Articles about 'Cambridge Science Festival'

Do the genes for autism and scientific ability run in the same families? Tonight, as part of the ’‘Spotlight on Science’ series at the Cambridge Science Festival, Professor Simon Baron-Cohen will discuss classic autism and Asperger Syndrome, two subgroups on the autistic spectrum.

Two lectures will be held tonight and tomorrow night (March 17 and 18) to discuss important issues in international development and diet and fitness.

As part of the annual Cambridge Science Festival, University of Cambridge academics will be visiting schools in three counties next week (Monday 13 March until Friday 17 March) to provide pupils with the opportunity to see the fun side of science. They will discuss intriguing topics such as nanotechnology, cloning and life beyond earth, and give students an opportunity to understand and explore these complex topics.

Churchill College, University of Cambridge is hosting ’‘On the Way to Things,’ an exhibition of drawings by academics, artists and scientists.

The University of Cambridge Institute of Astronomy is holding an art competition for primary schools around the country to submit drawings by students of what they think astronomers do. The aim of the competition is to gain insight on how children today view astronomers, and to set up a role-model scheme for graduate students to visit primary schools and inspire students to study science.

Mudit Matanhelia, President of the student society CHaOS (Cambridge Hands-On Science) 2004-2005, has received a Home Office Year of the Volunteer medal for 2005.

The Cambridge Science Festival has been shortlisted for an award for 'Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community' by The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES).

Cambridge Hands-on Science is going on a three-day tour to Southend-on-Sea.

We have seen some dramatic changes in science during the last 50 years or so that have changed our lives. From the Internet to mobile telephony to the discovery of DNA we have come to take for granted knowledge and technologies that our great-grandparents wouldn’t have imagined.

‘Spotlight on Science’ continues with two talks tonight, both taking place at the Babbage Lecture Theatre.