Quirks and Quarks Segmented Show from CBC Radio

Two new books about the brain are discussed; Claudia Hammond's 'Time Warped' and Dr. Mario Beauregards's 'Brain Wars'.

Scientists are concerned about how a recent 'wildcat' iron fertilization experiment will effect the ocean ecosystem.

Fecal pellets from anchovies sink to the bottom of the sea taking carbon out of harm's way.

A tiny new kind of camera the size of a flake of pepper has been invented.

The slimy trail left in the wake of slime mold is evidence of an external spatial memory.

A planet, identical to Earth in Mass, has been found only 4.3 light years away.

Baboons with the nicest 'personalities' seem to do better socially.

Professor Sir John Gurdon is the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his cell research.

Climate change is responsible for the revival of algae in the northernmost lake in the world.

A meteorite that crashed in Morocco originated on the surface of Mars, bringing with it information about that planet.

Scientists look at what we need to know in order to send a human-crewed ship to another star in the next 100 years.

A NASA physicist explores the possibility of taking 'warp drive' from science fiction to reality.

The male of a new species of Mosquitofish is found to have genitalia equipped with 4 hooks.

A newly discovered star flirts with danger on the edge of a black hole.

When infected with a pathogen, male crickets deceive females with chips indicating they are fit enough to mate.