Synopsis
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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![Fungicides and honey bee health]()
Fungicides and honey bee health
11/06/2019 Duration: 05minEntomologist May Berenbaum discusses the effects of agricultural fungicides on honey bee health.
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![Vision and transition to land]()
Vision and transition to land
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minMalcolm MacIver describes how our aquatic ancestors may have become interested in land.
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![Self-driving cars]()
Self-driving cars
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minJeff Schneider explains how self-driving cars use machine learning to learn the rules of the road.
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![Science for the general public]()
Science for the general public
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minSteven Weinberg describes his experiences writing about science for a general audience.
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![Interview with 2017 Breakthrough Prize winner Steve Elledge]()
Interview with 2017 Breakthrough Prize winner Steve Elledge
11/06/2019 Duration: 07minSteve Elledge discusses how cells sense and respond to damage to their DNA.
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![DNA folding by loop extrusion]()
DNA folding by loop extrusion
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minErez Lieberman Aiden discusses a model of how DNA folds to fit inside a cell nucleus.
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![Maize domestication in Mexico]()
Maize domestication in Mexico
11/06/2019 Duration: 04minResearchers Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada and Miguel Vallebueno discuss 5,000-year-old partially domesticated maize.
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![Future of infectious disease research]()
Future of infectious disease research
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minCharles Rice and Robert Landford discuss the future of hepatitis C research without chimpanzees.
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![Honeybees and biofuel crops]()
Honeybees and biofuel crops
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minClint Otto discusses the impact of land-use changes on beekeepers in the Dakotas.
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![Recoding an organism]()
Recoding an organism
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minGeorge Church, Matthieu Landon, and Michael Napolitano discuss the genetic replacement of arginine codons in E. coli.
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![Interview with 2016 Kavli Prize Winners Kip Thorne and Rai Weiss]()
Interview with 2016 Kavli Prize Winners Kip Thorne and Rai Weiss
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minKip Thorne and Rai Weiss describe the detection of gravitational waves with LIGO.
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![20th-century excess male mortality]()
20th-century excess male mortality
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minEileen Crimmins discusses the mortality difference between the sexes and its possible causes.
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![Remodelling brain function]()
Remodelling brain function
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minKavli Prize winner Eve Marder discusses flexibility and stability in neural circuits.
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![Climate change and irrigation water]()
Climate change and irrigation water
11/06/2019 Duration: 05minJoshua Elliott discusses potential impacts of climate change on water availability for irrigation.
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![Modeling disease spread]()
Modeling disease spread
11/06/2019 Duration: 05minAndrea Rinaldo explains how cell phone data can be used to model disease spread.
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![Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Amanda Woerman]()
Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Amanda Woerman
11/06/2019 Duration: 05minAmanda Woerman discusses the role of the alpha-synuclein prion in the neurodegenerative disorder multiple system atrophy.
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![Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Anne Case and Angus Deaton]()
Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Anne Case and Angus Deaton
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minAnne Case and Angus Deaton describe recent changes in mortality trends for white non-Hispanic Americans.
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![Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Glaucio Paulino and Evgueni Filipov]()
Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Glaucio Paulino and Evgueni Filipov
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minGlaucio Paulino and Evgueni Filipov describe an origami-inspired approach to designing deployable structures and metamaterials.
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![Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Mark Jacobson]()
Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Mark Jacobson
11/06/2019 Duration: 05minMark Jacobson explains the feasability of a 100% wind, water, and solar power grid in the continental United States.
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![Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Will Castleman and Cuneyt Berkdemir]()
Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Will Castleman and Cuneyt Berkdemir
11/06/2019 Duration: 05minWill Castleman and Cuneyt Berkdemir describe how to mimic rare earth elements using superatom clusters.
