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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![The diets of ancient hominins]()
The diets of ancient hominins
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minMatt Sponheimer discusses what our ancient evolutionary ancestors may have eaten.
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![Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Andrew Zammit-Mangion, Michael Dewar,Visakan Kadirkamanathan, and Guido Sanguinetti]()
Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Andrew Zammit-Mangion, Michael Dewar,Visakan Kadirkamanathan, and Guido Sanguinetti
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minAndrew Zammit-Mangion, Michael Dewar,Visakan Kadirkamanathan, and Guido Sanguinetti describe their statistical model of conflict dynamics and how they tested it using the WikiLeaks Afghan War Diary.
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![Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Janet Braam and E. Wassim Chehab]()
Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Janet Braam and E. Wassim Chehab
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minJanet Braam and E. Wassim Chehab discuss how plants anticipate and defend against insect attacks.
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![Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido, Hanchuan Peng, and Apostolos Georgopoulos]()
Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido, Hanchuan Peng, and Apostolos Georgopoulos
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minPaloma Gonzalez-Bellido, Hanchuan Peng, and Apostolos Georgopoulos describe their research on how dragonflies catch their prey.
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![Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Sean Palecek and Xiaojun Lian]()
Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Sean Palecek and Xiaojun Lian
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minSean Palecek and Xiaojun Lian describe their efficient method for converting stem cells into heart muscle cells.
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![Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Clayton R. Magill and Katherine H. Freeman]()
Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winners Clayton R. Magill and Katherine H. Freeman
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minClayton R. Magill and Katherine H. Freeman discuss how water availability and ecosystem changes influenced early human habitats.
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![Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Bob MacCallum]()
Interview with 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Bob MacCallum
10/06/2019 Duration: 04minBob MacCallum explores how music can evolve from noise based on listeners' preferences.
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![The life beneath our feet]()
The life beneath our feet
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minDiana Wall discusses how life in the soil may change in a warming world.
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![Engineering bacteria to curb malaria transmission]()
Engineering bacteria to curb malaria transmission
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minMarcelo Jacobs-Lorena describes how he engineered a symbiotic bacterium found in mosquito guts to block the transmission of the malaria parasite.
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![The science of microbes]()
The science of microbes
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minJulie Segre and Liliana Losada discuss human-microbe interactions in a recording of a PNAS Science Cafe event held in Washington, DC on February 27, 2013.
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![Taking science to the streets]()
Taking science to the streets
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minJohn Durant talks about the role of science festivals in science literacy.
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![Microbial cell factories]()
Microbial cell factories
10/06/2019 Duration: 04minBernhard Palsson explains how bacteria can be used as factories to produce sustainable products.
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![Fly social networks]()
Fly social networks
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minJoel Levine discusses his research on social interaction networks in fruit flies.
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![What makes us human]()
What makes us human
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minChet Sherwood explores the unique aspects of the human brain's anatomy and function
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![Why music moves us]()
Why music moves us
10/06/2019Thalia Wheatley and Beau Sievers discuss the structural similarities between music and movement.
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![Social bacteria]()
Social bacteria
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minE. Peter Greenberg explains how antisense RNA help regulate bacterial social interactions.
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![How mosquitos survive raindrops]()
How mosquitos survive raindrops
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minDavid Hu describes his research on how mosquitos survive collisions with raindrops, which could help design better flying robots.
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![The evolution of music from noise]()
The evolution of music from noise
10/06/2019 Duration: 04minBob MacCallum explores how music can evolve from noise based on listeners' preferences.
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![The science of biodiversity - Part 2]()
The science of biodiversity - Part 2
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minMerlin Hanauer and Chase Mendenhall discuss the science of biodiversity, in the second of two recordings of a PNAS Science Cafe event held in Washington, DC on October 17, 2012.
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![The science of biodiversity - Part 1]()
The science of biodiversity - Part 1
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minMerlin Hanauer and Chase Mendenhall discuss the science of biodiversity, in the first of two recordings of a PNAS Science Cafe event held in Washington, DC on October 17, 2012.
