Quirks and Quarks from CBC Radio
CBC Radio
Radio: CBLA-FM CBC Radio One Toronto
Categories: Science & Medicine
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\\prod.isilon.cbc.ca\Dalet\temp\Transcode\DaletToDave_Manual\out; Wild donkeys and horses dig wells in the desert, and create a refuge for plants and animals; Genetically modified grass can suck toxic explosives out of the ground; Animals don't seem to much care if they mate with relatives; Making the most of fish waste: how scientists transformed it into biodegradable plastic; Digging into 75,000 year old mastodon dung to learn about ancient Nova Scotia; Why do some animals have slit shaped pupils?
Previous episodes
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481 - Sounds of a predator, horses are well-diggers, grass defuses a toxic explosive, plastic from fish waste, Animals mate with relatives, mastodon poop and pupillary variety.Fri, 07 May 2021
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480 - Lightning cleans the atmosphere, a 142 year - and counting - experiment, sea turtles ‘lost years’ found, finding the Mother Tree and why we cryFri, 30 Apr 2021
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479 - Mars helicopter, Narwhal tusks and pollution, T. Rex in their billions , airborne COVID, and what we need to know about geoengineeringFri, 23 Apr 2021
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478 - Mother ants shrinking brains, boreal forest tree shifts, finding a new blue, airborne plastic pollution, and a new book looks at ‘Life’s Edge’Fri, 16 Apr 2021
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477 - Coyotes doing well in the city, asteroid impact created rainforests, the minimal organism, elephant seals fear of the light and why warmer springs could mean earlier fallsFri, 09 Apr 2021
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476 - Gorilla troops raise orphans, Canadian laser cools antimatter, concussion spit test, octopus sleep and dreams, forensic science in real life and blood of many coloursThu, 01 Apr 2021
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475 - COVID pandemic origins, nature sounds good, why humans have such big brains, making the study of the universe more accessible and a question of cat furFri, 26 Mar 2021
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474 - When Greenland was green, bear back-scratching, Mars voyage emotional toll, fin whale seismic sensing, what made COVID-19 vaccines possible and gas fume shadowsFri, 19 Mar 2021
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473 - 10 years since Japan’s tsunami, ants do social distancing, otters save kelp forests, ancient and agile hippo-sized reptile and autism and human innovationFri, 12 Mar 2021
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472 - COVID & climate complexity, memory athletics, life on Earth is lucky, frogs do noise cancellation, speaking to the dreaming and hot air risingFri, 05 Mar 2021
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471 - Black in science: The legacy of racism in science and how Black scientists are moving the dialFri, 26 Feb 2021
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470 - Magnetic pole reversals, viruses hunt bacteria, solar powered microflyers, trans people and sexual health, the music of endangered birds and why elliptical orbits?Fri, 19 Feb 2021
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469 - Driving a rover on Mars, a stinky romantic gift, coral that can handle bleaching, easy choices aren’t stress free, monkeys ‘self-domesticate’ and unhealthy water holesFri, 12 Feb 2021
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468 - COVID treatments: what have we learned? Breakups change language, algae blooms on Greenland, bats’ impressive flight, amateur astronomers find brown dwarfs and fish in space?Fri, 05 Feb 2021
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467 - New climate war tactics, lizard burrows are wildlife condos, sleep lunacy, blind naked mole-rat dialects, male mantises don’t go down easily, and how do astronauts float?Fri, 29 Jan 2021
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466 - A pandemic of boredom, dinosaur’s nether regions, a giant telescope on the moon, greenhouse gases and a mussel’s shell game and cancer ‘sleeps through’ chemotherapyFri, 22 Jan 2021
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465 - Introducing: Tai Asks Why Season 3Wed, 20 Jan 2021
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464 - Snake lasso climbing, detecting gravitational waves with pulsars, coping with soil compaction, what land should we protect to reach 30% and electric eels hunt in packs.Fri, 15 Jan 2021
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463 - COVID-19 and fighting viral evolution, ice-age wolf pup, how jellyfish swim so efficiently and how to do online learning to make education betterFri, 08 Jan 2021
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462 - Listener question show — we answer your science questions, like: Where are the missing dinosaurs? Why does cold make you pee? Do insects feel pain? And much more.Fri, 01 Jan 2021
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461 - Our producers' favourite stories of 2020. Tickling rats, the power of swearing, amazing awakening, squat don't sit, woodpecker wars and moreFri, 25 Dec 2020
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460 - Quirks & Quarks holiday book show. Chance and human evolution, surviving a black hole, new insights about Neanderthals and more...Fri, 18 Dec 2020
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459 - Spotting STEVE, superbolts and megaflashes, hyperventilating sober, bees use poop as insect repellent and a spider research and racial equity in science.Fri, 11 Dec 2020
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458 - A mysterious light from the universe, undoing cellular aging, feather talking, a smartwatch predicts COVID, the path of the polar bear and moon volcanoesFri, 04 Dec 2020
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457 - Quick tests for COVID, rat hides poison in its fur, neuroscientists see how we see colour, our planet’s climate zones are changing and why the hottest temperatures are in Death ValleyFri, 27 Nov 2020
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456 - Microbial mining in space, baby birds get the boot, palm oil substitutes, deep sea squid says ‘g’day’, Canada’s place in space and how do fans make cool air?Fri, 20 Nov 2020
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455 - COVID vaccine & immune durability, Wallabies in the UK, ancient female hunters, humans are cooler than we used to be, Herzberg gold medal winner and how old are circadian rhythms?Fri, 13 Nov 2020
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