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qq-2010-02-06_06-Science Fact or Science Fiction: Swallowing Gum
Updated: 2010-02-06 08:00:00
Description: If you swallow gum it will stay in your stomach for seven years. This is science fiction according to a gastroenterologist at McMaster University....more...

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qq-2010-02-06_05-Quantum Pond Scum
Updated: 2010-02-06 08:00:00
Description: A physical chemist at the University of Toronto has found that a common marine algae uses the properties of quantum mechanics to help it suck sunlight....more...

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qq-2010-02-06_04-Freeze Dried Beetle
Updated: 2010-02-06 08:00:00
Description: The larvae of a beetle in Alaska can survive temperatures of -100C by vitrifying - transforming into viscous glass....more...

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qq-2010-02-06_03-Taming Turkeys
Updated: 2010-02-06 08:00:00
Description: Evidence has been found that the Pueblo People of the Southwestern US domesticated the turkey more than two thousand years ago....more...

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qq-2010-02-06_02-Raising The Speed Limit
Updated: 2010-02-06 08:00:00
Description: Using Usain Bolt's top speed of nearly 28 mph in the 100 metre race as an example, scientists believe that by maximizing ground force, that speed could be improved to 40 mph....more...

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qq-2010-02-06_01-The Neuroscience of a Gunfight
Updated: 2010-02-06 08:00:00
Description: An experimental psychologist has determined that a person who initiated an action actually performed the task more slowly than they would if they'd been the person reacting - so in a western gunfight, its better to be first than fast....more...

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qq-2010-01-30_06-Sharing - for the Children
Updated: 2010-01-30 08:00:00
Description: A scientist has found out that a dominant male baboon will allow subordinate males to mate occasionally, so they have infants in the troop that in turn need protecting as well....more...

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qq-2010-01-30_05-Plant Punishes A Presumptuous Pollinator
Updated: 2010-01-30 08:00:00
Description: Scientists have found a plant this if taken advantage of by too many caterpillars, can switch the timing of its flowering to the daytime, when hummingbirds can pollinate it....more...

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qq-2010-01-30_04-Homing In On Echolocation
Updated: 2010-01-30 08:00:00
Description: In bats, a bone that connects the larynx to the bones that support the eardrum has been identified. It is called the stylohal bone and it is key to a bats' ability to echolocate....more...

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qq-2010-01-30_03-Twin Moons Separated at Birth
Updated: 2010-01-30 08:00:00
Description: Callisto and Ganymede, the two outermost great moons of Jupiter, should be twins, but one was smashed by comets and asteroids, the other escaped....more...

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qq-2010-01-30_02-Dinosaur Death Pits
Updated: 2010-01-30 08:00:00
Description: Pits containing stacked skeletons of numerous theropods were actually 150 million-year-old footprints of the 20-ton Sauropod. The much smaller theropods simply fell in and were not able to get out....more...

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qq-2010-01-30_01-Colouring In The Dinosaurs
Updated: 2010-01-30 08:00:00
Description: Researchers have found structures preserved within dinosaur fossil feathers that they think are melanosomes - clues to the colours in their plumage....more...

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qq-2010-01-23_06-Fact or Fiction - Alcohol & Warmth
Updated: 2010-01-23 08:00:00
Description: Drinking alcohol to keep warm is science fiction....more...

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qq-2010-01-23_05-Too Sexy Fruit Flies
Updated: 2010-01-23 08:00:00
Description: New research from the University of Southern California, Santa Barbara has found that female fruit flies are just too attractive to the males for their own good....more...

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qq-2010-01-23_04-Taking Directions From Slime Mould
Updated: 2010-01-23 08:00:00
Description: In an experiment matching the growth of Physarum polycephalum (slime mould) against an existing man-made network,the slime mould was able to mimic the Tokyo railway system....more...

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qq-2010-01-23_03-Vanishing Tall-grass
Updated: 2010-01-23 08:00:00
Description: The tall-grass prairie used to be a major feature of Manitoba. The remaining patches have been in decline because it needed two things to maintain its health - bison and fire. The bison are gone, and fire has been suppressed....more...

