Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Hendra and the bats

I’m often wrong. When I was a teenager I decided to not pay attention to the Beatles because they were so popular. Silly decision. When podcasts first started appearing, I wondered who would listen to them and when they would have the time. Wrong again.

So now, when I go to the gym, I almost always listen to podcasts. If you’re interested in science, the one I heard tonight was fascinating, albeit scary. It’s from Background Briefing on ABC Radio National (the Australian equivalent of NPR). It’s about Hendra virus and fruit bats.