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Forensic Vulturology-qq1-Feb 11, 2012 Updated: 2012-02-10 05:00:00 Description: Vultures can distort time of death estimates in human by months....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Tarsier Hears-qq2-Feb 11, 2012 Updated: 2012-02-10 05:00:00 Description: The tarsier, a small primate, can communicate in the high ultrasonic range, well above human hearing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Black Hole Burps-qq3-Feb 11, 2012 Updated: 2012-02-10 05:00:00 Description: Black hole gobble everything that comes near, then 'burp' out high energy particles....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Not-So-Dead Vents-qq4-Feb 11,2012 Updated: 2012-02-10 05:00:00 Description: Long after they become inactive, hydrothermal vents continue to support microbes in the oceans. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How To Think Like A Neandertal-qq5-Feb 11, 2012 Updated: 2012-02-10 05:00:00 Description: Using fossil records and archaeological evidence, scientists conclude how Neandertals thought, lived, even dreamed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Snakes In The Glades-qq1-Feb 4, 2012 Updated: 2012-02-03 05:00:00 Description: Invasive Burmese Pythons are having a negative impact in Florida's Everglades National Park....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Launching The Little Ice Age-qq2-Feb 4, 2012 Updated: 2012-02-03 05:00:00 Description: Frozen plants on Baffin Island provide clues to the onset of the Little Ice Age....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Super-sizing Mammals-qq3-Feb 4, 2012 Updated: 2012-02-03 05:00:00 Description: It took mammals 24 million generations to go from mouse-sized to elephant-sized....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Arrival of the Arctic Killers-qq4-Feb 4, 2012 Updated: 2012-02-03 05:00:00 Description: Killer whales are preying on Arctic species with greater frequency because of the loss of sea ice....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Levitating Flies-qq5-Feb 4, 2012 Updated: 2012-02-03 05:00:00 Description: A new levitation technique has kept fruit flies weightless for weeks....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Long And Fast Of It-qq6-Feb 4, 2012 Updated: 2012-02-03 05:00:00 Description: Sprinters have the advantage of longer foot bones and a shorter Achilles tendon than non-sprinters....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Dinosaur Nursery-qq1-Jan 28, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-27 05:00:00 Description: A 190 million year old dinosaur nursery, the world's oldest, has been found in South Africa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Arctic Astronomy-qq2-Jan 28, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-27 05:00:00 Description: Astronomers are looking to Canada's High Arctic for possible sites to star gaze. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Moth Of A Different Colour-qq3-Jan 28, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-27 05:00:00 Description: The colour of a moth from 47 million years ago has been determined through a fossil....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Brown Fat-qq4-Jan 28, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-27 05:00:00 Description: Brown fat in humans is burned off in the cold....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Miller's Grizzled Langur, I Presume-qq5-Jan 28, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-27 05:00:00 Description: Miller's Grizzled Langur, is a monkey thought to be extinct until it was recently found in Borneo. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Your Brain on Meditation-qq6-Jan-28, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-27 05:00:00 Description: Meditation has been found to have a positive impact on some brain activity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Making Life Multicellular-qq1-Jan 21, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-20 05:00:00 Description: The billion year transition from unicellular to multicellular life has been replicated in a laboratory in just 60 days....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Cambrian Tulip Patch-qq2-Jan 21, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-20 05:00:00 Description: Fossils of a filter feeding animal resembling tulips, were found in the Burgess Shale....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Telltale Telomeres-qq3-Jan 21, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-20 05:00:00 Description: Segments of DNA called telomeres predict lifespan in zebra finches....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD When Savvy Snakes Squeeze-qq4-Jan 21, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-20 05:00:00 Description: Boa constrictors keep tabs on the heartbeat of prey so they know when to stop squeezing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Universe From Nothing-qq5-Jan 21, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-20 05:00:00 Description: The new book "A Universe From Nothing" looks at the question 'why is there something rather than nothing?'...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Prospecting For Planets-qq1-Jan 14 2012 Updated: 2012-01-13 05:00:00 Description: A scientist wants to map all the planets near the 100 stars closest to Earth....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Outsourcing Spider Silk-qq2-Jan 14, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-13 05:00:00 Description: Silkworms are used as surrogates to produce a higher quality hybrid spider silk....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mapping Dark Matter-qq3-Jan 14, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-13 05:00:00 Description: Despite the fact that little is known about dark matter, a Canadian scientist has been able to map some of it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sourcing Stonehenge-qq4-Jan 14, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-13 05:00:00 Description: The source of some of the stones at Stonehenge has been pinpointed to a specific outcrop of rock in Wales....