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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It has been discovered that phytoplankton can swim away from predatory zooplankton.
The new book 'Prize Fight, The Race and the Rivalry to be the First in Science' looks at the darker side of winning a Nobel Prize.
The skin of the African spiny mouse can tear away easily to avoid predation, but can rejuvenate quickly without scaring or infection.
A female marine snail 'glues'her eggs to the shell of her mate.
Bumblebees learn the most efficient route to navigate from flower to flower.
Memory in snails is enhanced as much as six times by chocolate.
Fifty years ago, on September 29, 1962, Canada became the third nation in space as the satellite Alouette 1 was launched.
Spiders have over-run Guam because the birds that once preyed on them were eaten by invasive snakes.
The Joggins Fossil Cliffs in Nova Scotia have turned up the world's smallest fossil trackway.
California sea lions collapse their lungs at about 225 metres , but hold on to a little oxygen for the way up.
Rocky Mountain ground squirrel hibernation is made longer by late season snow falls.
The the book 'The Stardust Revolution' author Jacob Berkowitz explores the idea that biology has its origins in the stars.
When Killer Whale mothers live a long time, their sons also enjoy long life.
NASA's Insight mission to Mars will look at what's below the surface of the red planet.
A new species of toothless rat has been discovered in Indonesia.
