Quirks and Quarks Segmented Show from CBC Radio

A jazz musician moonlighting as an amateur scientist discovered cosmic dust falls all around us.

Humanity's first mission to touch the sun thrills NASA scientists anticipating revelations on why the giant orb gets so hot

Decades of radio-telescope observations are converted into a three minute jazz tune.

Sunscreen not only damages coral reefs but fresh water lakes too.

They managed, controlled, and harvested large herds of bison, centuries before the first Europeans appeared on the scene.

Rats are decimating bird populations on tropical islands, but coral reefs need bird guano to be healthy.

For most, the method is easier and faster to learn than joystick control

Higher carbon dioxide concentrations in the ocean inhibit fishes ability to smell prey, predators, and each other.

Shark week programming is filled with fear-mongering and misinformation, and the public opinion it generates ends up hurting the animals it's supposed to be celebrating.

Prehistoric people made bread from wild grains they gathered way before the dawn of agriculture

Australian scientists discover that normal vibrations that come up through your car seat can synchronize with your brain waves and make you sleepy - but it might be possible to stop them.

The science advisor for the two 'Ant-Man' films tries to make sure there's just a flavour of real science in the story.

Geese usually follow spring north - tracking the "green wave". But as the arctic warms faster, they're exhausting themselves trying to keep up with the warming climate.

Dolphins are able to manipulate their lung compression and control gas exchange with their blood to avoid dangerous nitrogen bubbles forming as they decompress

Astronomers have found 12 new moons, some of them orbiting backwards, and many showing signs of having been smashed into in the past.