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Global Warming's Low Hanging Fruit-qq5-Jan 14, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-13 05:00:00 Description: Paying attention to the climate change agents black carbon and methane, not just C02, could prove economically beneficial. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Sacred Headwaters-qq5-Jan 7, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-06 05:00:00 Description: A new bood by Canadian Dr. Wade Davis - The Sacred Headwaters - explores the history and future of the Stikene, Skeena and Nass Rivers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Alarm Follicles-qq4-Jan 7, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-06 05:00:00 Description: We have a cover of fine body hair that helps us feel the presence of ectoparasites such as bed bugs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Supersoldier Ants-qq1-Jan 7, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-06 05:00:00 Description: Many species of ant have a hidden genetic potential to become supersoldiers....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Quasicrystals From Space-qq2-Jan 7, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-06 05:00:00 Description: Natural quasicrystals have been found in a meteorite formed in space 4.5 billion years ago. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Dog in Wolf's Clothing-qq3-Jan 7, 2012 Updated: 2012-01-06 05:00:00 Description: A 33,000 year old wolf-to-dog transitional skull sheds new light on the theory of the domestication of dogs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Question Show repeat 2003-qq1-Dec 31, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-30 05:00:00 Description: An encore presentation of the Quirks and Quarks Question Show from Vancouver in 2003....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What if we get it right-qq1-Dec 24, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-23 05:00:00 Description: What if we get it right? Scientists look at what our world could look like in 2050....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD What if we get it right-qq1-Dec 24, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-22 05:00:00 Description: What if we get it right? Scientists look at what our world could look like in 2050....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Polar Bears-qq1-Dec 17, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-16 05:00:00 Description: Dr. Ian Stirling from the University of Alberta talks about his book 'Polar Bears: The Natural History of a Threatened Species'. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Dolphin in the Mirror-qq2-Dec 17, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-16 05:00:00 Description: Dr. Diana Reiss from Hunter College in New York explores dolphin intelligence in her book 'The Dolphin in the Mirror'....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Infinity Puzzle-qq3-Dec 17, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-16 05:00:00 Description: Dr. Frank Close from Oxford talks about his book 'The Infinity Puzzle' and the search for the Higgs Boson sub-atomic particle. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Not-So-Dirty Rat-qq1-Dec 10, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-09 05:00:00 Description: Rats are empathetic, sensitive and altruistic when it comes to other rats....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Oldest Bedding Stopped The Biting-qq2-Dec 10, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-09 05:00:00 Description: Seventy-seven thousand year old bedding included leaves with insecticidal properties to keep the mosquitoes away....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Yeti Crab-qq3-Dec-10, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-09 05:00:00 Description: A new species of crab grows bacteria to eat on its own hairy arms....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Scared Chickless-qq4-Dec 10, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-09 05:00:00 Description: Fear of predation has a serious impact on songbirds....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Soy Source-qq5-Dec 10, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-09 05:00:00 Description: Soy may have originated in three different countries, China, Korea and Japan....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Underwater Silk-qq6-Dec 10, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-09 05:00:00 Description: A tiny shrimp like animal spins silk that sets underwater, yet remains flexible, sticky and strong....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Baby Schadenfreude-qq1-Dec 03, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-02 05:00:00 Description: Babies as young as two months are capable of making moral judgements....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Robots Going Soft-qq2-Dec 03, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-02 05:00:00 Description: A soft, flexible robot can change its shape for delicate operations in confined spaces....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Male Fig Wasps Free The Females-qq3-Dec 03, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-02 05:00:00 Description: Males fig wasps cooperate to tunnel the females out of the fig fruit....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Bat's Skull Determines Its Diet-qq4-Dec 03, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-02 05:00:00 Description: There are so many species of leaf-nosed bat because its skull shape enabled it to bite harder and exploit more food resources....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cosmic Ray Gun-qq5-Dec 03, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-02 05:00:00 Description: Cosmic rays may be trapped for tens of thousands of years before being fired out into the Galaxy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD CSI Paleolithic-qq6-Dec 03, 2011 Updated: 2011-12-02 05:00:00 Description: Paleolothic cave paintings depict images of spotted horses that really did exist during that age....