110 Summer and Science!
Folks on one side asking “How can we convince people that climate change is a problem if we don’t advocate changes in how ourselves live?” Folks on the other side saying, “Focusing on the individual is a distraction from the things doing the ACTUAL pollution, the fossil fuel industry and corporations”. The answer of course is that BOTH ARE RIGHT.
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109 Rocks, Fungi, Fish, Satellites, The Climate Lounge, and Pub Quiz
What do you do when you need an opinion on whether to buy something, or vote a certain way, or just what to believe? Who do you go to? If you said the fever swamps of social media such as Facebook/Twitter, well you might just be the crazy uncle/aunt in your family, and you just described why things have gotten all anti-intellectual across the globe recently.
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108 New Form Of Water Discovered, Iterative Evolution, and Sea Otters
“How can anybody in his right mind be against science?”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
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107 From the Challenger Deep to the Moon
So to end this evaluation, I’m going to mark down a grade of F. Not a grade for the Earth mind you, it’s not its fault. This poor grade is on US. Because while we are taking much better action and talking about climate change more, it still isn’t enough.
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106 United Nations Report on Extinction
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 human activity.
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105 The Latest Buzz on DEET, and Measles Cases Spotted Again
And 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.
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104 Happy Earth Day to You
So, it appears the statisticians have significant concerns over the significance of significance. So much so that they have decided that our old measures of significances are no longer significant.
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103 HPV Vaccine, Fossil Death Pit, Superbug Fungus, and so much more
We 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.
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102: Flat Earthers Planning To Go On A Cruise
We’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.
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101: Butterfly Invasion. Good News on Heart Attacks. Climate Strike!
“This movement had to happen, we didn’t have a choice. We knew there was a climate crisis. We knew because everything we read and watched screamed out to us that something was very wrong.”
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100: All The Science You Can Stand…And More!
We hit the century mark with today's episode. Thanks to all of you awesome listeners. And thanks to the Blue Streak Science team, past and present. Now let's get started on the next 100!
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099: SpaceX Crew Dragon, Hoodwinker Sunfish in California, and a Farewell to Wally
A huge fish that I didn't even know existed washed up on a California beach. SpaceX launches Ripley to the ISS, minus Jonesy. Farewell to renowned geologist and climate scientist Wally Broecker.
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