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Science Sessions Podcast
Science Sessions Podcast

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. Please scroll down for the most recent podcasts.
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Predicting the Asian giant hornet’s spread
November 23, 2020

David Crowder and Gengping Zhu explain how to predict the spread of the Asian giant hornet.
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Supernova and mass extinction
November 9, 2020

Brian Fields explores a hypothesis that a supernova may be responsible for a mass extinction.
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Future of artificial intelligence
October 26, 2020

Origin and diversification of penguins
October 12, 2020

Juliana Vianna and Rauri Bowie explain the origin and diversification of penguins.
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Economics of Greenland ice sheet melting
September 28, 2020

William Nordhaus explains the economic consequences of Greenland ice sheet melt.
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