Public engagement
Evolution might explain how we have come to be the way we are, but locomotion plays a starring role in the story of life on Earth, as zoologist Dr Matt Wilkinson explains at the University of Cambridge’s Science Festival on March 16.
Once only science fiction, astronomers are now finding hundreds of planetary systems beyond our own. Given recent discoveries through space exploration, it is entirely feasible that we may soon discover the existence of extra-terrestrial life forms on other planets.
Every generation has tried to be the one that outsmarts the Reaper. From the millennia-old Epic of Gilgamesh to the centuries-old story of the Spanish explorer, Ponce de Leon, who discovered Florida in his search for the fountain of youth, legends abound of how we might live forever.
Nobel Prize winner John Gurdon will be one of the star attractions at this year’s Cambridge Science Festival – which features Sherlock Holmes star Benedict Cumberbatch as its Guest Director.
The Cambridge Science Centre will have exhibitions, shows and interactive science activities for all ages.
By 2032 a quarter of the British population will be over the age of 65. On November 3, a panel of economists, businessmen and social scientists will gather in Cambridge to discuss the issues surrounding this rapid demographic change.
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has invited ten of the best UK poets writing today to take part in an unprecedented series of residencies at the University of Cambridge, supported by Arts Council England.
As America reels from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, a Cambridge academic and White House veteran is warning of a looming foreign policy storm for the next President of the United States.
A panel discussion for the Festival of Ideas examines whether social media giants are profiting from our willingness to share the most intimate details of our lives online, and whether we should be worried by this compromise to our privacy.
Fancy listening to children's authors like Lauren Child talk about their writing or taking part in a circus skills workshop or doing a bit of graffiti art?
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