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 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.
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![Reshuffling in the human genome]()
Reshuffling in the human genome
10/06/2019 Duration: 04minFred Alt discusses methods to map human chromosomal reshuffling.
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![Widespread lead poisoning in condors]()
Widespread lead poisoning in condors
10/06/2019 Duration: 04minMyra Finkelstein discusses her research showing that California condors are significantly threatened by lead from lead-based ammunition.
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![Cancer nanomedicines]()
Cancer nanomedicines
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minChemical engineer Mark Davis discusses his research on nano-sized cancer therapeutics.
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![How caffeine can help prevent cancer]()
How caffeine can help prevent cancer
10/06/2019 Duration: 04minChemical biologist Allan Conney discusses his research on caffeine's anticancer properties.
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![Understanding the brains architecture]()
Understanding the brain's architecture
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minNeuroscientist Charles F. Stevens discusses his research on finding the brain's underlying design principles.
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![A systems approach to drug development]()
A systems approach to drug development
10/06/2019 Duration: 04minMarc Kirschner discusses the goals of systems pharmacology.
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![Building new biological objects]()
Building new biological objects
10/06/2019 Duration: 05minFrances Arnold explains how she harnesses the power of evolution to create proteins and organisms with applications in medicine and in alternative energy.
