Cambridge Science Festival

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 - 5:00PM An exhibition of photographs of volcanoes and major volcanic eruptions, their hazards and consequences (1980 to the present).

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.

Wednesday 14 March, 6:00PM - 7:00PM A discussion about constraints of creative form in literature and poetry using objects from the Whipple Museum as inspiration.

Wednesday 14 March, 6:00PM - 7:30PM Compulsive acts or habits which are hard to stop occur in people with OCD and other disorders such as autism or substance abuse disorder. Sometimes these habits are distressing and cause difficulties in daily life, but how do these get started? What is the neurobiological basis for them and how can they best be treated?

Wednesday 14 March, 6:00PM - 8:30PM Come for an hour of hands on practical demonstrations followed by a series of short talks. Light refreshments will be served.

Wednesday 14 March, 6:00PM - 9:00PM Throughout the 20th century, films used the monstrous to explore concerns about intervention and normality. This second series of 'Reproduction on Film' presents works featuring various artificial and natural monsters, examining anxieties about science, sex, relationships, parenthood and social marginalisation.

Wednesday 14 March, 7:00PM - 9:00PM Find out how genome research is helping us to understand infectious diseases such as cholera and malaria. Discover how a contagious cancer is causing the decline of the Tasmanian devil and how sequencing genomes helps us to understand common human diseases.

Wednesday 14 March, 7:30PM - 8:45PM Recent and forthcoming developments in the physical sciences, engineering and computing science are likely to impact health care powerfully over the next 10 – 20 years. Listen to our panel discuss how the experience, benefit and risk of health care is likely to change, as well as what role patients and the public play in shaping the future of health care.