PNAS Science Sessions
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.
Latest episodes
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Improving global scientific engagement
As AAAS president for 2015, Geraldine Richmond focuses on global scientific engagement.
Jun 11, 2019 • 5min
Blaming those who harm intentionally
Susan Fiske describes how intentional acts of harm motivate people to assign blame.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Biocontainment safeguards
Jef Boeke explains how to safeguard against unauthorized growth of engineered microorganisms.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Exploring tropical glaciers
Lonnie Thompson discusses clues to Earth's ancient climate history that are stored in tropical glacial ice.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Gatekeeping in scientific publishing
Kyle Siler discusses the role of editors as gatekeepers at scientific journals.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Designing theoretical molecules
Alán Aspuru-Guzik discusses how he uses supercomputing as a "molecular spaceship" to explore chemical space and discover potentially useful new molecules.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Genome editing
Keith Joung and Feng Zhang explain methods for editing sequences of DNA in living cells.
Jun 11, 2019 • 5min
An overdependence on p-values
Veronica Vieland discusses a common disconnect between scientists and statisticians in evaluating scientific evidence.
Jun 11, 2019 • 6min
Retina cell transplantation
Robin Ali describes efforts to transplant healthy rod and cone cells into afflicted retinas.
Jun 11, 2019 • 5min
Heart regeneration
Hesham Sadek explains the regenerative capability of newborn mouse hearts.
