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PNAS Science Sessions

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Sep 25, 2023 • 10min

Motherese in bottlenose dolphins

Laela Sayigh asks whether dolphins use "motherese" when communicating with their calves.
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Sep 11, 2023 • 10min

Racial disparities and climate policy

Pascal Polonik and Kate Ricke explain why reducing greenhouse gas emissions does not always improve environmental equity.
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Aug 28, 2023 • 11min

What illusions tell us about silence

Ian Phillips, Rui Zhe Goh, and Chaz Firestone explore how people perceive silence through auditory illusions, challenging traditional views on hearing. The podcast discusses the 'one silence is more' illusion, the illusion of silence impacting time perception, and the concept of event-based warping. It also covers the silence-based warping illusion and oddball silence illusion, and how the perception of silence is influenced by context.
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Aug 14, 2023 • 11min

Growth mindset and educational outcomes

Intervention targeting high school teachers to improve student retention and diversity in STEM fields. Importance of teachers' mindsets on students from disadvantaged groups. Success of values alignment framework in promoting behavior change among teachers. Potential of teacher-focused interventions to improve educational outcomes and reduce inequalities.
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Jul 31, 2023 • 10min

How dehorning affects rhino behavior

Vanessa Duthé explains how dehorning affects the behavior of black rhinoceroses.
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Jul 17, 2023 • 9min

Why legalese persists

Eric Martínez explains why legal documents are written in hard-to-read language.
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Jul 3, 2023 • 8min

Gender gap among migrant scientists

Researchers explore trends in the gender gap among internationally mobile scholars.
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Jun 19, 2023 • 10min

Communal nesting in bird-like dinosaur

Mattia Tagliavento talks about the evolutionary transition from dinosaurs to birds using isotopes in Troodon eggshells.
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Jun 5, 2023 • 10min

Racial disparities in air pollution exposure

Pengfei Liu shares findings on racial disparities in exposure to the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide.
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May 22, 2023 • 10min

How vertebrates acquired a gene for vision

Chinmay Kalluraya and Matthew Daugherty explain how vertebrates acquired a gene critical for vision from bacteria.

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