A discussion about the difference in the wiring of men’s and women’s brains takes place today at the University of Cambridge. It is part of Cambridge Science Festival – the UK’s biggest free science festival.
We like to think the human brain is special, something different from other brains and information processing systems, but a Cambridge professor is set to test that assumption – by conducting a live experiment using Twitter.
Have you ever wondered about the story behind one of the most exciting computer gaming inventions of late? If so you’re in luck, because Jamie Shotton, one of the developers of Kinect for Xbox, will be telling the story behind it at Cambridge Science Festival later this month.
With an abundance of food available, it’s not surprising that people are getting fatter. But why do some people remain lean? A Cambridge University scientist suggests that the reason is rooted deep in our DNA.
Films that visualise a future where human reproduction is controlled, prevented, modified or simply made impossible are to be examined during Cambridge Science Festival.
A series of exciting science workshops are engaging pupils from across the region’s primary schools this week. The events are being held as part of Cambridge Science Festival which runs from March 14-27 at the University of Cambridge.
A new website that explains why humans have the same type of eye as an octopus, and how animals separated by millions of years have evolved in the same way, has been launched by a team of scientists at Cambridge University.
How babies see the world around them, the wizardry behind Microsoft’s Kinect and the chance to examine the entrails of a fruit fly are just three of this year’s offerings from the UK’s largest free science festival – held by Cambridge University.