No computer experience required. Surf the Net, practise cybersurgery, surprise friends and family with your knowledge of 'big-bang' theory, see how Moorcroft Boy and Danoli were nursed back to racing fitness and peak performance and much more...

Date: 9.00 am to 5.30 pm daily from Friday 14 March to Sunday 23 March (11.00 am to 5.00 pm Sundays)

Venue: Clayton Square Shopping Centre, on the upper floor outside Boots.

Free.

Further information from Debbie McDonald at Connect, the Internet Centre for Merseyside Businesses, 0151 794 8279.

Focus on Science and Engineering at the University of Liverpool - try your hand at a medical quiz, investigate the origins of the universe and mankind itself, and have a try at aging a horse by looking at its teeth.

A revue featuring performances by young people on scientific or technological topics. The performances will be entertaining, enlightening and educational for people of all ages.

Date: 2.00 pm Tuesday and Thursday, 18 and 20 March

Venue: The Everyman Theatre, Hope Street, Liverpool.

Admission: £1 (50 pence for concessions).

Further information from Catherine Williams, Everyman Education, 0151 708 0338 (Box Office: 0151 709 4776).

This event is supported by the Merseyside branch of the British Association for the Advancement of Science and Merseyside Education Business Partnership.

Award winning science fiction author Stephen Baxter talks about the fact and fiction behind his forthcoming novel set among the moons of Saturn, using information gathered from the latest NASA expeditions. Stephen is the acknowledged heir to the visionary legacy of Arthur C. Clarke and H. G. Wells. This is a rare opportunity to hear him live.

Date: 7 .00 am Thursday 20 March

Venue: University Lecture Rooms Building, Crown Street.

Admission: £1 (50 pence for concessions).

Further information from Andy Sawyer, Science Fiction Collection, The University of Liverpool, 0151 794 2696.

A chance to see the widely-reported research of the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, first shown at the Royal Society last year and featured on 'News at Ten' which uses 'Jurassic Park' technology to build a virtual model of early man (woman actually) and simulate her movements on computer.

Date: Saturday and Sunday 15 and 16 March

Venue: Liverpool Museum, William Brown Street, Liverpool.

Further information from The Education Department, Liverpool Museum, 0151 478 4296.

As part of the BBC's commitment to set97, Radio Merseyside's Linda McDermott will be talking each afternoon to scientists and engineers from The University of Liverpool about some of the world-leading research that is happening on our own doorstep.

Tune in between 1.30 and 5.00 pm each weekday between Friday 14 March and Friday 21 March - 1485 kHz and 95.8 FM.