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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 scienti... Read more

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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Sandra Díaz

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Sandra Díaz

Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments

6 Jun 2019

4mins

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How mosquitos survive raindrops

How mosquitos survive raindrops

David Hu describes his research on how mosquitos survive collisions with raindrops, which could help design better flyin... Read more

10 Jun 2019

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Microbial cell factories

Microbial cell factories

Bernhard Palsson explains how bacteria can be used as factories to produce sustainable products.

10 Jun 2019

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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Albert-Laszlo Barabási

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner Albert-Laszlo Barabási

"The implications of human metabolic network topology for disease comorbidity"

7 Jun 2019

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Catalysts for energy storage

Catalysts for energy storage

Daniel Nocera discusses how efficient catalysts can help us store solar energy in the same way plants do.

10 Jun 2019

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Timeline of the end-Permian extinction

Timeline of the end-Permian extinction

Seth Burgess describes a timeline of events surrounding the end-Permian mass extinction.

11 Jun 2019

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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winners Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winners Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens

Robina Shaheen and Mark Thiemens discuss an oxygen isotope signature that reveals how carbonates on Mars form in the abs... Read more

7 Jun 2019

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Stem cells in neuromedicine

Stem cells in neuromedicine

Fred Gage is a professor in the Laboratory of Genetics at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA. In this podcast, Dr. Gage ... Read more

7 Jun 2019

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Visual prosthetic devices for the blind

Visual prosthetic devices for the blind

Peter Schiller discusses a device that could one day restore sight to the blind by directly stimulating the visual corte... Read more

7 Jun 2019

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Malaria and vector research

Malaria and vector research

Thomas Wellems is the head of the Malaria and Vector Research Unit at the National Institutes of Health. In this episode... Read more

7 Jun 2019

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The "missing link" between fish and land animals

The "missing link" between fish and land animals

Neil Shubin researches the evolutionary origin of anatomical features. Dr. Shubin's most recent discovery, Tiktaalik ros... Read more

7 Jun 2019

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Keeping Congress up-to-date on the latest scientific research

Keeping Congress up-to-date on the latest scientific research

Jim Jensen, Executive Director of the Office of Congressional and Government Affairs, a branch of the National Research ... Read more

7 Jun 2019

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Self-driving cars

Self-driving cars

Jeff Schneider explains how self-driving cars use machine learning to learn the rules of the road.

11 Jun 2019

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Quantum computing

Quantum computing

Christopher Monroe discusses recent developments in quantum computing.

11 Jun 2019

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The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub

Joseph DeRisi describes the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, a new privately-funded medical research center in the Bay Area.

11 Jun 2019

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Interview with Nina Fedoroff

Interview with Nina Fedoroff

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1990 for her work in the field of Plant Biology, Nina Fedoroff is a pione... Read more

7 Jun 2019

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Serotonin, platelets, and immunity

Serotonin, platelets, and immunity

Eric Boilard explains the role of serotonin and platelets in immune responses.

4 Sep 2019

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Human–clam cohistory

Human–clam cohistory

Dana Lepofsky describes ancient sustainable clam gardening practices.

30 Dec 2019

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Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar

Interview with Cozzarelli Prize Winner R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar

Savanna chimpanzees use tools to harvest the underground storage organs of plants.

6 Jun 2019

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Uniqueness of olfactory perception

Uniqueness of olfactory perception

Noam Sobel explains how a human olfactory fingerprint helps uncover the uniqueness of individuals’ sense of smell.

11 Jun 2019

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