Articles about 'Cambridge Science Festival'

We have all seen it in futuristic films and wondered when Iris Recognition technologies will replace picture IDs across the board. What some of us may not know, however, is that the algorithms that form the basis of all iris recognition systems were developed by Dr John Daugman, Reader in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition at the University of Cambridge.

We may not suffer from nutrient deficiencies in Cambridge anymore but is the abundance of food available all-year-round responsible for our preoccupation with food and health?

Can you imagine the UK having high incidence of malaria and thousands of people dying because of high temperatures? Is it possible that the Gulf Stream would stop and Europe would cool significantly?

University of Cambridge academics will be visiting schools throughout the county this week giving pupils the opportunity to see the fun side of science.

Primary school pupils are turning detective today to investigate why different materials' properties make them better suited to some jobs than others.

It has been a busy year for the University; here we look back at just some of the major developments and highlights that have kept Cambridge in the headlines:

A University of Cambridge initiative raising the profile of mathematics in schools has been praised by the Government in a report about the teaching of maths to 14 to 18-year-olds.

Our perceptions of time affect our lives from the moment of birth. How do these perceptions influence our understanding of our world and of our place in the universe? This question will be the highlight of the second ‘Spotlight on Science’ discussion at the Cambridge Science Festival, held on Wednesday, March 17 at the University of Cambridge. This will provide an opportunity for the audience to ask their own questions about time and how it effects our lives.

Can you live up to the challenge of living life well? Do you know how to live a happier, healthier, more helpful life?

How did modern humans evolve? This question has been intensely debated by scholars for generations. Theories have argued that modern populations evolved from regional archaic hominin groups that were already different from each other. Other theories believe that our origins are occurred more recently.