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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Jul 17, 2023 • 9min
Why legalese persists
Eric Martínez explains why legal documents are written in hard-to-read language.
Jul 3, 2023 • 8min
Gender gap among migrant scientists
Researchers explore trends in the gender gap among internationally mobile scholars.
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.
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.
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.
Apr 24, 2023 • 9min
Genomic insights for sea turtle conservation
Blair P. Bentley, Lisa Komoroske, and Camila Mazzoni discuss the role genomic elements play in the evolution of sea turtles.
Apr 4, 2023 • 9min
Jump, bend, and roll: The rise of bioinspired robots
A special edition of Science Sessions delves into the capabilities of robots inspired by plants and animals.
Mar 20, 2023 • 10min
Math learning through videos
Stanislas Dehaene and Marie Amalric investigate whether short online videos are sufficient to teach mathematics concepts.
Mar 6, 2023 • 10min
Impressionism and air pollution
Anna Lea Albright and Peter Huybers describe how optical effects consistent with air pollution appear in the paintings of Claude Monet and J.M.W. Turner.
Feb 14, 2023 • 10min
How lizards adapt to urban living
Kristin Winchell explains the genetic basis of anole adaptation to urban environments.
