Quirks and Quarks Segmented Show from CBC Radio show

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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Podcasts:

 Dark Matter Bulges Where It Shouldn't-qq2-Mar 10, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 483

Dark matter debris from a huge cosmic collision has mysteriously clumped together.

 A Skilled Saw-fish-qq3-Mar 10, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 512

The rare and endangered sawfish uses its saw-like rostrum with great speed and skill.

 Frost Flowers Pump Pollution-qq-4-Mar 10, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 511

A chain of chemical reactions due to the loss of Arctic sea ice is negatively effecting the northern food chain.

 Early Worm Gets The Bird-qq5-Mar 10, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 506

As invasive earthworms deplete the forest floor of leaf-litter, ovenbirds nests are exposed to predators.

 Two Birds, One Stone-qq6-Mar 10, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 525

A decline in the Willow Ptarmigan population is resulting in a subsequent decline in its main predator, the gyrfalcon.

 Giant Penguins-qq1-Mar 3, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 588

Fossilized remains of a giant penguin that lived 25 million years ago in New Zealand have been pieced together.

 MRSA - The Pigs Give Back-qq2-Mar 3, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 536

A new strain of MRSA that humans can get from pigs actually came from humans in the first place.

 The Oldest Forest-qq3-Mar 3, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 556

The oldest fossilized forest has been found near the Catskill Mountains in New York.

 Marathon Migration-qq4-Mar 3, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 523

The Northern Wheatear migrates am incredible 14,500kms from Alaska to sub Sahara Africa.

 Herzberg Gold for Climate Modeller-qq5-Mar 3, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 786

Dr. Richard Peltier, a Professor of Physics from the U of T is this year's winner of Canada's highest science award.

 Science Fact or Science Fiction: North Star-qq6-Mar 3, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 336

It is science fiction that the North Star or Polaris is the brightest in the Northern Hemisphere, Sirius is brighter.

 DNA Drones Deliver Drugs-qq1-Feb 25, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 696

Robots comprised of DNA material deliver drugs to damaged and diseased cells.

 Complicated Pregnancy-qq2-Feb 25, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 560

Female gelada monkeys terminate their pregancies when a new male takes over the dominant role.

 The Moon Rises...From The Dead-qq3-Feb 25, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 535

There is new photographic evidence to support the idea that there is still tectonic activity on the moon.

 Exercise And The Aging Brain-qq4-Feb 25, 2012 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1117

A documentary report that explores the idea that exercise is a benefit to cognitive ability.

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