Blue Streak Science Podcast
123 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThis is the planet's most badass science podcast! Blue Streak is hosted by J.D. Goodwin of Santa Rosa, California; Sophie McManus in Cambridge, England; Tom Di Liberto of Washington, D.C.; Nevena Hristozova in Brussels, Belgium; Chris MacAlister in Chester, England; and Amrita Sule in New Haven, Connecticut. Send your questions and feedback to [email protected] or call (415) 857-1451. Follow the science!
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122 Searching for Mars Fossils and Finding Lost Species
November 22, 2019 00:30 - 35 minutes - 33.4 MBLife on Mars! No? Yes? Maybe? Now we’ve learned that the Mars Rover 2020 will be looking for fossils. And JD wants them to bring a hammer and smash some rocks. On This Week’s Show Science News with Chris MacAlister Science News with Chris MacAlister Mars 2020 Rover is Going to a Place on Mars That’s Perfect for Preserving Fossils Chris MacAlister Life on Mars! Bloody life on Mars! People keep on going on about it. It may be living on Mars? Okay it isn’t. But it may be living in M...
121 Cosmological Crisis
November 16, 2019 09:01 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBThe more you know, the more you don’t know. Ain’t that the truth! The more we know about the universe the more confusing and contradictory it seems to get. Nevena talks about this crisis in cosmology in today’s episode of Blue Streak Science. Oh, there’s so much more than that. Join us. On This Week’s Show Good dogs (there’s no such thing as bad dogs) The Shape of Things...of everything Scientists speak out...no, they scream out at the top of their collective lungs on the climate c...
120 Wildfire...again!
November 08, 2019 00:30 - 44 minutes - 41.8 MBIn California we’ve noticed that winegrape harvests have shifted to earlier and earlier due to a warmer climate over the past few decades. Along with this shift in agriculture we’ve also experienced extended and more catastrophic fire seasons. Last week the huge Kincade fire swept through Sonoma County, and threatened several towns, including a neighborhood that was incinerated only two years ago. In today’s episode we learn of JD’s experience in this “new normal” of climate change. ...
119 The Blob!
October 25, 2019 04:41 - 45 minutes - 42.9 MBOn This Week’s Show A new land speed record Are we alone? Are we intelligent life? A brainless blob Science News with Nevena Hristozova, and Chris MacAlister Scientific integrity bill advances in U.S. House with bipartisan support Nevena Hristozova The US House of Representatives' science committee has advanced bills promoting scientific integrity policies with bipartisan support. The Scientific Integrity Act would codify principles of scientific integrity for federal agencies...
118 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Paleo Soup Cans, and Good News from the UK
October 17, 2019 23:30 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBAs science news went this week, it was all over the map. Continuing from last week's Nobel Prizes, we moved to Pleistocene food storage, and a green milestone for the UK. On This Week’s Show Nobel Prize in Chemistry Prehistoric Cans of Soup Good news from the UK regarding energy consumption Science News with Chris MacAlister, and JD Goodwin Nobel Prize in Chemistry Chris MacAlister Science Nobels are traditionally awarded to 3 people and the 3 people accepting this award are S...
117 In Praise of the Negative
October 10, 2019 23:30 - 30 minutes - 28.8 MBOn This Week’s Show We have negative results The war on science Some yummy primordial soup And it’s Nobel Prize week! Science News with Chris MacAlister, and JD Goodwin Highlight Negative Results to Improve Science Chris MacAlister Devang Mehta spent 4 years attempting to use CRISPR gene-editing technology to establish viral resistance in cassava, a tropical root crop and staple food for almost a billion people. What he ended up demonstrating was an increased level of viral resi...
116 A Bad Case of the Vapers
October 03, 2019 23:18 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBOn This Week’s Show Giant Planets Bad news for the vapers Planet Nine from Outer Space Some really old bugs Science News with Nevena Hristozova, and Chris MacAlister Giant planet around tiny star ‘should not exist' Nevena Hristozova Scientists from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain have discovered a planet almost half the size of Jupiter orbiting a star much smaller than our Sun. They used the so called radial velocity method – if a star is orbited by an object l...
115 How Dare You!
September 28, 2019 20:26 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBOn This Week’s Show New ideas on why we move around on two feet instead of four A story about a missing link I bet you didn’t even know was missing Climate activist Greta Thunberg delivers a powerful and critically important speech at the United Nations Science News with Chris MacAlister, and JD Goodwin Chris MacAlister Mystery of why humans walk upright may be explained by surprise fossil New Scientist Missing Link Between Simple Cells and Complex Life-Forms Possibly Found ...
