Quirks and Quarks Segmented Show from CBC Radio show

Quirks and Quarks Segmented Show from CBC Radio

Summary: 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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Podcasts:

 Gene editing fixes muscular dystrophy in dogs - and humans could be next | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:58

Gene editing breakthrough fixes muscular dystrophy in dogs

 Soot and smoke are the secret to predicting how forest fires might behave | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:11

We need to fight wildfire with fire - but we need to understand it first

 The Zika epidemic 'vaccinated' half of Latin America, so it won't happen again | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:09

Zika spread like wildfire and then it fizzled - why?

 DNA evidence shows huge cave bears mated with brown bears before they went extinct | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:22

Giant prehistoric cave bears mated with brown bears

 One of Russia's missiles is missing - and it could be a secret nuclear disaster | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:34

One of Russia's missiles is missing - is this an undisclosed nuclear disaster?

 This online game could be a 'psychological vaccine' for fake news | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:21

An online game lets you practice generating fake news (repeat)

 How does the Earth's weight change every year? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:02:56

The Earth actually loses a little weight every year.

 'Completely mind-blowing' discovery of a hybrid of two extinct human species | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:08

Researchers discover a hybrid child of a Neanderthal and a Denisovan

 Making blood types obsolete - researchers convert blood to universal donor | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:37

Gut bacteria holds key to transform all blood types into universal O-type

 When one parasite sucks the life out of another parasite | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:07:54

Parasitic love vine sucks the life out of parasitic wasp

 Drone 'sheepdogs' steer flocks away from airports to prevent bird strikes | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:09:07

A robotic flying sheepdog herds birds away from airports

 A machine learning system called Alpha Go zero makes a major leap forwards | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:14:05
 What are the impacts of forest fires on wildlife? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:40

Question about how animals fare in wildfires.

 Canada bans neonic pesticides implicated in bee declines | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:58

Health Canada's latest neonic ban is good news for insects, says ecologist

 Tracking animals from space could provide early warning of natural disasters | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:08:05

Tracking wide scale animal migrations from space

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