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PNAS Science Sessions

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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.
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Episodes

Immigration and economic mobility

Thor Berger and Per Engzell explore connections between European immigration and present-day economic mobility in the US.

Jun 11, 2019•6 min

Pollution across borders

Daven Henze discusses how air pollution spreads across the globe and what policymakers are doing in response.

Jun 11, 2019•6 min

Quantum computing

Christopher Monroe discusses recent developments in quantum computing.

Jun 11, 2019•6 min

Fur grooming in cats

Alexis Noel and David Hu describe the unusual properties of a cat's tongue.

Jun 11, 2019•6 min

Biodiversity loss in Haiti

Blair Hedges discusses the state of Haiti's remaining forests and the consequences to biodiversity.

Jun 11, 2019•6 min

Origins of bread

Amaia Arranz-Otaegui describes the discovery of bread that far pre-dates agriculture.

Jun 11, 2019•5 min

Biodiversity hypothesis

Jenni Lehtimäki and Stefan Reber explore links between animal exposure in upbringing and immune system function.

Jun 11, 2019•8 min

RNA origin in warm little ponds

Ralph Pudritz and Ben Pearce describe a model of how RNA-based life could have originated on the early Earth.

Jun 11, 2019•6 min

Wearable health monitors

John Rogers describes soft, wearable electronic devices for health monitoring.

Jun 11, 2019•7 min

Project MindScope

Christof Koch describes a large-scale effort to understand how the cerebral cortex functions.

Jun 11, 2019•6 min

Science and Philanthropy

Robert Tjian discusses the role of philanthropy in funding scientific research.

Jun 11, 2019•7 min

Gene editing in mosquitoes

Omar Akbari and Kevin Esvelt discuss a gene editing approach for harmful mosquitoes.

Jun 11, 2019•6 min

Big data

Atul Butte explains how researchers can use existing data to answer biomedical questions.

Jun 11, 2019•7 min
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