Science on Saturday Archive
Note: Once lectures are available for viewing on your computer, they will be linked below. Click on the "View Video" link under the lecture listing to view the video. If you do not already have it, you will need the Apple QuickTime video player to view videos for the 2011 Science on Saturday lectures.
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January 7, 2012
“Out of Africa: Genetics and Human Migrations”
Professor Gyan Bhanot
Department of Molecular Biology
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ
January 14, 2012
“What is the Universe Expanding Into? And Other Perfectly Reasonable Questions”.
Professor David Goldberg
Department of Physics
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
January 21, 2012
Is There a Future for Nuclear Power After Fukushima?
Dr. Alexander Glaser
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University
January 28, 2012
Exploring the Warped and Violent Universe
Prof. Nergis Mavalvala
Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
February 4, 2012
COOPERATION AND CONFLICT IN THE NATURAL WORLD
Professor Suzanne Alonzo
Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
February 11, 2012
ALL TIED UP IN KNOTS
Prof. Lisa Traynor
Department of Mathematics
Bryn Mawr College
February 18, 2012
USING LASERS TO CONTROL AND PROBE THE BRAIN
Prof. Adam Cohen
Department of Physics
Harvard University
March 3, 2012
WHY ARE COMPUTERS SO STUPID AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?
Prof. Ernest Davis
Computer Science Department
New York University
2011
2011 Science on Saturday Lecture Series brochure (PDF)
January 8, 2011
"Major Themes in Evolutionary Medicine"
Professor Steve Stearns
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
New Haven, CT
January 15, 2011
"Electrons, Camera, Action: Advanced Microscopy Techniques for Understanding Structure-Property Relationships in Energy-Related Materials"
Professor Mitra Taheri
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
January 22, 2011
"Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions"
Dr. Stephen L. Macknik, Director of Behavioral Neurophysiology
and Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde, Director of Visual Neuroscience
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ
(PLEASE NOTE: the video for this lecture is currently unavailable.)
January 29, 2011
"The Robotic Scientist: Can Scientific Discovery be Automated?"
Professor Hod Lipson
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Computing & Information Science
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
February 5, 2011
"Bug-Free Computer Chips: Boole Meets Moore"
Professor Sharad Malik
Department of Electrical Engineering
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
February 12, 2011
"KrF Lasers and Inertial Confinement: Another Path to Clean Fusion Energy"
Dr. John Sethian
Head, Fusion Technology Section
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
February 19, 2011
"Words, Tools, and the Brain: Why Humans Aren't Just Another Ape"
Professor Sabine Kastner
Department of Psychology and Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
February 26, 2011
NO LECTURE - DOE's NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE BOWL
March 5, 2011
"Exploring the Changing Biology on a Melting Antarctic Peninsula"
Professor Oscar Schofield
Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
March 12, 2011
"An Overview of DeepQA: How Watson Could Play Jeopardy"
Dr. David Ferrucci
IBM Research Senior Manager
Semantic Analysis and Integration Principal Investigator, DeepQA
T. J Watson Research Center
Yorktown Heights, NY
2010
January 9, 2010
"Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria"
Prof. Bonnie L. Bassler
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
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January 16, 2010
"An Earthling's Guide to Photographing Extrasolar Planets"
Prof. Paul Kalas
Associate Adjunct Professor
Astronomy Department
University of California
Berkeley, CA
SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA
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January 23, 2010
"A new Understanding of the First Electromagnetic Machine"
Prof. Michael Littman
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
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January 30, 2010
"Turbulent Flow: From Submarines to Global Warming"
Prof. Alexander Smits
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
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February 6, 2010
(Science on Saturday cancelled due to hazardous weather conditions)
Prof. Martin Bojowald rescheduled for Saturday, March 20.
February 13, 2010
"Break an Enzyme, Have a Glass of Milk, Conquer a Continent"
Prof. Henry Harpending
Department of Anthropology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
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February 20, 2010
"Fusion Energy: Why, How and When"
Dr. Stewart Prager
Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton, NJ
(Tour of PPPL following the lecture)
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February 27, 2010
No Program - New Jersey Regional High School Science Bowl
March 6, 2010
"Making Music: Materials and the Art and Science of Sound"
Prof. Ulrike G.K. Wegst
Anne Stevens Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
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March 13, 2010
"Cold Plasma Interaction with Living Tissue: Mechanisms and Applications"
Dr. Gregory Fridman
A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute
Biomedical Engineering
Drexel University
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March 20, 2010
"What Happened Before the Big Bang?"
Prof. Martin Bojowald
Associate Professor of Physics
Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
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2009
January 10, 2009
"Learning Differences in a Digital World: A New Vision"
Gordon Sherman, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Newgrange School and Education Center
Princeton, NJ
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January 17, 2009
"Is God a Mathematician"
Dr. Mario Livio
Senior Astrophysicist
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, MD
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January 24, 2009
"Polysaccharides: From Waste Products to Smart Materials"
Caroline Schauer, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
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January 31, 2009
"Microplasmas"
Jose Lopez, Ph.D.
Department of Applied Science & Technology
Saint Peter's College
Jersey City, NJ
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February 7, 2009
"Left-Right Asymmetry in the Universe"
Dr. Dilip K. Kondepudi
Thurman D. Kitchin Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
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February 14, 2009
"Mapping the Universe"
Michael Strauss, Ph.D.
Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
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February 21, 2009
"Illusion and Reality: At the Boundary of Art and Science"
Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde
Director
Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, AZ
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February 28, 2009
No Program (High School Science Bowl)
March 7, 2009
No Program (High School Science Bowl)
March 14, 2009
"Outbreak of Contact Lens Related Fusarium Keratitis in 2006: A Lesson in Microbial Keratitis and Contact Lens Care"
David S. Chu, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
New Jersey Medical School - UMDNJ
Newark, NJ
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2008
January 12, 2008
"Is the Universe Infinite"
Prof. Janna Levin
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Barnard College of Columbia University
New York, NY
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January 19, 2008
"From Accreting Black Holes to Merging Galaxies: Computation in Astrophysics"
Prof. Jim Stone
Associate Chair
Dept of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
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January 26, 2008
"Scrapes, Scabs, and Scars - a Wound Healing Saga"
Prof. Jean Schwarzbauer
Department of Molecular Biology
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
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February 2, 2008
"Symmetry: From Human Perception to the Laws of Nature"
Dr. Mario Livio
Senior Astrophysicist
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, MD
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February 9, 2008
"Collective Motion and Decision-Making in Animal Groups"
Prof. Iain D. Couzin
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
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February 16, 2008
"From Satellite Remote Sensing of the Earth to Non-Invasive Diagnostics of Skin Cancer"
Prof. Knut Stamnes
Department of Physics & Engineering Physics
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
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February 23, 2008
No Program - New Jersey Regional High School Science Bowl
March 1, 2008
"Getting Behavior Out of Fossils"
Prof. Alan Walker
Evan Pugh Professor of Anthropology & Biology
Penn State University
State College, PA
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March 8, 2008
"Spreading Rumors on Facebook"
Prof. Bernard Brooks
School of Mathematical Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
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March 15, 2008
"The Science and Art of Population Based Healthcare"
Dr. Joan T. Beckwith, MD
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Temple University Hospital and School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
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2012
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