Quirks and Quarks from CBC Radio
CBC Radio
Radio: CBLA-FM CBC Radio One Toronto
Categories: Science & Medicine
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Ancient Jordanian town destroyed by a meteor blast may have inspired Biblical stories, scientists say; Animals are shapeshifting in response to climate warming, and it could be costing them; Tiny flying microchips inspired by maple seeds could help monitor the environment; An inside scoop on how COVID vaccines are being tested on kids; Widespread vaccination should mean the impact of COVID variants ‘will be blunted’; What are the relative sources of light on a moonless night?
Previous episodes
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492 - Bronze age town destroyed by meteor, global warming makes animals shapeshift, flying microchips, COVID vaccines for kids, and watching out for new CVOID variantsFri, 24 Sep 2021
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491 - The election and post-COVID science, toilet-training cattle, Prehistoric leather making tools and how galactic spiral arms feed black holes.Fri, 17 Sep 2021
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490 - See what these Canadian researchers were doing during their summer of ScienceFri, 10 Sep 2021
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489 - Quirks & Quarks is on hiatus for the summer. We'll be back with new content Sept. 11Fri, 02 Jul 2021
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488 - Quirks & Quarks listener question show. How much of a lake or river is actually fish pee? What's corn silk actually for? What happens when an astronaut gets gassy in a space suit? And much more..Fri, 25 Jun 2021
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487 - Fish out of water get smarter, a star’s disappearing act, echidna’s 4 headed penis, sponges get a move on and the multi-generational impacts of DDTFri, 18 Jun 2021
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486 - Missions to Venus, learning instant replay, wrens spectacular duet, puppies born for communication, the bubble behind the vaccines and great ape blood groupsFri, 11 Jun 2021
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485 - Shark extinction event, caffeine can’t keep you functional, the pachyderm’s proboscis, prey eat a predator, and learning about land use from Indigenous scienceFri, 04 Jun 2021
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484 - Salmon virus origins, municipal microbiomes, a robot arm that can feel, wolves reduce car accidents, and a new book looks at ‘Mom Genes’Fri, 28 May 2021
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483 - Solving our sand crisis, nuclear quasicrystals, Voyager hears an interstellar hum, breathing through our intestines, a toilet revolution and dark matter in our galaxyFri, 21 May 2021
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482 - California condor genetics, a strange star goes supernova, don’t think, just kick, patient wolves hunt beavers, an ocean of noise and why parrots mimicFri, 14 May 2021
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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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