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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Mar 9, 2020 • 6min
Albatross patrol
Henri Weimerskirch describes how albatrosses can help detect illegal fishing boats.
Feb 24, 2020 • 7min
Stardust predating the Solar System
Philipp Heck tells the story of interstellar stardust grains that predate the Solar System.
Feb 10, 2020 • 7min
The Science of Science Communication
Baruch Fischhoff, a decision scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, explains the ingredients necessary for effective science communication.
Jan 21, 2020 • 6min
Impact crater in southern Laos
Kerry Sieh recounts the hunt for a meteorite impact crater in Southeast Asia.
Dec 30, 2019 • 7min
Human–clam cohistory
Dana Lepofsky describes ancient sustainable clam gardening practices.
Dec 16, 2019 • 7min
Artificial intelligence in the laboratory
Theoretical physicists Hans Briegel and Hendrik Poulsen Nautrup describe an artificial intelligence that can design quantum experiments.
Dec 2, 2019 • 9min
Rhetoric of the French Revolution
Simon DeDeo and Alexander Barron discuss the rhetoric that shaped the French Revolution.
Oct 28, 2019 • 7min
Ocean eddies and shark foraging
Cam Braun explains how ocean eddies allow sharks to dive and forage in deep water.
Oct 15, 2019 • 6min
Signs of admixture in fossil record
Shara Bailey explains the significance of a three-rooted lower molar in an archaic jaw.
Sep 30, 2019 • 7min
Nucleic acid liquid crystals
Noel Clark and Tommaso Bellini describe how nucleic acids form double-helical liquid crystals, with implications for the origins of life.
