PNAS Science Sessions
PNAS
Welcome to Science Sessions, the PNAS podcast program. Listen to brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, Academy members, and policymakers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of work published in PNAS, plus a broad range of scientific news about discoveries that affect the world around us.
Episodes
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Nov 15, 2021 • 17min
CRISPR use in agriculture: Part 1
A special episode explores the state of CRISPR use in agriculture. Image credit: Can Stock Photo/molekuul.
Nov 2, 2021 • 17min
Language loss and medicinal plant knowledge
Rodrigo Cámara-Leret explains the impact of indigenous language extinction on medicinal plant knowledge. Image credit: Pixabay/DEZALB.
Oct 18, 2021 • 11min
How Zen stones form
Nicolas Taberlet and Nicolas Plihon explore the physical explanation for a fascinating natural phenomenon: the formation of Zen stones on frozen lakes. Image credit: N. Taberlet, N. Plihon. Lab Physique ENS de Lyon and CNRS.
Oct 4, 2021 • 11min
Greenhouse gas emissions tied to concrete
Hessam Azarijafari, Randy Kirchain, and Jeremy Gregory explore how innovations in the concrete industry can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Image credit: Pexels/Life Of Pix.
Sep 20, 2021 • 13min
Racial and ethnic disparities in pollutant exposure
Sarah Chambliss discusses racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to air pollutants. Image credit: Pixabay/sueegeneris.
Sep 7, 2021 • 11min
Soil microbes and hybrid vigor
Maggie Wagner and Manuel Kleiner report that the interaction between maize and soil microbes influences hybrid vigor. Image credit: Kayla M. Clouse.
Aug 23, 2021 • 11min
Racial disparities in air pollution
Gaige Kerr discusses racial disparities in atmospheric levels of nitrogen dioxide in the United States.
Aug 9, 2021 • 10min
Genome sequencing of extinct giant lemur
Stephanie Marciniak, Logan Kistler, and Ed Louis describe an extinct giant lemur.
Jul 26, 2021 • 11min
Upslope advance of forest fires
Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, John T. Abatzoglou, and Mojtaba Sadegh report that forest fires have been advancing upslope across the western United States in recent decades.
Jul 12, 2021 • 17min
How bats know the speed of sound
Eran Amichai investigates how bats know the speed of sound.
