The Cambridge Science Festival is back and better than ever, with over 100 events from March 12-20 2004. The Grand Opening of the Cambridge Science Festival kicks off tomorrow (Saturday 13 March), hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alison Richard and Nick Baker, BBC Presenter for 'The Really Wild Show'.

Organised by the University of Cambridge, it is a free event for all ages, providing schools, families and children the opportunity to dig in and learn more about science and how it affects the world around us. This year's theme is 'Reactions', and the festival will feature talks, workshops and demonstrations hosted by people who study or work with science, engineering and technology.

Tomorrow, interactive sessions include 'Paint your own Rock Art', inspiring children from ancient rock art to make their own; 'The Earth on Tour', an interactive exhibition of extreme geology for all ages; and ‘The Physical Attraction of a Chemical Reaction’, which will show chemical reactions with some loud and bright effects.

Spotlight on Science, a series of evening lectures for ages 14 will start tonight with Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director, Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, at the Babbage Lecture Theatre with his talk on ‘The Essential Difference: men, women and the extreme male brain’.

Spotlight on Science continues next week on March 17, 18 and 19, and will include talks on the evolution of humans, positive psychology, our perceptions of time, and the essential differences between the minds of men and women.

Events will be held throughout the week, culminating on the 20 March with the final ‘Science on Saturday’.

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