114 Going Bananas!
August 04, 2019 18:07 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBOn This Week’s Show Scientist who can’t agree Were humans really in Europe 210,000 years ago? Really? And if you think that’s bananas then you’ll love the first story World experienced hottest June on record in 2019, says US agency Massive, Human-Size Jellyfish Stuns Divers Off the Coast of England Ebola Outbreak in Congo Is Declared a Global Health Emergency bluestreakscience.com/applepodcasts
113 Apollo 11
July 31, 2019 17:57 - 45 minutes - 42.9 MBFifty years since Apollo 11 first brought humankind to the Moon? No, it doesn't seem like yesterday. It's been way too long since we've left the comfort and safety of Earth orbit. Let's go back to the Moon and beyond! On This Week’s Show A recent visit to an asteroid Why catching a cold may not be such a bad thing after all And a not-so-recent visit to the moon Science News with Chris MacAlister and JD Goodwin Hayabusa-2: Japanese spacecraft makes final touchdown on asteroid S...
112 We Go to the Dogs
July 11, 2019 22:20 - 45 minutes - 43.1 MBDo we love our pets, or what? Today’s episode is sure to please many of our canine family members. It may also annoy more than a few felines in the audience, though I suspect their reactions will be more toward haughty indifference. On This Week’s Show Why people seem to match up so well with their pets How we can tell if someone or some thing is conscious Why our dogs are so frightened of fireworks Science News with Nevena Hristozova and Chris MacAlister Why pet people's personal...
111 Limits of Human Endurance
July 06, 2019 22:49 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBOn This Week’s Show A weird star just rapidly dimmed and we don't know why Trump administration doubles down on anti-science Study of marathon runners reveals a ‘hard limit’ to human endurance Science News with Chris MacAlister, and JD Goodwin Crazy Star Chris MacAlister Little green men were being given the credit for some brief and irregular dips in luminosity of a star in the Cygnus constellation: the fetchingly named KIC 8462852. Maybe I should call it Kate for short. Whils...
110 Summer and Science!
June 06, 2019 22:16 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBSummer is here. The pool is finally warm enough, and the barbecue grill is doing its magic. Time for some grillin’ and chillin’! Plug in your earpods as you flip those shrimp on the barbecue, drink that ice cold beer, and listen to this awesome episode of Blue Streak Science! On This Week’s Show Lessons learned from the mole rat We’re talking about fungus again Also, some interesting news on the Ebola front A report on eastern European universities…from an eastern European Scienc...
109 Rocks, Fungi, Fish, Satellites, The Climate Lounge, and Pub Quiz
May 30, 2019 18:44 - 51 minutes - 47.9 MBDateline: United Kingdom, Belgium, Washington, and California. Chris, Nevena, Tom, and JD bring you the latest science and discussion from around the world. Seriously, how cool is that? On This Week’s Show Old rocks Old fungi Tiny fish Internet satellites The Climate Lounge Pub Quiz Science News with Chris MacAlister, and Nevena Hristozova Organic matter from space preserved in 3.3 billion year old rocks Chris MacAlister The mountains of South Africa and Swaziland contai...
108 New Form Of Water Discovered, Iterative Evolution, and Sea Otters
May 24, 2019 03:07 - 24 minutes - 23 MB“How can anybody in his right mind be against science?” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle On This Week’s Show Ice-nine? A case of iterative evolution Sea otters are bouncing back Science News with Amrita Sule, and JD Goodwin A Bizarre New Form Of Water Is Discovered It’s been long known that ice exists in two solid forms – an amorphous one and a more ordered crystalline one. Now scientists have created a new form of water called the supersonic water/ice, which exists in a solid and...
107 From the Challenger Deep to the Moon
May 16, 2019 23:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBTom and JD once again take the helm of the U.S.S. Blue Streak Science (DD-981). Our voyage takes us down to the Challenger Deep, and all the way up to the Moon. Along the way we make port calls in England and New Zealand. Permission to come aboard? Permission granted! On This Week’s Show The Challenger Deep Moonquakes Killer Frog Virus Parrot gets its noggin patched up The Climate Lounge Science News with JD Goodwin Deepest dive ever finds plastic bag at the bottom of the Mar...
