PNAS Science Sessions show

PNAS Science Sessions

Summary: Science Sessions is the podcast program of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Listen to brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, National Academy of Sciences members, and policy makers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of research published in PNAS, plus a broad range of science news and discoveries that affect the world around us.

Podcasts:

 What makes us human | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:13

Chet Sherwood explores the unique aspects of the human brain's anatomy and function

 Why music moves us | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:22

Thalia Wheatley and Beau Sievers discuss the structural similarities between music and movement.

 Social bacteria | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:30

E. Peter Greenberg explains how antisense RNA help regulate bacterial social interactions.

 How mosquitos survive raindrops | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:15

David Hu describes his research on how mosquitos survive collisions with raindrops, which could help design better flying robots.

 The evolution of music from noise | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:30

Bob MacCallum explores how music can evolve from noise based on listeners' preferences.

 The science of biodiversity - Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:20

Merlin 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.

 The science of biodiversity - Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:25

Merlin 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.

 Reshuffling in the human genome | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:54

Fred Alt discusses methods to map human chromosomal reshuffling.

 Widespread lead poisoning in condors | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:32

Myra Finkelstein discusses her research showing that California condors are significantly threatened by lead from lead-based ammunition.

 Cancer nanomedicines | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:07

Chemical engineer Mark Davis discusses his research on nano-sized cancer therapeutics.

 How caffeine can help prevent cancer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:27

Chemical biologist Allan Conney discusses his research on caffeine's anti-cancer properties.

 Understanding the brain's architecture | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:07

Neuroscientist Charles F. Stevens discusses his research on finding the brain's underlying design principles.

 A systems approach to drug development | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:58

Marc Kirschner discusses the goals of systems pharmacology.

 Building new biological objects | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:27

Frances Arnold explains how she harnesses the power of evolution to create proteins and organisms with applications in medicine and in alternative energy.

 Virus-fighting bacteria | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4:58

Akiko Iwasaki explains how gut bacteria boost immunity to influenza virus.

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