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qq-2010-01-23_02-Mad Cows & Cannibals
Updated: 2010-01-23 08:00:00
Description: A disease called Kuru exploded through a population of people in Papua New Guinea in the 1950's. It was eventually linked to their practice of cannibalistic funeral rituals. Many died, but now researchers have discovere that those that survived had...more...

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qq-2010-01-23_01-Solar Powered Sea Slugs
Updated: 2010-01-23 08:00:00
Description: A sea slug has been discovered that has somehow developed the ability to photosynthesize - and live out its life as a solar-powered animal....more...

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qq-2010-01-16_06-Sleep Learning
Updated: 2010-01-16 08:00:00
Description: New research has found that humans have the ability to strengthen memories as they sleep....more...

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qq-2010-01-16_05-Permission For Planets
Updated: 2010-01-16 08:00:00
Description: Astrophysicists believe that fluctuations in density and temperature of the gas in planetary disks, pushes the planets around and allows them to find orbital safe havens in which to exist....more...

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qq-2010-01-16_04-Venomous Dino
Updated: 2010-01-16 08:00:00
Description: The first know venomous dinosaur, Sinornithosaurus, had grooves in its fangs used to channel the poison into its prey....more...

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qq-2010-01-16_03-Alligator Lungs
Updated: 2010-01-16 08:00:00
Description: The unidirectional lung function of the alligator may help explain why it thrived during periods of low oxygen content....more...

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qq-2010-01-16_02-Echoes Of An Extinction
Updated: 2010-01-16 08:00:00
Description: Scientists believe that the huge spike in lung cancer rates among women in a remote region of China is somehow related to the coal that was being burned in unventilated stoves to heat and cook....more...

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qq-2010-01-16_01-Shaving A Fly With A Laser
Updated: 2010-01-16 08:00:00
Description: When the claw-like spines covering the genitalia of the male fruit fly were shaved off, they were far less successful at mating....more...

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qq-2010-01-09_05-Science Fact or Fiction - Appendix
Updated: 2010-01-09 08:00:00
Description: The human appendix serves no purpose: Dr. John Bienenstock, a professor of Pathology and Medicine at McMaster University says it is science fiction....more...

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qq-2010-01-09_04-Old Coots and Young Chicks
Updated: 2010-01-09 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Bruce Lyon at the University of California in Santa Cruz has found that coots use the first hatched as a template for what the remaining unhatched chicks should look like, but it can lead to mistaken imprinting....more...

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qq-2010-01-09_03-The 10% Solar System Solution
Updated: 2010-01-09 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Scott Gaudi from Ohio State University, has calculated that solar systems like ours might, in fact, be 10-15% of the solar systems in the galaxy....more...

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qq-2010-01-09_02-Caught in a Fish Web
Updated: 2010-01-09 08:00:00
Description: The pressure we've put on fish stocks doesn't just affect the fish we catch. It also has a big effect on the ones we aren't even fishing for according to Dr. Nancy Shackell, with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' Bedford Institute of Oceanograp...more...

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qq-2010-01-09_01-The Humans Who Went Extinct
Updated: 2010-01-09 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Clive Finlayson, an evolutionary ecologist, at the University of Toronto has a new book, The Humans Who Went Extinct - Why Neanderthals died out and we survived, suggesting luck played a big role....more...

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qq-2010-01-02_02-Physicist Panel pt 2
Updated: 2010-01-02 08:00:00
Description: Quirks & Quarks asked 10 physicists what they think is the biggest question that science has, so far, been unable to answer. Part two from Is there a physical theory yet to be discovered? to What is empty space made of?...more...

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qq-2010-01-02_01-Physicist Panel pt 1
Updated: 2010-01-02 08:00:00
Description: Quirks & Quarks asked 10 physicists what they think is the biggest question that science has, so far, been unable to answer. Part One, from How did the universe begin? to Does Time exist?...more...

