Blue Streak Science Podcast

Blue Streak Science Podcast


Latest Episodes

122 Searching for Mars Fossils and Finding Lost Species
November 21, 2019

Life 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...

121 Cosmological Crisis
November 16, 2019

The 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....

120 Wildfire...again!
November 07, 2019

In 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...

119 The Blob!
October 25, 2019

On 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...

118 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Paleo Soup Cans, and Good News from the UK
October 17, 2019

As 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...

117 In Praise of the Negative
October 10, 2019

On 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...

116 A Bad Case of the Vapers
October 03, 2019

On 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...

115 How Dare You!
September 28, 2019

On 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...

114 Going Bananas!
August 04, 2019

On 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,...

113 Apollo 11
July 31, 2019

Fifty 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...