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Rocky Road to Durban-qq1-Nov 26, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-25 05:00:00 Description: As the Kyoto Protocol expires, the world looks to Durban, South Africa as the next place of hope in dealing with climate change. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD For Dolphins, Pregnancy is a Drag-qq2-Nov 26, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-25 05:00:00 Description: Pregnancy restricts a dolphin's ability to swim....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Jawbones and Diet-qq3-Nov 26, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-25 05:00:00 Description: This rise of agriculture resulted in the human jawbone becoming shorter, but with the same number and size of teeth....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Amazing Spider Mite-qq4-Nov 26, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-25 05:00:00 Description: The spider mite genome is packed full of genes for detoxifying poisons....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Fact or Science Fiction: Red Win Headache-qq5-Nov 26, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-25 05:00:00 Description: It is science fact that red wine gives you a worse headache than white wine....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mars Provokes Curiosity-qq1-Nov 19, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-18 05:00:00 Description: The Curiosity rover will gather new information about Mars over an 8 month mission....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Plotting Plant Pathogens-qq2-Nov 19, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-18 05:00:00 Description: Phytoplasma bacteria infect plants and crops to the benefit of itself and an interested third party, the leafhopper insect....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pinning Down The Permian Extinction-qq3-Nov 19, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-18 05:00:00 Description: The exact date of the Permian Extinction has been pinned down to 252.28 million years ago....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Downs: The History of a Disability-qq4-Nov 19, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-18 05:00:00 Description: Dr. David Wright from McGill, author of 'Downs: The History of a Disability'....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Fact or Science Fiction: Radiation-qq5-Nov 19, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-18 05:00:00 Description: It is science fact that flying exposes one to higher levels of radiation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Locked In, But Not Out-qq1-Nov 12, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-11 05:00:00 Description: EEG is proving to be a more efficient way of detecting awareness in vegetative patients than the fMRI technology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Raw and The Cooked-qq2-Nov 12, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-11 05:00:00 Description: When early humans began cooking food it gave them more energy, but less robust jaws and teeth....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Pitter-Patter of Predatory Feet-qq3-Nov 12, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-11 05:00:00 Description: The Burgess Shale has yielded the first and oldest fossil trackway made by a 66 legged Tegopelte....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Primordial Gas-qq4-Nov 12, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-11 05:00:00 Description: A pocket of gas in a tiny corner of the universe remains an undisturbed remnant of the Big Bang....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Knocking On Heaven's Door-qq5-Nov 12, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-11 05:00:00 Description: 'Knocking On Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World' is a new book by Theoretical Physicist Lisa Randall....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dueling With a Duet-qq1-Nov 5, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-04 04:00:00 Description: The male and female Plain Tailed Wren of south America sing duets that sound like a single bird....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Teeth Tell Trip Tale-qq2-Nov 5, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-04 04:00:00 Description: Evidence in fossil teeth suggests that 150 million years ago sauropods migrated....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Stressed To Death-qq3-Nov 5, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-04 04:00:00 Description: The mere presence of a predator creates enough stress in some dragonflies to kill them....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The God Species-qq4-Nov 5, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-04 04:00:00 Description: In his new book 'The God Species' science writer Mark Lynas suggests better planet management as well as the wider adoption of nuclear power among the ways for a better future....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Listener Feedback-qq5-Nov 5, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-04 04:00:00 Description: Listener feedback emails from last week's '7 Billion and Counting' segment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Fact or Science Fiction: Hummingbirds-qq6-Nov 5, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-04 04:00:00 Description: It is Science Fiction that Hummingbirds can beat their wings 200 times per second....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Heart of a Snake-qq1-Oct 29, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-28 04:00:00 Description: A study of the Burmese python's large heart may benefit human health at some point....