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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Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Clayton R. Magill and Katherine H. Freeman
Clayton R. Magill and Katherine H. Freeman discuss how water availability and ecosystem changes influenced early human habitats.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Bob MacCallum
Bob MacCallum explores how music can evolve from noise based on listeners' preferences.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
The life beneath our feet
Diana Wall discusses how life in the soil may change in a warming world.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Engineering bacteria to curb malaria transmission
Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena describes how he engineered a symbiotic bacterium found in mosquito guts to block the transmission of the malaria parasite.
Jun 10, 2019 • 6min
The science of microbes
Julie Segre and Liliana Losada discuss human-microbe interactions in a recording of a PNAS Science Cafe event held in Washington, DC on February 27, 2013.
Jun 10, 2019 • 6min
Taking science to the streets
John Durant talks about the role of science festivals in science literacy.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Microbial cell factories
Bernhard Palsson explains how bacteria can be used as factories to produce sustainable products.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
Fly social networks
Joel Levine discusses his research on social interaction networks in fruit flies.
Jun 10, 2019 • 5min
What makes us human
Chet Sherwood explores the unique aspects of the human brain's anatomy and function
Jun 10, 2019 • 3sec
Why music moves us
Thalia Wheatley and Beau Sievers discuss the structural similarities between music and movement.