106 United Nations Report on Extinction
May 10, 2019 00:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MBIt’s just Tom and JD today. Can they keep the most awesome science podcast off the rocks? Tune in and find out! Oh, the suspense! On This Week’s Show Blue Streak Science News The Climate Lounge Humans Are Speeding Extinction at an Unprecedented Pace On the heels of a report earlier this year that shows insect populations worldwide are crashing we have new summary report from United Nations that finds more than a million plants and animals are facing extinction as a result of huma...
105 The Latest Buzz on DEET, and Measles Cases Spotted Again
May 02, 2019 23:00 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MBAnd you thought measles had been eradicated in the United States, and that it was a harmless childhood annoyance. Guess what? Not so much. Measles kills, as does science illiteracy. On This Week’s Show Science news of the week The Pub Quiz More than 1,000 quarantined amid measles fears at Los Angeles universities Do you remember a few weeks ago when we spoke about flat Earthers? And we agreed that whilst they pay be as potty as a pantry, at least they aren't doing anyone any harm....
104 Happy Earth Day to You
April 25, 2019 23:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBHappy Earth Day (week), everyone! It was back in 1970 that the first ever Earth Day was celebrated at over two thousand colleges and universities, even more primary and secondary schools, as well as hundreds of cities and towns across the United States. Today more than 190 countries take part in Earth Day activities. Celebrate our beautiful Earth! On This Week’s Show Science News Pub Quiz Science News with Chris MacAlister and Dr. Amrita Sule The Significance of Significance Chri...
103 HPV Vaccine, Fossil Death Pit, Superbug Fungus, and so much more
April 11, 2019 23:00 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBWe welcome back our very own Amrita Sule. Hey, that’s Doctor Sule to you, buddy! She was out there in the world doing all that science-y stuff like traveling, going to conferences, socializing, networking. Oh, and doing science. It’s our privilege to present Amrita, Nevena Hristozova, and Tom Di Liberto for our 103rd episode. On This Week’s Show Walking whales New Yorker article carks it in fossil death pit Planet survives death of its sun…barely Public health success story in Sco...
102: Flat Earthers Planning To Go On A Cruise
March 28, 2019 22:12 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBWe’re well into the 19th year of the 21st century and we still have people who don’t understand the reality of climate change, and the benefit of vaccines. Not to be outdone by the aforementioned, the Flat Earth Society is alive and well. Better yet, they’re planning a cruise to the edge of the Earth. On This Week’s Show Huge fossil discovery made in China Flat Earthers go on a cruise Sun bears mimic one another’s facial expressions Good news for sufferers of postpartum depression ...
101: Butterfly Invasion. Good News on Heart Attacks. Climate Strike!
March 21, 2019 19:13 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBSpring has arrived! It’s been a cold, snowy, and wet winter in North America while the rest of hemisphere seemed much warmer than normal. But hope springs eternal with the new season. Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, and young people are on strike for climate action. There’s something in the air, that’s for sure. On This Week’s Show Switch to soft foods affected human speech An invasion in California Good news when it comes to heart attacks An explanation for my magnetic p...
100: All the SCIENCE you can stand, and more!
March 14, 2019 23:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBOn This Week’s Show New study regarding the measles vaccine and autism Green icebergs Type D killer whales Expert birders are full of crap Science News with JD Goodwin and Chris MacAlister More than 100 new insect species discovered on island JD Goodwin Did you ever think that whatever can been discovered has already been found by someone, somewhere else, some other time? It can feel like that. However, in the field of biology, in this case entomology, there’s a lot out there ...
099: SpaceX Crew Dragon, Hoodwinker Sunfish in California, and a Farewell to Wally
March 08, 2019 00:23 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBOn This Week’s Show Hoodwinker sunfish washes up on California beach SpaceX launches Ripley to the ISS Second Adult In The World To Be Considered Cleared Of HIV You can’t make it up on the weekend (sleep) Science News with Chris MacAlister and JD Goodwin Hoodwinker sunfish washes up on California beach JD Goodwin But first we’re going to start off with a story that’s a great example of what I love most about doing this podcast. That’s discovering something is not as I thought it ...
098: Where'd The Clouds Go?
March 01, 2019 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBOn This Week’s Show Bacteria living on insects could provide new antibiotics New letters to the DNA alphabet A story of interspecies communication The latest buzz on a new species rediscovered The Climate Lounge Pub Quiz Science News with Nevena Hristozova, and Sophie McManus Bacteria living on insects could provide new antibiotics Nevena Hristozova We’ve heard of the crisis with spreading antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria, which can be very very big problem in a ver...
