Blue Streak Science Podcast

Blue Streak Science Podcast


Latest Episodes

062: Wine and Woodpeckers
February 22, 2018

Enjoy that glass or two of Cabernet. More evidence keeps coming in that wine, in moderation, is beneficial to human health. Besides, is there anything more sublime with that tarragon trout than a nice flinty Sancerre. No. The correct answer is no! ...

061: New Blood Test for Cancer, and so much more!
February 22, 2018

Slowly getting back in the podcasting groove. Sophie and JD rant and rave about the latest science news, as Tom is calm, cool, and collected while discussing the natural disasters of 2017. How does he do it? Science News Roundup with Sophie McManus...

060: From the Ashes We Rise
February 22, 2018

In the very early hours of 9 October, 2017 the Tubbs Fire raced down from the Mayacamas Mountains and destroyed my neighborhood, including our home of 21 years in beautiful Santa Rosa, California. My wife and I escaped with our dog Amy, and not much...

059: Interview with Dr. Milan Chheda - Targeting Brain Cancer with the Zika Virus
October 03, 2017

Today we welcome Dr. Milan Chheda of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Chheda is a senior co-author of a paper published earlier this month in the Journal of Experimental Medicine titled "Zika virus has oncolytic activity against...

058: Museum Wars, Snow Leopards, Ig Nobel Awards, and Environmental Justice
September 24, 2017

A very full episode today. We bid farewell to Cassini. We hardly knew ye. A silly war of tweets between the Science Museum and The Natural History Museum gave us an excuse to hurl some oneupmanship at one another. Environmental justice was the topic...

057: The Return of Blue Streak Science
September 14, 2017

Long time, no see! After a long hiatus the Blue Streak Science Podcast has returned with the most dangerous team in podcasting; Sophie McManus, Tom Di Liberto, Nevena Hristozova, and JD Goodwin. We look forward to reconnecting with you, too. We are...

056: Jumping genes, quantum microscopes, and another clueless Trump administrator
March 16, 2017

We somehow survived the time change in North America. Seriously, why won't everybody just get on the same page and change time in every country at the same time. Or, perhaps everybody not change the time at all. Either way, in the spirit of...

055: News Roundup, Climate Lounge, Earliest Life, and Coral Bleaching
March 10, 2017

Today's episode marks the beginning of a new format. Sophie McManus, Ivy Shih, and Nevena Hristozova will bring us up to speed with the latest science news in our Science News Roundup segment. The single most important science issue of our time is...

054: Alien Species! Huge Volcanic Eruptions! Trump's Travel Ban!
February 22, 2017

What The Hell Was That? Loyal listener Sam Danby, an Englishman living in Norway, was the first listener to get the answer correct when he answered with: (insert answer here). What? You thought we'd reveal the answer here in the show notes? As if! ...

053: March For Science
February 01, 2017

As scientists and people who value science we are too often reluctant to brave the maelstrom of politics. It drains us of energy and time, resources that are in everlastingly short supply. We value our reputations as open-minded and neutral arbiters...

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