Quirks and Quarks Segmented Show from CBC Radio

Our Quirks question of the week looks at why our right sides mirrors our left

Fungus treated plants can turn hydrocarbons in oil sands' tailings into CO2 and water.

Scientists create first ever hybrid white-rhino embryo to prevent species extinction

Parrot smarty-pants challenge 'bird brain' insult

Detection of a neutrino from 'the most violent astrophysical processes' gives scientists a new way to understand the cosmos

Clocks in the digestive system have a 'mind of their own'

Men and women differ at estimating each other's strength from vocalizations, scientists find

Most meat-eating dinosaurs had limited depth perception because their eyes were on the sides of their heads, but not all, including T-Rex.

Scientists use tiny tags to seek and destroy hidden nests of invasive predators in the U.K.

We're in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy, so when we look at it from Earth, we're seeing the centre.

Why an ancient toddler was likely able to scamper up trees better than her parents

The abandoned villages around the doomed Chernobyl Nuclear Plant have turned into a 'wildlife reserve.'

Arctic archaeologists are racing against time to save the sites from looters and from being destroyed by natural forces.

Scientists hope that one day this technology might curb violent behaviour.

Mysterious movements show Oumuamua is a comet not an asteroid