Sinopsis
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.
Episodios
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![Understanding citrus greening]()
Understanding citrus greening
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minAriena van Bruggen and J. Glenn Morris, Jr. discuss their work on citrus greening, a disease that is threatening the global citrus industry.
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![Genetic screening for adults]()
Genetic screening for adults
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minC. Thomas Caskey and Amy McGuire discuss whole-genome genetic screening for adult-onset diseases.
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![Synthesizing fuels and chemicals from CO2]()
Synthesizing fuels and chemicals from CO2
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minJames Liao talks about engineering microorganisms to synthesize fuels and chemicals from CO2.
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![Speech perception and language acquisition in infants]()
Speech perception and language acquisition in infants
10/06/2019 Duración: 04minJanet Werker describes how exposure to speech and environmental factors can affect language acquisition by infants.
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![Menopause, mitochondria, and memory]()
Menopause, mitochondria, and memory
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minNeuroscientists John Morrison and Yuko Hara talk about the links between estrogen, mitochondria, and age-related cognitive decline.
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![A microbial map for wine]()
A microbial map for wine
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minDavid Mills discusses regional differences in microbes found in grape must.
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![Building better batteries]()
Building better batteries
10/06/2019 Duración: 04minYi Cui discusses how nanometerials are improving the energy storage capacity of batteries.
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![History of alcohol in human diet]()
History of alcohol in human diet
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minSteven Benner discusses the interaction between early humans and alcohol.
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![Tracing development in color]()
Tracing development in color
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minScott Fraser discusses tools to glean a multicolored view of embryonic development.
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![Changing the way we think about antibiotics]()
Changing the way we think about antibiotics
10/06/2019 Duración: 04minDeborah Hung talks about identifying new approaches for treating and diagnosing infectious diseases.
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![How humans may have evolved intelligence]()
How humans may have evolved intelligence
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minSteven Pinker explains the idea of a cognitive niche, which may have facilitated the evolution of human intelligence.
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![Incentivizing positive behaviors]()
Incentivizing positive behaviors
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minDavid Laibson describes how behavioral economics can help incentivize positive behaviors.
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![Making commercial tomatoes taste better]()
Making commercial tomatoes taste better
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minHarry Klee explains how he is trying to make commercial tomatoes more flavorful.
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![Health risks from eating Fukushima-contaminated seafood]()
Health risks from eating Fukushima-contaminated seafood
10/06/2019 Duración: 04minNicholas Fisher discusses his recent study investigating the health risks associated with eating seafood contaminated with Fukushima-derived radioactivity.
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![Curbing dishonest form-filling]()
Curbing dishonest form-filling
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minNina Mazar discusses her recent study showing that where people sign a form affects how honestly they complete it.
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![Mapping the mouse connectome]()
Mapping the mouse connectome
10/06/2019 Duración: 05minJeff Lichtman explains the promise and challenges tied to building a mouse connectome.
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![The diets of ancient hominins]()
The diets of ancient hominins
10/06/2019 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 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 Duración: 05minPaloma Gonzalez-Bellido, Hanchuan Peng, and Apostolos Georgopoulos describe their research on how dragonflies catch their prey.
