Quirks and Quarks

130,000 new viruses discovered, chimpanzee social learning, what’s moving the tectonic plates, deer return to wildfire landscape and why aliens might look like us.


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Researchers discover 130,000 new viruses, giving us a new way to watch for emerging pathogens; Chimpanzees aren't monkeys, but they learn by monkey see, monkey do; Is the moon driving the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates?; Deer choose to return to their smoldering home in the wake of a massive wildfire; Aliens often look like us in movies — will they look like us in real life?
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Quirks and QuarksBy CBC