Quirks and Quarks Segmented Show from CBC Radio

Pollen and leaf wax fossils indicate that trees once grew in the Antarctic during warmer periods.

In the new book 'Super Fuel: Thorium, The Greener Energy Source for The Future' the author describes its benefits.

The last meal of a pair of carnivorous dinosaurs reveals what kind of hunters they were.

A Canadian scientist will help the Curiosity Rover find evidence of clay minerals on the Martian surface.

A massive boom of baby stars has been found in one of the largest galaxy clusters.

William Souder's new biography 'On A Farther Shore' celebrates the 50th Anniversay of Rachel Carson's book 'Silent Spring'.

A special podcast tribute to astronaut Neil Armstrong.

Male moth have to decide how much to warm up their flight muscles as they pursue a female.

At 6 months of age babies begin to look to the lips of an adult to help them form their own words.

Comets and asteroids pelting the early earth may have started life forming chemical reactions.

The mathematical patterns of rhythm have a special effect on the brain.

Carnivorous pitcher plants attract insects to their doom with bright light.

Electric brain and nerve implants can be powered by glucose.

Babies as young as 24 months old happily give their own treats to others.

A helicopter-like robot can survive a crash, re-orient itself, then fly again.