Blue Streak Science Podcast

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 plastic-eating bacteria, SC on Twitter writes: There was a scifi play on BBC tv in the 70’s which featured a bacteria that eats plastic. In the story it got loose from a lab and accelerated destroying all sorts of stuff including bringing down aircraft. Careful what you wish for..! Thank you, SC He brings up a good point because when it comes to grand ideas of introducing species to counter a human-caused problems our history is not so good. Examples: kudzu, the vine that ate the American south, and cane toads in Australia I’m all for tackling this critical problem in our oceans, but let’s do be cautious when it comes to unleashing microorganisms into our oceans. If you have any questions or comments you can do like SC and hit us up on Twitter, or you can email us at feedback@bluestreaksci