Cambridge Science Festival hailed best ever after 60,000 flock to events

Cambridge Science Festival 2016 was the biggest and best ever, organisers have revealed. More than 350 events were held during the fortnight-long festival, attracting 60,000 visitors. Cambridge University, which runs the events, said the festival's main theme, artificial intelligence, sparked "considerable interest". This year was the 22nd in the festival's history, and it finished last Sunday with dozens of events on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. A spokeswoman said: "We had two momentous weeks of over 350 events and 60,000 visits, making it the largest festival to date in terms of both events and visits. "This year was marked by the considerable interest from both the public and the media in many of the artificial intelligence and machine learning events, testament to both the fascination and the concern we all feel with our growing interaction and reliance on machines.