Blue Streak Science Podcast

Blue Streak Science Podcast


Latest Episodes

072: Organic molecules on Mars, slowing hurricanes, dogs and influenza
June 13, 2018

On This Week’s Show New Horizons wakes up to explore the Kuiper Belt Hurricanes are slowing down Dogs and the flu virus The Climate Lounge The Pub Quiz Science News with Nevena Hristozova and Chris MacAlister Organic molecules found on Mars Mars...

071: Pluto Has Dunes!
June 06, 2018

On This Week’s Show Evidence for a new fundamental particle Pluto has dunes CRISPR Gene-Editing Pioneers Win Kavli Prize for Nanoscience Oldest Known Lizard Fossil Discovered This Week in Science History Pub Quiz Listener feedback We heard from...

070: The Nipah Virus, Scientific Reports Retracts HPV Paper, Stolen Asteroid, and Survivor Birds
May 31, 2018

On This Week’s Show The Nipah virus The journal Scientific Reports retracts a paper...oops! The mysterious case of the stolen asteroid Speaking of asteroids, we learn how birds may have dodged the one that rubbed out the rest of the other dinosaurs...

069: Talking LOUDLY About Sea Level Rise
May 22, 2018

On This Week’s Show Megafauna Also, Mount Kilauea is still at it...now with a another thing to worry about Ebola is back in the news I gotta a gut feeling about one of these stories And let’s not forget the Climate Lounge with Tom Di Liberto ...

068: Amphibians, Solar Panels, Transitional Fossils, and Richard Feynman
May 17, 2018

On This Week's Show Science News Origins of amphibian-killing fungus uncovered How California becomes the first US state to mandate solar on new homes New discoveries about some ancient reptiles Science News Origins of amphibian-killing fungus...

067: Volcanos, Bird Beaks, Glass Houses, and the Multiverse
May 10, 2018

Coming up on this week’s show The Climate Lounge with Tom Di Liberto The return of the What the Hell Was That game! Science News: Kilauea Volcano Erupts How birds got their beaks Kew Gardens Glasshouse Reopens Stephen Hawking's Final Theory About...

066: The Heart of Mars
May 03, 2018

Coming up on this week’s show Mysterious ice holes, INSIGHT into the interior of Mars, Early Grants are the Ticket, The Climate Lounge, and This Week in Science History     Listener feedback Regarding our story last week on...

065: Plastic-eating Bacteria to the Rescue
April 26, 2018

Plastic-eating Bacteria to the Rescue? Chris: [Ladies and gentlemen, we are at war! I’m not talking about a war on terror, a rogue state or even drugs, I’m talking about something much closer to home. I’m talking about plastic. Plasti-phobia is...

064: Astronomy Meets Biology, Harpoons and Nets
April 20, 2018

Science News   Conservationists use astronomy software to save species An astrophysicist and a conservation biologist walk into a bar… No, this is not that kind of story, but a real one on how collaboration is the second name of Lady Science. A...

063: Introducing Cheddar Man!
February 28, 2018

[caption id="attachment_2519" align="alignright" width="350"] Cheddar Man Image courtesy of Paul Townsend[/caption] Seriously, Cheddar Man?  What's next, Homo hummus? How about Jazz Man? We had a lovely science session today and talked about the...

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