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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![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.
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![Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Yatrik Shah]()
Interview with 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Winner Yatrik Shah
11/06/2019 Duration: 05minYatrik Shah describes the connection between maternal iron absorption during lactation and neonatal anemia.
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![Nanoparticles for disease detection]()
Nanoparticles for disease detection
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minSangeeta Bhatia describes the development of nanoparticles that can aid in detecting cancer and other diseases.
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![Origins of mathematical ability]()
Origins of mathematical ability
11/06/2019 Duration: 03minStanislas Dehaene investigates how certain areas of the brain might be related to mathematical ability.
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![Building the James Webb Space Telescope]()
Building the James Webb Space Telescope
11/06/2019 Duration: 05minJohn Mather of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center explains why and how the James Webb Space Telescope is being built.
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![Tracking endemic tuberculosis]()
Tracking endemic tuberculosis
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minRobyn Lee and Marcel Behr investigate the genomics of endemic tuberculosis in Northern Canada.
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![Brain clarity]()
Brain clarity
11/06/2019 Duration: 06minKarl Deisseroth explains a method to explore the wiring and structure of the brain.
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![Gene drive for malaria mosquito control]()
Gene drive for malaria mosquito control
11/06/2019 Duration: 07minAnthony James describes how gene drives can be used to spread malaria parasite resistance in mosquitoes.
