The annual spectacle that is The Cambridge Science Festival takes place at venues across the city this March. Over 150 activities are planned for the two weeks of the festival, from 8 to 21 March 2010. Most of the events are free. On offer is everything from the highbrow to the downright ridiculous. The festival's highlight is its family day, on Saturday 13 March, when both the innovative and the explosive take centre-stage. With the Darwin Festival and the Cambridge 800 celebrations tucked firmly under its belt, the University of Cambridge is getting ready for its first big event of 2010. The Cambridge Science Festival has grown in stature and popularity to such a degree that it's even spawned a little sister - The Festival of Ideas - which specialises in popular culture and the humanities, and takes place in September.This year's Science Festival kicks off on Monday 8 March and offers a packed programme - two weeks of talks, drop-in sessions, themed walks, hands-on events and activities to suit everyone from curious toddlers to serious scientists. Science on Saturdays, Saturday 13 March and Saturday 20 March are designated as family days, packed full of events taking place at venues across the city. [...]