Evolution Revolution

Developments in evolutionary biology have a significant impact on the way we look at the world and ourselves in it, according to a conservation scientist who will be speaking on the subject at Cambridge University's annual Science Festival.

Visions of future healthcare

On 14 March, academics and members of the public gathered at Emmanuel College to hear a panel of distinguished speakers discuss their personal visions of future healthcare in an event sponsored by the Science AAAS as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.

How to engineer intelligence

“Do we actually want machines to interact with humans in an emotional way? Will it be possible for them to interact with us?”

Credit: Gareth Rees, Scott Polar Research Institute

Invading Trees?

Rumours of trees 'invading' the Arctic as a by-product of climate change have been 'greatly exaggerated' according to a polar scientist due to lecture on the subject at Cambridge University's annual Science Festival.

The sweet sound of science

Musicians and music-lovers alike are invited to this year's Cambridge Science Festival - the UK's biggest free science festival - which runs from March 12-25 at venues across the University and City.

Sustainable energy - without the hot air

How easy is it to kick our fossil fuel habit? Could Britain live on its own renewables? Professor David Mackay, from the Department of Physics, will offer a straight talking assessment of the numbers behind the UK’s need to reduce its energy consumption and move to sustainable energy solutions, in a lecture tonight.

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