Blue Streak Science Podcast

On This Week’s Show The Nipah virus The journal Scientific Reports retracts a paper...oops! The mysterious case of the stolen asteroid Speaking of asteroids, we learn how birds may have dodged the one that rubbed out the rest of the other dinosaurs The Blue Streak Science A**hole of the Month And the Pub Quiz Listener feedback NeilNextGen from London: “nice to see you guys back and podcasting every week. This is my favorite science podcast all time. I gotta say my favorite part has been the pub quiz. Keep up the good work.” Neil, thank you so much for those words of encouragement. Science News with Chris MacAlister and Nevena Hristozova Introducing the Nipah Virus   Last time I covered an amphibian pandemic, this time we have a possible human one. There’s not much room for a jovial attitude for this story. In the wake of health scares such as HIV, bird flu, Ebola and Zika there is a reason why governments consider a pandemic as one of the top threats to their population.  The new virus on the block is Nip