Cambridge Science Festival

Monday 12 March, 8:00AM - 5:00PM From hidden engineering on the nano scale to origami designs for engineering structures, explore an exhibition of astounding photographs taken by staff and students from the Department of Engineering.

Monday 12 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Tuesday 13 March, 8:00AM - 5:00PM From hidden engineering on the nano scale to origami designs for engineering structures, explore an exhibition of astounding photographs taken by staff and students from the Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 13 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Tuesday 13 March, 10:00AM - 4:45PM Exhibition of poster and images from the researchers in the life sciences. All exhibitors will be there to talk about their work on the afternoon of Tuesday 13 March.

Wednesday 14 March, 8:00AM - 5:00PM From hidden engineering on the nano scale to origami designs for engineering structures, explore an exhibition of astounding photographs taken by staff and students from the Department of Engineering.

Wednesday 14 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Wednesday 14 March, 10:00AM - 4:45PM Exhibition of poster and images from the researchers in the life sciences. All exhibitors will be there to talk about their work on the afternoon of Tuesday 13 March.

Thursday 15 March, 8:00AM - 5:00PM From hidden engineering on the nano scale to origami designs for engineering structures, explore an exhibition of astounding photographs taken by staff and students from the Department of Engineering.

Thursday 15 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Thursday 15 March, 10:00AM - 4:45PM Exhibition of poster and images from the researchers in the life sciences. All exhibitors will be there to talk about their work on the afternoon of Tuesday 13 March.

Thursday 15 March, 5:00PM - 6:15PM The Northumberland Telescope, erected at Cambridge University Observatory during the 1830s, and still in use, was one of the great engineering triumphs of 19th century science. Professor Simon Schaffer explores why the instrument was built and how it came into use in those troubled times.

Friday 16 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Saturday 17 March, 8:00AM - 5:00PM From hidden engineering on the nano scale to origami designs for engineering structures, explore an exhibition of astounding photographs taken by staff and students from the Department of Engineering.

Saturday 17 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Saturday 17 March, 10:00AM - 4:00PM Join the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, and put on a lab coat - come and run a DNA gel, compete in a pipetting challenge and examine some tissue down a microscope.

Saturday 17 March, 10:00AM - 4:00PM Come and see where the amazing structures of proteins has lead the artist, Jenny Langley. Textiles and prints will be displayed along with sources of inspirations and sketchbooks.

Saturday 17 March, 10:00AM - 4:00PM Explore the world of stem cells with the MRC Centre for Stem Cell Biology. Along with many games and activities you'll get to put on a labcoat and goggles and use a pipette in a 'wet lab' experiment to see how to feed and care for stem cells on a daily basis.

Saturday 17 March, 11:00AM - 12:00PM Find out what it is like to study science, engineering or technology at the University of Cambridge.

Saturday 17 March, 11:00AM - 5:00PM This new exhibition charts the development of evolutionary thought through the 19th century. Discover the origins of Darwin’s big idea in earlier works, and explore the alternative theories that led to some of science’s most impassioned debates.

Saturday 17 March, 2:00PM - 3:00PM Find out what it is like to study science, engineering or technology at the University of Cambridge.

Sunday 18 March, 11:00AM - 3:00PM Join the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, and put on a lab coat - come and run a DNA gel, compete in a pipetting challenge and examine some tissue down a microscope.

Sunday 18 March, 11:00AM - 3:00PM Come and see where the amazing structures of proteins has lead the artist, Jenny Langley. Textiles and prints will be displayed along with sources of inspirations and sketchbooks.

Sunday 18 March, 11:00AM - 5:00PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Monday 19 March, 8:00AM - 5:00PM From hidden engineering on the nano scale to origami designs for engineering structures, explore an exhibition of astounding photographs taken by staff and students from the Department of Engineering.

Monday 19 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Monday 19 March, 5:15PM - 6:30PM The Rare Books Department at Cambridge University Library presents the opportunity to see and hear about some of the world's most lavish and elegant illustrated books on birds, produced in the nineteenth century by the pioneering ornithologist, John Gould.

Tuesday 20 March, 8:00AM - 5:00PM From hidden engineering on the nano scale to origami designs for engineering structures, explore an exhibition of astounding photographs taken by staff and students from the Department of Engineering.

Tuesday 20 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Wednesday 21 March, 8:00AM - 5:00PM From hidden engineering on the nano scale to origami designs for engineering structures, explore an exhibition of astounding photographs taken by staff and students from the Department of Engineering.

Wednesday 21 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Thursday 22 March, 8:00AM - 5:00PM From hidden engineering on the nano scale to origami designs for engineering structures, explore an exhibition of astounding photographs taken by staff and students from the Department of Engineering.

Thursday 22 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Thursday 22 March, 6:30PM - 9:00PM A presentation by the Cambridge AUV team on their activities. They will show and describe their latest robot submarine, ‘Red Herring’.

Friday 23 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Friday 23 March, 5:00PM - 7:00PM The Museum archive holds over 800 boxes of materials relating to the history of earth science dating back to the 17th century. View this new exhibition of documents and images and talk to Sandra Marsh, the archivist responsible for this fascinating collection.

Saturday 24 March, 8:00AM - 5:00PM From hidden engineering on the nano scale to origami designs for engineering structures, explore an exhibition of astounding photographs taken by staff and students from the Department of Engineering.

Saturday 24 March, 9:00AM - 5:30PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.

Saturday 24 March, 11:00AM - 3:00PM Teams of students from secondary schools and sixth form colleges are the experts, showing what is happening in schools either as part of their curriculum or in after-school clubs.

Saturday 24 March, 2:30PM - 6:30PM The Institute of Astronomy is hosting an afternoon of displays and demonstrations about Astronomy.

Sunday 25 March, 11:00AM - 5:00PM A very small table-top display about the work of the Darwin Correspondence Project, which is publishing all the available letters to and from Charles Darwin.