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CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom... and everything in between.... more
FAQs about Quirks and Quarks:How many episodes does Quirks and Quarks have?The podcast currently has 1,125 episodes available.
November 24, 2017What exactly is chronic pain?Chronic pain persists unlike regular pain, is difficult to treat, and increases with age....more5minPlay
November 24, 2017How did we go from melting out of the last ice age, to present day global warming?A cooling cycle from 21 thousand years ago was halted by recent global warming....more8minPlay
November 24, 2017What and how does someone who has been blind from birth dream?People who are blind from birth dream in other senses such as sound, touch and taste....more6minPlay
November 24, 2017How can electric cars be without carbon emissions if the source of the electricity is a carbon source?Electric cars are powered by sources that emit carbon, so are not truly free of such emissions....more5minPlay
November 24, 2017Why do the lemon pips continually rise up and fall down in my gin and tonic?Carbonated bubbles attach to the pips and make them rise, then fall as the same bubbles burst....more5minPlay
November 24, 2017Why is it that we associate some colours with specific emotions, and does that come from our brain or through our culture?The association of colour and emotion begins early in life, so it is both cultural and neural as we retain the connection into adulthood....more5minPlay
November 24, 2017If a time traveller left a 2017 cell phone in 1967, how much could 1967 technical know how be able to retrieve from the phone?1967 technology could retrieve some, but not all information from a 2017 cell phone....more6minPlay
November 24, 2017What happens to the emerald ash borer when it doesn't have any more trees to attack? Can the ash trees ever come back?The EAB will move on to other species when there are no more ash trees to attack....more6minPlay
November 24, 2017What was the evolutionary advantage for Homo Sapiens becoming essentially hairless compared to other primates?Homo sapiens became hairless as a way of dealing with sweat....more6minPlay
November 24, 2017How is it possible in the vastness of space that our Sun ever had the density of gasses needed to form a star?Gravity played a big role in bringing enough matter together to form the Sun....more6minPlay
FAQs about Quirks and Quarks:How many episodes does Quirks and Quarks have?The podcast currently has 1,125 episodes available.