What if the global food crisis isn’t coming but already here? In our next Speaker Spotlight, we spoke to Rachael McDonnell, Deputy Director General of the International Water Management Institute and lead of the Commission on Water for Food Futures.
What does it really mean for a machine to be conscious – and are we closer than we think? Dr Tom McClelland reflects on the ideas, influences, and ethical questions behind his upcoming talk, Conscious machines? on 23 March.
For Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2026, we spoke to Dr Inês Prata Machado about her work at the CRUK Cambridge Centre where interdisciplinary teams translate scientific discoveries into real-world benefits for patients.
Celebrating women through research: The Cambridge Festival marks International Women’s Day
To mark International Women’s Day (Sunday 8 March), the Cambridge Festival (16 March–2 April) is spotlighting the outstanding achievements of women across a wide range of disciplines.
Ahead of Grandparenting: Perspectives from Across the Globe on 29 March 2026, our speaker spotlight with Dr Terri Apter, family expert and author, dives into grandparents’ underestimated role and the evolving meaning of grandparenting.
In our speaker spotlight, we talk with Dr Prashant Kakoday about his upcoming event, Training the Brain for Calm: Insights from Neuroscience and Psychology, on 19 March.
Professor Chichger dives into the weird and wonderful locations in the body that can taste, and also consider how and why these tissues and organs, including the brain and heart, sense taste and what this means in relation to our diet and health.
Professor Keyoumars Ashkan MBE explains why he performs deep brain stimulation with patients awake and playing instruments – and what those moments in the operating theatre reveal about the brain that no scan can capture.