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qq-2009-12-26_02-question show pt 2
Updated: 2009-12-26 08:00:00
Description: The Quirks & Quarks Holiday Question Show pt 2 - questions 6 to 10....more...

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qq-2009-12-26_01-question show pt 1
Updated: 2009-12-26 08:00:00
Description: The Quirks & Quarks Holiday Question Show pt 1 - questions 1 to 5....more...

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qq-2009-12-19_03-Dark Side of the Moon
Updated: 2009-12-19 08:00:00
Description: In his new book, Dark Side of the Moon, Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich and the Space Race, Wayne Biddle, explores the little understood early life and career of this icon of the Space Age....more...

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qq-2009-12-19_02-Poseidon's Steed
Updated: 2009-12-19 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Helen Scales is a marine biologist and author of Poseidon's Steed, The Story of Seahorses From Myth To Reality. She believes this fascinating creature is a barometer for the health of our oceans....more...

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qq-2009-12-19_01-Polar Obession
Updated: 2009-12-19 08:00:00
Description: A new book by Canadian Wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen, called Polar Obsession....more...

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qq-2009-12-12_05-Science Fact or Fiction - Parsley & Bad Breath
Updated: 2009-12-12 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Kenneth Hamin, a dentist in Winnipeg, and an expert in Halitosis says parsley solving bad breath is science fiction....more...

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qq-2009-12-12_04-Perfect Rigor
Updated: 2009-12-12 08:00:00
Description: In her new book, Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century, Russian journalist Masha Gessen explores the life of enigmatic mathematician Grigori Perelman....more...

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qq-2009-12-12_03-Orangutans - Who's Your Daddy
Updated: 2009-12-12 08:00:00
Description: Femal orangutans choose prime males when fertile, but intentionally mate with lots of different males when not fertile, so as to sew confusion about fatherhood, and curb the rate of infanticide....more...

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qq-2009-12-12_02-Asleep At The Seal
Updated: 2009-12-12 08:00:00
Description: On their long migratory treks, elephant seals have the ability to sleep as they drift dive below the surface of the water....more...

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qq-2009-12-12_01-Scientists See A Sea Cow
Updated: 2009-12-12 08:00:00
Description: Forty million year old fossil evidence of a new species of sea cow has been found in Madagascar....more...

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qq-2009-12-05_04-Science Fact or Fiction
Updated: 2009-12-05 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Stephanie Baxter, from the Department of Ophthalmology at Queen's University in Kingston says it's science fact that squinting can improve your eyesight.....more...

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qq-2009-12-05_03-Birdfeeder Speciation
Updated: 2009-12-05 08:00:00
Description: Two groups of blackcap birds have become genetically different as a result of migrating to either Britain or Spain since the 1960's....more...

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qq-2009-12-05_02-Hammerhead Sight
Updated: 2009-12-05 08:00:00
Description: Some hammerheads have remarkable binocular vision; their widely-spaced eyes give them excellent depth perception and they also have an extremely wide field of view - up to 360 degrees....more...

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qq-2009-12-05_01-The Rising Seas
Updated: 2009-12-05 08:00:00
Description: Quirks looks at one of the most visible impacts of climate change: rising sea levels....more...

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qq-2009-11-28_04-Taking Leave of the MAPLE Reactors
Updated: 2009-11-28 08:00:00
Description: MAPLE 1 and MAPLE 2 are two completely new reactors and can supply all the isotopes the world currently needs. But the MAPLEs have never been given the official go-ahead. And chances are, they never will....more...

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qq-2009-11-28_03-Pipefish Dads
Updated: 2009-11-28 08:00:00
Description: In the broad-nosed pipefish world, the male appears to be the perfect dad - until he cannibalizes some of his own embryos to give himself a boost of nutrition....more...

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qq-2009-11-28_02-The Poop on Mammoths
Updated: 2009-11-28 08:00:00
Description: Spores left over from the fungi that grow in mammoth and mastodon dung, suggest that some of the events previously thought to have caused the megafauna to disappear, such as changes to the environment, were actually the result of the extinction....more...

