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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. Please scroll down for recent podcasts.

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  2. 2019

Human–clam cohistory

Dec 30, 2019

Dana Lepofsky describes ancient sustainable clam gardening practices.

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Artificial intelligence in the laboratory

Dec 16, 2019

Theoretical physicists Hans Briegel and Hendrik Poulsen Nautrup describe an artificial intelligence that can design quantum experiments.

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Rhetoric of the French Revolution

Dec 2, 2019

Simon DeDeo and Alexander Barron discuss the rhetoric that shaped the French Revolution.

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Ocean eddies and shark foraging

Oct 28, 2019

Cam Braun explains how ocean eddies allow sharks to dive and forage in deep water.

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Signs of admixture in fossil record

Oct 15, 2019

Shara Bailey explains the significance of a three-rooted lower molar in an archaic jaw.

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