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Probing the die-off of Pacific oysters

11/10/2025 • 10 min

A giant virus associated with oyster aquaculture mortality Science Sessions are brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, National Academy members, and policymakers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), plus a br… Play episode

Swamp lights and bat sight
Enzyme linked with brain evolution
Where primates evolved
How climate change alters lake oxygen levels
Unpacking the unreturnable squash nick shot
North America's oldest pterosaur fossil
Exploring the origins of a glacial relict seal
Conservation of the Eastern Black Rhinoceros
Rescuing the northern white rhino
Water and the possibility of life on Mars
Machine learning and climate risk adaptation
Parsing the Knowledge of London cabbies
Individual decision-making and collective animal behavior
Modeling extreme heat waves
Estimating the social cost of carbon
How hula hoops stay aloft
Climate effects and shifting Arctic coastlines
Movies, neurons, and AI
Sustainability of plant-based meat alternatives
Plumeworld ocean and snowball Earth
The curious case of the comb jelly
Air pollution and economic mobility
Long-term impact of wildfire smoke pollution
Indigenous communities and subsistence whale hunting
Perceiving musical boundaries
How python hearts grow and shrink
Neighborhood travel and racial segregation
Ocean voyages and disease spread
Why twisters target the United States
Creating culturally inclusive schools
How redlining affects biodiversity
Animal's eye view of the ocean
Inequitable exposure to wildfire smoke
Gentrification and biodiversity
School enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic
Emotional power of live music
Adapting to poor air quality
Measuring Poverty
How a small fish makes big sounds
History of flight in dinosaurs
Bee communication in a changing world
Adult talk and children's speech
Modeling illuminates pitcher plant evolution
How children perceive gendered division of household work
Reversing hearing loss in mice
50 years of DNA cloning
Carbon emission benefits of remote work
Skeletal records and gender bias
Genetic shield against neurodegeneration

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