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mastodon Massacre-qq2-Oct 29, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-28 04:00:00 Description: 13,800 years ago, a group of unknown humans were hunting in North America, earlier than those thought to be the first, the Clovis peoples....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Fingerprint of Poverty-qq3-Oct 29, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-28 04:00:00 Description: Specific changes to DNA that occur in utero or early childhood vary in people who grew up poor or privileged....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 7 Billion and Counting-qq4-Oct 29, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-28 04:00:00 Description: On October 31st the world's population will hit 7 billion, but not without questions about how many more is too many....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dinosaur Speed Demon-qq1-Oct 22, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-21 04:00:00 Description: Carnotaurus was a two-legged meat eating dinosaur with a huge tail used to generate much of its great speed....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dawn at Vesta-qq2-Oct 22, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-21 04:00:00 Description: One of the asteroid Vesta's many features is a mountain much taller than Everest....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Chivalrous Crickets-qq3-Oct 22, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-21 04:00:00 Description: Male crickets stay by the female after mating to ensure they can get to their burrow safely in the event of predator attack. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hybrid Humans-qq4-Oct 22, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-21 04:00:00 Description: A documentary by Alanna Mitchell explains how DNA analysis shows that our early ancestors interbred with many now-extinct hominids. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Fact or Science Fiction: Flourescent Lights-qq5-Oct 22, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-21 04:00:00 Description: It is Science Fiction that leaving flourescent lights on overnight in office buildings is more energy efficient....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Prehistoric Paintbox-qq1-Oct 15, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-14 04:00:00 Description: Evidence of one-hundred thousand year old paint manufacturing has been found in South Africa....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Blackbirds And Traffic Noise-qq2-Oct 15, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-14 04:00:00 Description: Red winged blackbirds alter the tone of their song to compensate for traffic noise....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A New Spin With Nanotubes-qq3-Oct 15, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-14 04:00:00 Description: The winding and unwinding of nanotubes can be used to simulate an electric motor or a muscle contraction....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seeking C02 Seeps-qq4-Oct 15, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-14 04:00:00 Description: C02 that escapes from the earth naturally may be analogous for how it seeps when stored underground....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Lip Service-qq5-Oct 15, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-14 04:00:00 Description: In her new book "Lip Service" Canadian scientist Marianne LaFrance explores the complex world of the simple smile....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dark Energy Takes The Prize-qq1-Oct 8, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-07 04:00:00 Description: Dr. Saul Perlmutter talks about his Nobel Prize in Physics and his work regarding the expansion of the universe....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Katydis Make Sexy Snacks-qq2-Oct 8, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-07 04:00:00 Description: Female katydids choose their mate based on the size of the nutritional gift he provides while being inseminated....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fingerprints in Water-qq3-Oct 8, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-07 04:00:00 Description: Scientists suggest the origin our our water based on its fingerprints....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Dangerous Glow-qq4-Oct 8, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-07 04:00:00 Description: Some millipedes glow in the dark as a way of warning predators they are toxic. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Slippery When Wet, or anytime-qq5-Oct 8, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-07 04:00:00 Description: A super slippery surface is created by emulating a carnivorous plant....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fact or Fiction: Microwave Ovens-qq6-Oct 8, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-07 04:00:00 Description: It is Science Fiction the micro-waving your food depletes it of nutrients....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mind Movies-qq-October 1, 2011 Updated: 2011-09-30 04:00:00 Description: FMRI scanning technology is used to read the human brain....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Arctic Squirrels on Steroids-qq-October 1, 2011 Updated: 2011-09-30 04:00:00 Description: High levels of testosterone allow Arctic ground squirrels to build up muscles they need to feed off to survive extreme hibernation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Bug Bites Frog-qq-October 1, 2011 Updated: 2011-09-30 04:00:00 Description: Using its double-hooked mandibles, a beetle larvae attacks then consumes its much larger amphibian predator....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Egg Freezing: Cheating The Clock-qq-October 1, 2011 Updated: 2011-09-30 04:00:00 Description: The freezing of human eggs for future fertilization rises medical and ethical question, especially when it comes to women over age 40. