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Quirks & Quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom… and everything in between.
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Available Episodes (29)
David Quammen discusses his new biography, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin
Published: Saturday, 07 February 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 1191
Size: 9.12 MB
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Dr. Steve Jones discusses his book, Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England
Published: Saturday, 07 February 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 1127
Size: 8.63 MB
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Dr. Olivia Judson muses on how Darwin transformed biology from descriptive cataloging to a predictive science
Published: Saturday, 07 February 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 861
Size: 6.6 MB
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Dr. Jamie Timmons explains how 6 minutes of exercise can make you healthier.
Published: Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 586
Size: 4.51 MB
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Dr. Tracy Langkilde explains how fence lizards have taken evolutionary strides to escape fire ants
Published: Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 437
Size: 3.37 MB
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Dr. Michael Anstey has figured out the neurochemistry behind locust swarms.
Published: Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 549
Size: 4.22 MB
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Dr. Manos Tsakiris has found we don't know our own face as well as we think we do
Published: Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 518
Size: 3.99 MB
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Dr. Alison Sills has discovered a class of stars that prey on neighbouring stars to stay eternally youthful.
Published: Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 461
Size: 3.55 MB
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Dr. Ian Warkentin explains how human gastronomical habits have taken a bite out of the world frog population
Published: Saturday, 31 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 626
Size: 4.81 MB
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The Collapse of Honeybee colonies and the implications for agriculture
Published: Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 1004
Size: 7.69 MB
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Male fish have developed athletic sperm.
Published: Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 538
Size: 4.14 MB
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Scientists think an impact might have killed off the Mammoths
Published: Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 579
Size: 4.45 MB
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Trees in old growth forests are dying sooner than in the past.
Published: Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 473
Size: 3.64 MB
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Sugar and hyperactivity and feedback on "Physics for Presidents"
Published: Saturday, 24 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 584
Size: 4.49 MB
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Dr. Richard Muller discusses his book on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration.
Published: Saturday, 17 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 1039
Size: 7.96 MB
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Dr. Ron Douglas discusses the remarkable visual system of the spookfish
Published: Saturday, 17 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 483
Size: 3.72 MB
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Dr. Andrew Leier has figured out why the rocks on Mars' surface are so evenly distributed
Published: Saturday, 17 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 546
Size: 4.2 MB
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Dr. Raghvendra Sahai has discovered a new class of stars - and they're on the move.
Published: Saturday, 17 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 501
Size: 3.86 MB
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Dr. Chris Darimont explains how human hunting has influences the evolution of our prey.
Published: Saturday, 17 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 608
Size: 4.68 MB
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Dr. Irene Pepperberg talks about her research with the talking parrot, Alex
Published: Saturday, 10 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 1097
Size: 8.41 MB
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Dr. Kerry Kawakami discusses our indifference to racism.
Published: Saturday, 10 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 599
Size: 4.61 MB
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Dr, Liz Humphreys has discovered stars forming next door to the super-massive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.
Published: Saturday, 10 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 420
Size: 3.24 MB
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Dr. Mark Reid explains why he thinks the Milky Way is a lot heavier than previously thought
Published: Saturday, 10 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 514
Size: 3.96 MB
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Dr. Mick Bhatia has discovered a way to tell cancer-causing stem cells from safe ones that can be used to treat diseases.
Published: Saturday, 10 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 547
Size: 4.2 MB
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Dr. Robert Rockwell talks about polar bears new favourite food
Published: Saturday, 03 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 586
Size: 4.5 MB
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Dr. Murray Humphries discusses why mama squirrels need drafty nests
Published: Saturday, 03 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 466
Size: 3.59 MB
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Dr. Gene Robinson explains why he uses cocaine to give bees a buzz
Published: Saturday, 03 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 507
Size: 3.91 MB
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Dr. Noa Pinter-Wollman has discovered that groups of immigrant elephants keep to themselves
Published: Saturday, 03 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 427
Size: 3.29 MB
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Drs. David Keith and Frank Zeman discuss ways of sequestering CO2 directly from the atmosphere
Published: Saturday, 03 January 2009 00:00:00
Duration: 1188
Size: 9.1 MB
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