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Quirks and Quarks

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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Ranked #1

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The Quirks & Quarks holiday book show!

The Quirks & Quarks holiday book show!

How studying long-lived animals might give us the key to longer, healthier life; Looking deep inside planets, under our ... Read more

15 Dec 2023

54mins

Ranked #2

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A young carnivorous dinosaur’s last meal and more

A young carnivorous dinosaur’s last meal and more

A young carnivorous dinosaur’s last meal; A robot steps forward to build the wall; Canada geese families pull closer tog... Read more

8 Dec 2023

54mins

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Cat facts — the latest science on our feline companions

Cat facts — the latest science on our feline companions

Cat faces are more expressive than you think; Cats can get sick with coronaviruses – and get better with COVID-19 antivi... Read more

1 Dec 2023

54mins

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How biodiversity contributes to human health and more…

How biodiversity contributes to human health and more…

These bats copulate for hours with enormous penises but without penetration; Jumping spiders think it matters if you’re ... Read more

24 Nov 2023

54mins

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Alien blobs in the Earth’s mantle, and much more

Alien blobs in the Earth’s mantle, and much more

Hummingbirds sidle sideways to slip through tiny gaps; Do you speak fish? A new online dictionary of fish sounds debuts;... Read more

17 Nov 2023

54mins

Ranked #6

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Eating fossil fuels, sea stars get a head, Right whale diet, music soothes pain and does biology suggest we lack free will?

Eating fossil fuels, sea stars get a head, Right whale diet, music soothes pain and does biology suggest we lack free will?

Edible fats and oils could be synthesized from fossil fuels; Sea stars lost their tails to get a head; Southern Right wh... Read more

10 Nov 2023

54mins

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AI research prize and risks, football and lifespan, smart glasses see with sound, most powerful solar storm and killer whale contamination

AI research prize and risks, football and lifespan, smart glasses see with sound, most powerful solar storm and killer whale contamination

Canadian AI researcher wins Herzberg medal, cautions world about his work; Pro football player lifespan depends on the p... Read more

3 Nov 2023

54mins

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Antarctic ice will melt for a century, the necrobiome recycles your corpse,how apes hang around, brain waves characterize false memories, and finding the biosignatures of long COVID

Antarctic ice will melt for a century, the necrobiome recycles your corpse,how apes hang around, brain waves characterize false memories, and finding the biosignatures of long COVID

We’ll see a century of major melting of Antarctic ice, no matter what we do; For Halloween — How your body’s microbiome ... Read more

27 Oct 2023

54mins

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NASA’s metal mission, hungry hippos chew badly, music synchronizes us, cicada boom is trees bane and risks and rewards of deep sea mining

NASA’s metal mission, hungry hippos chew badly, music synchronizes us, cicada boom is trees bane and risks and rewards of deep sea mining

A metal mission — NASA launches a spacecraft to Psyche; Hungry Hippos don't chew very well; Music makes your heart go pi... Read more

23 Oct 2023

54mins

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Quantum dot Nobel, super-hot supercontinent, lunar laser paving, neanderthal lion hunt, and evolving Eve

Quantum dot Nobel, super-hot supercontinent, lunar laser paving, neanderthal lion hunt, and evolving Eve

A Nobel Prize for colourful quantum dots; A future supercontinent will make Earth uninhabitable; Scientists use lasers t... Read more

13 Oct 2023

54mins

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