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Named for the late Earnest C. Watson, who founded the series in 1922, these lectures feature speakers from Caltech and JPL, speaking on cutting-edge research taking place at Caltech.

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    DNA Origami: Folded DNA as a Building Material for Molecular Devices (May 25, 2016)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2016 53:57


    Caltech Watson Lecture Series. Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies. ©2016 California Institute of Technology

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    Chasing Extrasolar Space Weather (Feb. 10, 2016)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 56:55


    Caltech Watson Lecture Series. Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies. ©2016 California Institute of Technology

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    Algorithmic Magic: Behind the Scenes of Modern Computer Science (Jan. 20, 2016)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 54:13


    Caltech Watson Lecture Series. Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies. ©2016 California Institute of Technology

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    Listening to the Thunder of Gravity in the Cosmos (Mar. 9, 2016)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 58:31


    Caltech Watson Lecture Series. Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies. ©2016 California Institute of Technology

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    Complex Quantum Cosmos: Science Puzzles and Technology Solutions (Dec. 2, 2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 73:23


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    Choosing the T-Cell Profession: Higher Education for Stem Cells (Nov. 18, 2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 58:47


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    Back to the Beginning: The Rosetta Comet Rendezvous Mission (Oct. 14, 2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 60:50


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    Watching Paint Dry and Colors Fade: The Intersection of Art and Science (May 20, 2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2015 51:00


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    Searching for Vibrations from the Big Bang (May 6, 2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2015 61:23


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    A Molecular Arms Race: The Immune System Versus HIV (Apr. 1, 2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2015 59:25


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    How the Brain Learns from the Past and Makes Good Decisions for the Future: A Tour of Neural Reinforcement Learning (2/4/2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2015 59:23


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    Size Matters: The Importance of Building Small Things (Jan. 21, 2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2015 46:58


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    Controlling Light on a Chip at the Single-Photon Level (Dec. 17, 2014)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2015 54:25


    Caltech Watson Lecture Series. Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies. © 2014 California Institute of Technology.

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    How Do You Make a Greasy Protein? (Jan. 7, 2015)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2015 63:45


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    Photosynthesis: A Planetary Revolution (Nov. 19, 2014)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2014 57:37


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    Quantum States of Matter in Crystals (Oct. 15, 2014)

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    From Nature to the Pharmacy: The Chemistry Behind Modern Medicines (May 7, 2014)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2014 49:18


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    Say Hello to Your Little Friends: How Gut Bacteria Can Be Harnessed as Novel Therapies for Disease (Apr. 2, 2014)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2014 53:19


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    When Rocks Roll: How Sediment Transport Shapes Planetary Surfaces (Mar. 19, 2014)

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    Everyone Starts Small: How Metals Learn to Behave (Feb. 12, 2014)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2014 61:05


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    1+1=3 or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Holistic Circuits (Jan. 29, 2014)

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    From Spinning Black Holes to Exploding Stars: A New View of the Energetic Universe (Dec. 4, 2013)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2013 49:39


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    From Lab-on-a-Chip to Lab-in-the-Body: Nanotechnology in the Miniaturization of Medical Diagnostic Tools (Nov. 6, 2013)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2013 44:49


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    Let There Be Light: Finding the Earliest Galaxies (Oct. 16, 2013)

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    Decision Making and Quality Control in Early Moments of a Protein's Life (May 22, 2013)

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    Curiosity's Mission at Gale Crater (Apr. 24, 2013)

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    Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Computing (April 3, 2013)

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    Under the Hood of the Earthquake Machine (Feb. 13, 2013)

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    For Love or Money: Marriage and Economic Development in the Past (Jan. 30, 2013)

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    Physics at the Large Hadron Collider: A New Window on Matter, Spacetime, and the Universe (Jan. 9, 2013)

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    Brain Control with Light (Dec. 5, 2012)

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    Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand (Nov. 28, 2012)

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    Engineering with Impact (Oct. 24, 2012)

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    The Quantum Internet (Jan. 21, 2009)

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    Exploring the Deep-Sea for Corals and Clues to Our Climatic Past (April 1, 2009)

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    Taming Turbulence (May 16, 2012)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2012 61:56


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    An Explosion of Explosions (April 25, 2012)

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    Making Molecules (Mar. 14, 2012)

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    The Isotope Time Machine (Feb. 29, 2012)

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    What Parents Want: Evidence from Child Adoption (Feb. 15, 2012)

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    Electrons in Flatland (Jan. 18, 2012)

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    Design by Evolution: Engineering Biology in the 21st Century (Dec. 7, 2011)

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