Quirks and Quarks
CBC
Categories: Science & Medicine
Listen to the last episode:
What a trilobite ate and what ate it; Antimatter falls down, much to the relief of physicists; Hospitals have controlled C. difficile outbreaks — but people are bringing their own; Some early cows – and cowboys – in the Americas came from Africa; Ugly babies: A new book looks at cute-challenged but fascinating baby animals.
Previous episodes
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582 - Trilobite’s last meal, Antimatter falls down, C. difficile in hospitals, African cows and cowboys in the Americas and appreciating ugly babiesFri, 29 Sep 2023
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581 - Quirks & Quarks presents White Coat Black ArtTue, 26 Sep 2023
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580 - Studying the holes in an asteroid, Great Slave lake life, stone-age wood, finding the right homes for bats, understanding marine heat waves and aurorae on other planetsFri, 22 Sep 2023
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579 - Birth of a baby sperm whale, a robot that runs on gas, ship pollution and clouds, octopus’s garden and can we prevent forest fires?Fri, 15 Sep 2023
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578 - Our Summer in the Field special: We catch up with Canadian scientists who’ve been exploring the Pacific ocean depths, adventuring in the far north and chasing butterflies on the shores of the great lakesFri, 08 Sep 2023
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577 - Quirks is on Summer HiatusFri, 30 Jun 2023
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576 - June 24, 2023 Listener Question ShowFri, 23 Jun 2023
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575 - Dragging STEM forward, Lucy’s muscles, Canada Jay sibling rivalry, skateboards for preemies and sweet and sour cockroach treatsFri, 16 Jun 2023
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574 - Cat contraception, termite air conditioning, octopuses re-engineer their proteins, coral viral infection and bizarre brain behaviourFri, 09 Jun 2023
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573 - Digital spinal prosthetic, ground squirrel hibernation, medium sized black hole, roundworm serotonin map and plastic pollution causes ‘plasticosis’Fri, 02 Jun 2023
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572 - Inducing hibernation with ultrasound, how your diet and your soap attracts mosquitoes, small predators take the wrong refuge and a Ugandan vet walks with mountain gorillasFri, 26 May 2023
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571 - Antarctic dinosaur migration, permafrost and pollution, tracking shark births, Moana’s tools, the Pangenome, and Zoonomia mammalian genome projectsFri, 19 May 2023
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570 - Sharks that hold their breath, 2000 year old condor nest, why deer don’t get Lyme disease, redrawing the motor homunculus and new vaccine technologies for the next pandemicFri, 12 May 2023
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569 - Who wore a prehistoric pendant, AI mind reader, the evolution of blinking, Eastern wolves, seeing air pollution from space, air pollution and cancer and where does moon dust come fromFri, 05 May 2023
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568 - Apples for a warmer world, Rosalind Franklin and DNA, birds’ belly canteen, moustranaut microbiome and Brian Cox on black holesFri, 28 Apr 2023
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567 - Life on the garbage patch, lumpy dark matter formed the visible universe, underwater volcanoes, tadpole’s flexible forms, climate change and Antarctic life, and life with more oxygen.Fri, 21 Apr 2023
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566 - AI scientist develops theories, bear hibernation and immobility risks, Canadian astronaut to the moon, Medieval monks moon science, a new view on the womb and the Earth with no moonFri, 14 Apr 2023
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565 - Artificial auroras, home runs and climate change, baby’s first bacteria, math does crowd control, science and storylistening and old books with hidden stories.Thu, 06 Apr 2023
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