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fact or Fiction: Childbirth and The Moon-qq-October 1, 2011 Updated: 2011-09-30 04:00:00 Description: It is Science Fiction that more women go into labour during a full moon....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-24_01-Genes of a Killer Updated: 2011-09-23 04:00:00 Description: Scientists try to reconstruct the genetic code of the Black Death plague to see what made it so deadly....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-24_02-Aboriginal Genome - Out of Africa Updated: 2011-09-23 04:00:00 Description: New research sheds light on the ancestors of Australian aborigines....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-24_03-Choosy Chickens Updated: 2011-09-23 04:00:00 Description: Female chickens - hens - use sperm ejection as a way of maintaining control over paternity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-24_04-Mad Like Tesla Updated: 2011-09-23 04:00:00 Description: The iconic inventor Nicola Tesla was the inspiration for the book 'Mad Like Tesla' about others whose ideas may also have been ahead of their time....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-24_05-Fact or Fiction: Calico Cats Updated: 2011-09-23 04:00:00 Description: It is science fact that all calico cats are female....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-17_05-Science Fact or Science Fiction: Cracking Knuckles and Arthritis Updated: 2011-09-16 04:00:00 Description: It is science fiction that cracking your knuckles will lead to arthritis....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-17_01-Find Feathered Friends Updated: 2011-09-16 04:00:00 Description: Feathers, presumably from dinosaurs, have been found trapped in amber for 70 million years....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-17_02-Fanged Frogs Updated: 2011-09-16 04:00:00 Description: Thirteen species of frogs with fangs have evolved independently on an island in Indonesia....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-17_03-Star Not Light Star Not Bright Updated: 2011-09-16 04:00:00 Description: There may be as many stars we can't see - brown dwarfs - as stars we can see....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-17_04-Sex On Six Legs Updated: 2011-09-16 04:00:00 Description: Dr. Marlene Zuk talks about her latest book "Sex on Six Legs - Lessons on Life, Love and Language from The Insect World"....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-10_01-Give a Hand For Evolution Updated: 2011-09-09 04:00:00 Description: The discovery of a new species - Australopithecus sediba - sheds new light on human evolution....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-10_02-Grail's Gravity Googles Updated: 2011-09-09 04:00:00 Description: Nasa's Grail Gravity mission looks at the geological make-up of the moon....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-10_03-Song Sparrow Sparring Updated: 2011-09-09 04:00:00 Description: Sparrows hurl threats at each other in the form of shared songs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-10_04-Hoarding Electrons to Power the Future Updated: 2011-09-09 04:00:00 Description: When there is no wind or sun, storing up electrons may be a future solution for energy needs....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-09-10_05-Fact or Fiction: Dogs and Grass Updated: 2011-09-09 04:00:00 Description: It is science fact that sometimes dogs eat grass to make themselves sick....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-30-No Summer Podcasts Updated: 2011-06-30 04:00:00 Description: Quirks & Quarks is on hiatus; there will be no new podcasts this Summer. We will be back in September with new programs. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-25_01-Oilsands In Wolf's Clothing Updated: 2011-06-25 04:00:00 Description: The wolf may not be to blame for the decline of Caribou in Alberta's oilsands....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-25_02-Message From Messenger Updated: 2011-06-25 04:00:00 Description: NASA's Messenger spacecraft is revealing some very surprising new information about Mercury....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-25_03-Whitefly Becomes Superfly Updated: 2011-06-25 04:00:00 Description: Infected whitflies out-compete those without infections....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-25-04-The Micrbiome - The World Within Us Updated: 2011-06-25 04:00:00 Description: A documentary report about the trillions of microbes in the human body....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-18_01-Black Hole Eats A Star Updated: 2011-06-17 04:00:00 Description: A gamma-ray burst seen in March has been identified as a star falling in to a black hole....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-18_02-Male Cleaner Fish Play Dirty Updated: 2011-06-17 04:00:00 Description: Male cleaner fish punish female for taking a bite out of the client fish....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-18_03-King Tut's Tomb Updated: 2011-06-17 04:00:00 Description: Mysterious brown spots on the walls of King Tut's tomb have been identified....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-18_04-Early Mammals Smell Well Updated: 2011-06-17 04:00:00 Description: The key to the survival of the earliest shrew-like mammals was a keen sense of smell....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-18_05-Demon Fish Updated: 2011-06-17 04:00:00 Description: A new book called "Demon Fish" explores man's obsession with sharks....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-11_01-Tagish Lake Meteorite Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: The latest analysis of the Tagish Lake meteorite reveals the same organic materials that may have been present during the formation of the Solar System. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-11_02-Flakes in Lakes Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: Underwater archaeologists have found microscopic evidence suggesting paleo-Indian activity near Rice Lake 9,000 years ago....