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 31, 2023 • 10min
How dehorning affects rhino behavior
Vanessa Duthé explains how dehorning affects the behavior of black rhinoceroses.
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.
