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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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09:36

Exploring the length of human conversations

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/04/05

Adam Mastroianni and Daniel Gilbert explore why conversations almost never end when people want them to.

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11:55

Climate history of Mars

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/03/22

Joe Levy shows how glaciers on Mars can reveal its climate history.

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13:15

How click beetles jump

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/03/08

Marianne Alleyne, Aimy Wissa, and Ophelia Bolmin explain how the click beetle amplifies power to pull off its signature jump.

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16:44

Eruption of Steamboat Geyser

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/02/22

Mara Reed and Michael Manga explore why Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser resumed erupting in 2018.

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12:35

Geological history of Mars

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/02/08

Martin Bizzarro tells what zircon crystals reveal about the geological history of Mars.

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15:11

Learning the language of facial expressions

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/01/25

Aleix Martinez explains why facial expressions often are not accurate indicators of emotion.

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16:39

Hazards of ozone polution to birds

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2021/01/04

Amanda Rodewald, Ivan Rudik, and Catherine Kling talk about the hazards of ozone pollution to birds.

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18:01

Preserving muscle and bone mass in space

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/12/14

Se-Jin Lee and Emily Germain-Lee explain a way to preserve bone and muscle mass during spaceflight.

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12:04

Predicting the Asian giant hornet’s spread

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/11/23

David Crowder and Gengping Zhu explain how to predict the spread of the Asian giant hornet.

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21:44

Supernova and mass extinction

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/11/09

Brian Fields explores a hypothesis that a supernova may be responsible for a mass extinction.

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23:59

Future of artificial intelligence

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/10/26

Eric Horvitz discusses AI’s promises and perils.

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17:15

Origin and diversification of penguins

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/10/12

Juliana Vianna and Rauri Bowie explain the origin and diversification of penguins.

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17:18

Economics of Greenland ice sheet melting

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/09/28

William Nordhaus explains the economic consequences of Greenland ice sheet melt.

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16:30

Military conscription and public sector employment

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/09/14

NAS member Dalton Conley explains how the Vietnam War draft lotteries are a natural experiment for studying how military service affects life outcomes.

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17:17

Transitions tied to early farming

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/08/31

Clark Larsen describes the costs of urban life a Neolithic city.

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14:34

Soil bacterium that lives on air

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/08/17

Mette Svenning and Alexander Tveit describe a bacterium that can live on gases in the air.

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15:21

Exploring bivalve shell design

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/08/03

Derek Moulton explains the mathematics behind bivalve shell design.

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17:13

Origins of the kinetochore

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/07/20

Eelco Tromer and Jolien van Hooff explain the origins of the kinetochore in eukaryotic cells.

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16:12

Breaking the STEM ceiling

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/07/06

Fabiola Gianotti, Marcia McNutt, and Donna Shalala discuss the past, present, and future of women in STEM.

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14:09

Size limits of ice

PNAS Science Sessions ·

2020/06/22

Francesco Paesani, Thomas Zeuch, and Valeria Molinero discuss the size limits of ice crystals.

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