097: Opportunity Lost. InSight Gained.
February 22, 2019 04:52 - 34 minutes - 32.3 MBDuring his radio show “The Saint” in 1947 actor Vincent Price delivered a message that is, unfortunately, as relevant today as it was 72 years ago. On This Week’s Show Ukraine's science revolution stumbles Opportunity lost InSight gained Life began to move 2.1 billion years ago The Pub Quiz And a special appearance by Mr. Vincent Price Science News with Dr. Amrita Sule, and Chris MacAlister Ukraine’s science revolution stumbles five years on Amrita Sule Around five years ag...
096: Greta Thunberg Brings the Heat
February 01, 2019 02:25 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBOn This Week’s Show Good news for those who like to sleep Good news for those who like to eat Good news for those who like to sh*t Good news for those who like to brush their teeth The Climate Lounge: Greta Thunberg Drops the Mic Pub Quiz Science News with Chris MacAlister and JD Goodwin Rocking puts adults to sleep faster and makes slumber deeper JD Goodwin This is one of those findings in research that may seem obvious, but so often what appears to be obvious just ain’t s...
095: Gardening on the Moon, and Anti-Vax Movement Listed as Threat to World Health
January 25, 2019 00:00 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBOn This Week’s Show Anti-vaccination movement hits the big-time Gardening on the moon Silencing a type of brain cell can reduce pain Mitochondria kicking bacteria butts Science News with Dr. Amrita Sule, and Nevena Hristozova Anti-Vaccine Movement Joins Ebola, Drug Resistance on List of Top Global Threats Amrita Sule Every year the World health organization (WHO) comes up with a list of issues which threaten global health. This year they’ve laid out a list of 10 problems whic...
094: Fast Radio Bursts, Nobel Laureate inserts foot in mouth, and more...
January 18, 2019 19:21 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MBOn This Week’s Show First use of Bluetooth discovered Some new fast radio bursts discovered Another case of foot in mouth News of a proper space rocket Science News with Chris MacAlister, and Nevena Hristozova Blue tooth reveals unknown female artist from medieval times Chris MacAlister This story has, like the light from Rigel, travelled to us over the centuries to provide a small but noticeable illumination to our modern world. Our story starts with a team of intrepid scien...
093: Cricket Diplomacy
January 11, 2019 00:00 - 28 minutes - 27.6 MBWe ring in 2019 with news of lovelorn crickets, the far side of the moon, food allergies, and a new branch on a big tree. But the proverbial elephant in the room is the ongoing shutdown of the United States' government. On This Week’s Show The far side of the moon Food allergies? Remember those reports of sonic assaults by the Cuban government against US embassy staff? We have some surprise information about that. We close with some discussion about a new kingdom of life and what it ...
092: Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich
December 14, 2018 04:26 - 57 minutes - 54.9 MBThe best in science communication tells a compelling story, and this week we have a great one! Gabriel Montejo-Kovacevich joins us to talk about her research in Central and South America studying butterflies of the genus Heliconius, also known as longwings. She shares her story of the hard work and the gratifying rewards of field research in challenging conditions. Gabriela is at the front line of science, and we are grateful to her for sharing her adventure and her research with us. On Th...
091: Fourth National Climate Assessment, and more
December 09, 2018 02:06 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBA year ago we were in shock and disbelief in the days after the Tubbs Fire in Northern California incinerated our neighborhood, and our home. One year later and that scene of apocalyptic devastation has been replaced by a community coming together and rising from the ashes. I'm overjoyed to announce that we can put that awful year behind us. My family and I have moved back into our wonderful neighborhood, and we're looking forward to more and more of our neighbors' return. A million tha...
090: Get Out the Vote for Science!
October 18, 2018 23:33 - 42 minutes - 40.5 MBOn This Week’s Show Cosmonauts make emergency landing after Soyuz rocket malfunctions Big Bird Misbehaves and eats a Neanderthal Child Stephen Hawking's final science study is released Increase In Cases of Rare 'Polio-Like' Illness in the US We have a big election coming up, so Blue Streak Science is giving endorsements to our favorite science-friendly candidates The Climate Lounge Science News with Nevena Hristozova and Dr. Amrita Sule Cosmonauts make emergency landing after S...
089: Rage Screaming for Science!