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-11_03-Mummified Beetles and Stingless Bees Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: The Australian stingless bee's defence against the small hive beetle is to encase it in a mixture of resin, wax and mud....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-11_04-Do You See What I See Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: Deaf people have recruited part of the auditory cortex in the brain to work providing visual information....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-11_05-Jellyfish Junk Food Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: Jellyfish blooms are having a negative effect on carbon recycling....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-11_06-Clam Clones Sample other Species Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: Clams keep a little DNA from the eggs they steal, which adds genetic diversity to their clonal legacy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-04_01-Wild Goose Chase Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: Bar-headed geese migrate over the Himalays at night because the cooler air at that time has more oxygen....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-04_02-Quantum Peek-a-boo Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: A new variation is performed on a 200 year old quantum physics experiment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-04_03-Cannibal Sea Urchins Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: Sea urchins resort to cannibalism in overcrowded conditions where food is scarce....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-04_04-Losing Nemo Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: Increasing ocean acidification impairs hearing and smell in clownfish....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-06-04_05-Observations of the Quantum Man Updated: 2011-06-10 04:00:00 Description: In the new book 'Quantum Man' the colourful life of Nobel Prize winning physicist Dr. Richard Feynman is chronicled....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-28_01-The Quirks & Quarks Question Roadshow Pt 1 Updated: 2011-06-09 04:00:00 Description: The Annual Quirks & Quarks Question Roadshow From Concordia University in Montreal Part One....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-28_02-The Quirks & Quarks Question Roadshow Pt 2 Updated: 2011-06-09 04:00:00 Description: The Annual Quirks & Quarks Question Roadshow From Concordia University in Montreal Part Two....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-21_01-Whales With Regional Accents Updated: 2011-06-08 04:00:00 Description: Sperm whales communicate with different dialects depending on where they live....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-21_02-Oxygen For Early Life Updated: 2011-06-08 04:00:00 Description: The earth's first complex animals survived by exploiting the oxygen found in biomats on the ocean floor....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-21_03-Tarantulas' Webbed Feet Updated: 2011-06-08 04:00:00 Description: Tarantulas are the only spider known to be able to spin silk from its abdomen as well as its feet....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-21_04-Universal Accelerator Updated: 2011-06-08 04:00:00 Description: The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, now on the Space Station, may be able to detect dark matter....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-21_05-Parks Canada at 100 Updated: 2011-06-08 04:00:00 Description: Parks Canada turned 100 earlier this week....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-14_01-A Flexible Phone Plan Updated: 2011-06-08 04:00:00 Description: A scientist at Queen's has just introduced a phone based on the feel and properties of paper, that is bendable....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-14_02-Juvenile Delinquintasaurus Updated: 2011-06-08 04:00:00 Description: A juvenile relative of T-Rex lived a very different life from the adults....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-14_03-The Bacteria of My Enemy is My Friend Updated: 2011-06-08 04:00:00 Description: Bacteria that live in the gut of mosquitos could help fight Malaria....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-14_04-Right-handed Teeth Updated: 2011-06-08 04:00:00 Description: Scratches on teeth from 500,000 years ago provide a clue that right-handedness prevailed then as it does today....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-14_05-Sex, Drugs and Sea Slime Updated: 2011-06-08 04:00:00 Description: A new book called 'Sex, Drugs and Sea Slime' documents both the weird and wonderful elements of our oceans....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-07_01-Killing Kite Corrals Updated: 2011-06-06 04:00:00 Description: Stone formations in Syria called desert kites are proven to have been used in the hunting of gazelles....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-07_02-Super-Strange Super-Earth Updated: 2011-06-06 04:00:00 Description: A super exotic planet, a little larger than Earth, but as dense as lead, has astronerss very excited....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-07_03-Giant Ants of the Eocene Updated: 2011-06-06 04:00:00 Description: Giant ant fossils found in both North America and Europe prove the Arctic experienced very warm periods during the Eocene....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-07_04-Manufacturing With Microbes Updated: 2011-06-06 04:00:00 Description: A biological engineer takes inspiration from nature to design more efficient technology for humans....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD qq-2011-05-07_05-Science Fact or Fiction: Crickets & Temperature Updated: 2011-06-06 04:00:00 Description: It is science fact that you can tell the outside temperature by counting cricket chirps....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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