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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.

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12:48

Racial disparities in communication

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2022/01/18

Ray Block Jr. and John Holbein report that Americans are more likely to respond to an emailed survey request from a sender with a putatively White name than a sender with a putatively Black name. Image credit: iStock/Prostock-Studio.

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14:55

Tropical forests in the Anthropocene – Part 2

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/12/27

A collection of research articles explores how tropical ecosystems have borne the brunt of the human impact on the environment. Image credit: Pixabay/Pexels.

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15:13

Tropical forests in the Anthropocene – Part 1

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/12/13

A collection of research articles explores how tropical ecosystems have borne the brunt of the human impact on the environment. Image credit: Pixabay/Pexels.

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17:49

CRISPR use in agriculture: Part 2

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/11/29

A special episode explores the state of CRISPR use in agriculture. Image credit: Can Stock Photo/molekuul.

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16:31

CRISPR use in agriculture: Part 1

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/11/15

A special episode explores the state of CRISPR use in agriculture. Image credit: Can Stock Photo/molekuul.

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16:34

Language loss and medicinal plant knowledge

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/11/02

Rodrigo Cámara-Leret explains the impact of indigenous language extinction on medicinal plant knowledge. Image credit: Pixabay/DEZALB.

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10:31

How Zen stones form

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/10/18

Nicolas Taberlet and Nicolas Plihon explore the physical explanation for a fascinating natural phenomenon: the formation of Zen stones on frozen lakes. Image credit: N. Taberlet, N. Plihon. Lab Physique ENS de Lyon and CNRS.

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10:55

Greenhouse gas emissions tied to concrete

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/10/04

Hessam Azarijafari, Randy Kirchain, and Jeremy Gregory explore how innovations in the concrete industry can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Image credit: Pexels/Life Of Pix.

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12:31

Racial and ethnic disparities in pollutant exposure

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/09/20

Sarah Chambliss discusses racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to air pollutants. Image credit: Pixabay/sueegeneris.

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10:39

Soil microbes and hybrid vigor

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/09/07

Maggie Wagner and Manuel Kleiner report that the interaction between maize and soil microbes influences hybrid vigor. Image credit: Kayla M. Clouse.

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10:40

Racial disparities in air pollution

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/08/23

Gaige Kerr discusses racial disparities in atmospheric levels of nitrogen dioxide in the United States.

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09:43

Genome sequencing of extinct giant lemur

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/08/09

Stephanie Marciniak, Logan Kistler, and Ed Louis describe an extinct giant lemur.

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10:42

Upslope advance of forest fires

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/07/26

Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, John T. Abatzoglou, and Mojtaba Sadegh report that forest fires have been advancing upslope across the western United States in recent decades.

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16:50

How bats know the speed of sound

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/07/12

Eran Amichai investigates how bats know the speed of sound.

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12:53

Animal behavior and ecosystem effects

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/06/28

Mike Gil discusses how changes in animal behavior can affect ecosystems.

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11:06

Patient–physician racial concordance

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/06/14

Brad Greenwood explains how patient–physician racial concordance decreases Black infant mortality.

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12:44

How HIV infects human cells

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/06/01

Vinay Pathak describes when and where HIV sheds its capsid coating while infecting human cells.

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12:07

Self-cleaving ribozymes

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/05/17

Jeannie Lee describes the discovery of self-cleaving ribozymes.

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09:06

Designing synthetic organisms

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/05/03

Josh Bongard describes AI-designed, reconfigurable biological organisms made from frog cells.

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11:42

Exploring electron bifurcation

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/04/19

Jonathon Yuly, David Beratan, and Peng Zhang investigate how electron bifurcation reactions work.

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