October 11, 2018 23:00 - 43 minutes - 41.6 MBThere were many interesting science stories this week, but none more important than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 1.5˚C Report. This may be one of the most important news stories of our lifetimes. Our government's failure to recognize its importance, and their continued contempt for inconvenient truths warranted a collective rage-scream by the Blue Streak Science Team. On This Week’s Show More Nobel Prizes A new immune system strategy for treating cancer A Geyser in Ye...
088: Nobel Prize Week Begins!
October 04, 2018 23:00 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBLast week it was the fun stuff, but this week it's that most serious of awards ceremonies, The Nobel Prize Awards. Sophie gives us the low-down on this year's winner in the category of Medicine and Physiology. JD breaks in with a newsflash, as one does, with Nobel Prize in Physics. On This Week’s Show Nobel Prize Week Scientists De-Code How the Brain Processes Speech Hayabusa Rovers Send New Pics of Comet CDC: 80,000 Died From Flu In 2017 The Climate Lounge Pub Quiz Science New...
087: Japan Threatens To Resume Industrial-scale Whale Slaughter
September 27, 2018 23:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBScience marches forward, but sometimes nations march backward. This is certainly true in recent years with my own country, and we're not alone in our reversion to a lesser form of ourselves. The government of Japan is throwing an international temper tantrum because most of the rest of the world don't want to go back to the awful days of wanton and senseless slaughter of whales for commercial purposes. Yes, we're judging. And the verdict speaks poorly of this great nation. Japan can, and mus...
086: Time And Relative Dimension In Space
September 20, 2018 23:00 - 36 minutes - 35.7 MBA slight diversion from the usual format today. But hey, do we know how to turn out a science podcast or what? Chris and JD talked about everything from cigarette smoking kids to self-administered colonoscopies. And of course, this episode was custom-made for all the Whovians out there. You know WHO you are. On This Week’s Show More kids in Europe are starting to smoke tobacco We have a heaping helping of Nuclear Pasta California Announces that it’s gonna launch its own damn satellite...
085: Climate Change and Hurricanes - What's the Deal?
September 13, 2018 23:00 - 34 minutes - 33.9 MBOn This Week’s Show A better late than never physics prize for 1967 pulsar discovery The International Space Station gets drilled Fishermen haul in the huge skull and antlers of an extinct elk Governor Moonbeam takes California into the future with clean energy The Climate Lounge Pub Quiz Science News with Chris MacAlister and JD Goodwin Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins big physics prize for 1967 pulsar discovery Chris MacAlister This is the exciting news about the discovery of so...
084: A Leak On The International Space Station
September 06, 2018 23:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBThe observation of a decaying Higgs’ Boson | Skull tunnels | Troubleshooting on the International Space Station | Rates of STD infections in the United States go way up |The Climate Lounge |Pub Quiz Science News with Nevena Hristozova and Chris MacAlister Physicists Observe the Higgs Boson’s Elusive Decay We struggled for 50 years to detect it, and now we can’t wait to see it die! It’s the Higgs. The boson, not the Professor! Luckily, Professor Peter Higgs is still alive and well at the...
083: Evidence of Neanderthal/Denisovan Hybridization
August 29, 2018 06:50 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBSeriously, an empathy expert under fire for bullying? | Mama is a Neanderthal and Daddy is a Denisovan | Earth's Quick Flippin' Magnetic Field | Ancient Turtle Had No Shell | A****** of the Month: Tokyo Medical University | Pub Quiz Science News with Amrita Sule and Sophie McManus Empathy Researcher Accused of Bullying I think this story deals with a very important issue in academia which is often not reported: bullying. Tania Singer, a 48 year old neuroscientist, director at the Max Pl...
082: Dr. Kaeli Swift - Crow Thanatology
August 23, 2018 18:45 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBWe talk with crow researcher Kaeli Swift about a really interesting aspect of crow behavior Science News The Climate Lounge with Tom Di Liberto The Pub Quiz Science News with Sophie McManus and Chris MacAlister Cancer drugs may help the liver recover from common painkiller overdoses Painkiller overdoses can be lethal. In America, these overdoses occur around 100,000 times a year, both accidentally and in suicide attempts. Consequently, such overdoses are the leading cause of acu...
081: Amber Stuver, Ph.D. - Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory
August 17, 2018 00:08 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBDr. Amber Stuver of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory Blue Streak Science News The Climate Lounge Pub Quiz Science News with Chris MacAlister and Nevena Hristozova New Horizons Sees Glow at Edge of Solar System It’s time for another update from my favourite little space probe; New Horizons. The explorer who brought us Pluto in all of its glory; with its heart and fart dunes, has something new to report on its way to its next rendezvous with Ultima Thule, an...
