics showed continents...

A goodly spring of flowers: early botanical books in Cambridge University Library 3/20/13 5PM - 6PM

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An introduction to early botanical books from the Library’s collections, from rare fifteenth-century herbals illustrated with woodcuts to...

Step inside 3/19/13 6:30PM - 8PM

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Please join us for an evening of inspiration and performance of writing from the Thresholds Poetry and Museums project. Thresholds poets...

Incredible edibles: Stef's big, bad, explosive, world-changing food science show 3/19/13 4:30PM - 5:30PM

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Stefan Gates (BBC1’s Food Factory and CBBC’s Incredible Edibles) and Professor Andrea Sella (Incredible Edibles’ brilliantly bonkers...

Smart pills, anyone? 3/18/13 6PM - 7PM

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Would you take tablets to boost your brain function? An interactive session debating the controversial subject of cognitive enhancers, the...

The American woodsman: John James Audubon and "The Birds of America" 3/18/13 5PM - 6PM

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An opportunity to view and learn about "The Birds of America", one of the largest and most lavish plate books ever produced, and its author...

Demo derby - Cambridge versus 3/17/13 3PM - 4PM

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Join us for the ultimate ‘science off’ as Cambridge’s finest demonstration experts take on the rest of the UK! Familiar faces from the...

The Naked Scientists - stripping down science 3/17/13 1PM - 2PM

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Join the Naked Scientists as they strip down science and use everyday objects to reveal the secrets of the world. In this explosively...

Matt Parker: stand-up mathematics 3/17/13 11AM - 12PM

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Comedian and mathematician Matt Parker combines his two passions to bring the world of numbers alive. Matt's maths is enjoyed by everyone...

Expedition to Mars 3/16/13 7:30PM - 10:15PM

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Prepare yourself for Space exploration at the Poles! During one evening you will ‘train’ for your space expedition at the Poles and go on...

Anturus - survival science 3/16/13 3:30PM - 4:30PM

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An interactive adventure show designed by Anturus and Scintillate. In this hour-long show, get lost high in the mountains and deep in the...

The secret of the sinister scientist Multiple Dates

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Solve a mystery in the library using your detective skills and real forensic science. Put on a lab coat and gloves to search for...

Lords and ladies of the flies Multiple Dates

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Descend into the basement of the Department of Zoology to see how real scientists are using the brains, guts and kidneys of fruit flies to...

Living with robots Multiple Dates

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Although everyone is familiar with robots, most people are unaware of the underlying physics behind how a robot operates. This project aims...

Science pranks 3/16/13 1:30PM - 2:30PM

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BBC 1’s Britain’s Brightest saw unsuspecting members of the public confounded by Steve Mould's mindbending experiments. Discover other...