Quirks and Quarks

By CBC

CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom... and everything in between.

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Quirks and Quarks episodes:

July 21, 2017 Looking for aliens in all the right places
Bob McDonald interview Dr. Jon Willis about his book 'All These Worlds Are Yours - The Scientific Search For Alien Life'
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17min
July 21, 2017 Plants avoid sunburn by shivering away extra heat
MIT chemists now understand how plants, mosses and algae can photosynthesize without getting burnt by the sun.
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8min
July 21, 2017 Chocolate plants get fungus armour from their parents
Cacao plants pass on good microbes to "baby" plants through their leaf litter.
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8min
July 14, 2017 Drumming birds lay down a wicked beat to impress the ladies
Spend enough time in the remote forests of Australia and you might be lucky enough to hear a cockatoo tap out a beat.
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10min
July 14, 2017 Future forest fires will be more frequent, bigger, and harder to control
A warming climate is leading to dryer conditions, which increase the risk of bigger, more intense wildfires.
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7min
July 14, 2017 Brain training apps won't make you smarter
A new study looking at popular "brain training" programs that are meant to improve cognition and decision skills suggests that they work no better than ordinary video games.
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8min
July 14, 2017 Scientists scouring southern Canada for Zika-carrying mosquitos
Canadian scientists here are testing our mosquitoes to see if they can transmit infections like the Zika virus.
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10min
July 14, 2017 Toxins from Greenland's melting ice may be cleaned up by bacteria
Scientists are concerned the toxic pollutants in the ice ending up on our dinner plates.
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9min
July 14, 2017 Whiskey-sipping artificial tongue has a taste for the good stuff
A group of researchers in Germany spent 1,000 Euros of their own money on high-end whiskey in order to test a new "artificial tongue" they have developed.
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8min
July 14, 2017 Why don't we have potato-shaped planets?
Dr. Ray Jayawardhana answers this week's Quirks Question.
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4min

FAQs about Quirks and Quarks:

How many episodes does Quirks and Quarks have?

The podcast currently has 1,080 episodes available.