080: Grant Ballard - Point Blue Conservation Science
August 09, 2018 23:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBHurricane Maria’s death toll in Puerto Rico over 1,100 The Trump Administration Proposes to Scrap Automobile Fuel Efficiency Standards Also, Donald Trump picks a White House science officer The US state of California Hits Its Emissions Target Years Early! Interview with Dr. Grant Ballard, Chief Science Officer of Point Blue Conservation Science Science News with Nevena Hristozova and JD Goodwin Hurricane Maria’s death toll in Puerto Rico over 1,100 It is a story we keep mentio...
079: Heatwaves and Wildfires in the Climate Lounge!
August 01, 2018 16:20 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBGeneral Relativity passes the black hole test A day by the lake...on Mars The Climate Lounge And more! Science News with Amrita Sule and JD Goodwin Animals Frozen for 42,000 Years Wriggle to Life Not a lot of us are excited when we hear the phrase, "blast from the past”. But this time we do have news that goes about 40,000 years back. A team of researchers revived 2 nematodes from samples of permafrost in Siberia. Scientists claim that these two nematodes have been frozen si...
078: Let's Get Political!
July 26, 2018 23:34 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBOur first political endorsement! The Blue Streak Science News The Climate Lounge The Asshole of the Month Pub Quiz Political Endorsement Dr. Shannon Hader, Democrat for the 8th Congressional District in Washington We’re coming up on that silly season again, but this time around it seems so much more urgent because so many of us failed to see the reality that we faced during the last election. Part of that reality is that the anti-science and alternative-truth segment of our so...
077: Michael MacFerrin, Ph.D. - Glaciologist
July 19, 2018 05:34 - 1 hour - 69 MBConversation with Michael MacFerrin, Research Glaciologist Science News The Climate Lounge Pub Quiz Science News with Nevena Hristozova and Chris MacAlister An Origin of Cosmic Rays Discovered In a galaxy far far away… For real though - it’s really far - 4 billion light-years away. My calculations show that with the current tech for space flight we have, we could get there in 76.32 trillion years so it is freaking far! But anyway, the point is that this galaxy is a blazar - ...
076: Mariana Di Giacomo - Paleontologist
July 12, 2018 19:26 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBOn This Week’s Show We get an inside look on fossil restoration and paleontology with Mariana di Giacomo of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Science News The Climate Lounge Pub Quiz Science News with Chris MacAlister and Dr. Amrita Sule Wetlands Protection Rule put ‘too much emphasis’ on science, Trump officials complain It’s time for the continuing adventures of the Trump administration and their valiant efforts to protect you from the scourge of the environmen...
075: Chris Ryu - Dorset Science & Technology Centre
July 05, 2018 07:52 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBToday we begin our pivot towards doing more interviews on the podcast. And we could not have chosen a better person to talk with than our good friend and science outreach superstar Chris Ryu. We had a terrific time talking about the Dorset Science & Technology Centre and the Atom Club. Chris' passion is in science, technology, and coding and his mission is to share this with children and adults in some of the more rural areas of southern England. We applaud the hard work and dedication of ev...
074: The Life and Legacy of Koko the Gorilla
June 28, 2018 00:10 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBOn This Week’s Show A**hole of the Month A Farewell to Koko Where’s all the Matter? Three places struggling to control HIV and AIDS Science News with Sophie McManus and JD Goodwin A Farewell to Koko Sophie McManus Koko, the famous ‘talking gorilla’, has died in California aged 46. Koko was born in 1971 in San Francisco zoo and when she became ill she needed hand-rearing. The student for the job was Penny Patterson, who also taught her some American sign language. In a couple ...
073: Antarctic Melt Rate Triples!
June 20, 2018 05:32 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBOn This Week’s Show The melt rate of the Antarctic...the news ain’t good, folks Mars Rover Opportunity Hunkers Down for the Big Dust Storm Animals Are Doing their best to avoid us, and staying up late Stephen Hawking’s ashes buried in Westminster Abbey The Pub Quiz There is no Climate Lounge today. Tom Di Liberto and his wonderful wife have just brought a new scientist into the world! Listener feedback Will Simmonds: "Just wanted to say I love the show, gives me great informati...