Quirks and Quarks Segmented Show from CBC Radio

A new levitation technique has kept fruit flies weightless for weeks.

Sprinters have the advantage of longer foot bones and a shorter Achilles tendon than non-sprinters.

A 190 million year old dinosaur nursery, the world's oldest, has been found in South Africa.

Astronomers are looking to Canada's High Arctic for possible sites to star gaze.

The colour of a moth from 47 million years ago has been determined through a fossil.

Brown fat in humans is burned off in the cold.

Miller's Grizzled Langur, is a monkey thought to be extinct until it was recently found in Borneo.

Meditation has been found to have a positive impact on some brain activity.

The billion year transition from unicellular to multicellular life has been replicated in a laboratory in just 60 days.

Fossils of a filter feeding animal resembling tulips, were found in the Burgess Shale.

Segments of DNA called telomeres predict lifespan in zebra finches.

Boa constrictors keep tabs on the heartbeat of prey so they know when to stop squeezing.

The new book "A Universe From Nothing" looks at the question 'why is there something rather than nothing?'

A scientist wants to map all the planets near the 100 stars closest to Earth.

Silkworms are used as surrogates to produce a higher quality hybrid spider silk.