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qq-2009-11-28_01-Arctic Slush
Updated: 2009-11-28 08:00:00
Description: Broken, slushy, decayed Arctic ice suggests that the permanent ice cover is in even more trouble than had been previously thought....more...

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qq-2009-11-21_05-Name Your Poison
Updated: 2009-11-21 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Hopi Hoekstra, a professor in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard has discoverd that the Northern Short-tailed shrew, a mammal, and the Mexican Beaded Lizard, a reptile - have essentially evolved the same poison....more...

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qq-2009-11-21_04-Vampire Spiders
Updated: 2009-11-21 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Simon Pollard, at the University of Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, has found a spider in East Africa that lusts after a particular smell - blood!...more...

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qq-2009-11-21_03-Accent on Crying
Updated: 2009-11-21 08:00:00
Description: The cry patterns of 30 French new born babies were compared to those of 30 German babies. The cries indicate country of origin....more...

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qq-2009-11-21_02-A Crocodile World
Updated: 2009-11-21 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Hans Larsson, a paleontologist at McGill University, has just identified five species of crocodilians that lived about 100 million years ago....more...

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qq-2009-11-21_01-Countdown to Copenhagen
Updated: 2009-11-21 08:00:00
Description: In just 2 weeks time, representatives from 193 countries will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the UN Conference on Climate Change....more...

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qq-2009-11-14_06-Fact or Fiction
Updated: 2009-11-14 08:00:00
Description: "A person can pay off a sleep debt by sleeping in late on weekends." Dr. John Kimoff, Director of the Sleep Lab at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal says it is mostly science fiction....more...

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qq-2009-11-14_05-Natural Nukes
Updated: 2009-11-14 08:00:00
Description: The first bloom of photosynthetic life, more than 2 billion years ago, would have created a chemical environment that would have led to the concentration of uranium and the formation of many thousands of natural nuclear reactors that would have laste...more...

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qq-2009-11-14_04-Singing Wings
Updated: 2009-11-14 08:00:00
Description: The unique song of the Club-winged Manakin, a small South American bird is made by the remarkably fast flapping of wings....more...

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qq-2009-11-14_03-Nazca Demise
Updated: 2009-11-14 08:00:00
Description: Evidence shows that the Nazca people of Peru may have sown the seeds of their own destruction...more...

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qq-2009-11-14_02-Dinos Run Hot Not Cold
Updated: 2009-11-14 08:00:00
Description: The question of whether dinosaurs were warm blooded (like birds and mammals) or cold blooded (like modern reptiles) has been hotly debated in the paleontology community....more...

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qq-2009-11-14_01-CSI: Mesopotamia
Updated: 2009-11-14 08:00:00
Description: Forensic techniques applied to two skulls from tombs in Mesopotamia, suggests death from blunt-forve trauma, not willing human sacrifice as previously thought....more...

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qq-2009-11-07_06-Fact or Fiction
Updated: 2009-11-07 08:00:00
Description: Does cracking your knuckles cause arthritis? Dr. Kam Shojania says it's science fiction....more...

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qq-2009-11-07_05-A Gift From Space
Updated: 2009-11-07 08:00:00
Description: Julie Payette spent more than 2 weeks on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour, and the International Space Station. She brought us back a special present: a Quirks & Quarks postcard, featuring Bob McDonald, that she signed in space....more...

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qq-2009-11-07_04-New-tron Star
Updated: 2009-11-07 08:00:00
Description: A supernova remnant called Cassiopeia A has been hiding a mystery - just what was left after the star went boom....more...

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qq-2009-11-07_03-Redback Spiders - Cheatin' and Eatin'
Updated: 2009-11-07 08:00:00
Description: Jeff Stoltz, a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, has been studying redback spider mating rituals....more...

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qq-2009-11-07_02-Albatross with a Plastic Wafer
Updated: 2009-11-07 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Lindsay Young, a Canadian wildlife biologist, has been studying just how much plastic albatrosses end up ingesting on their oceanic foraging journeys....more...

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qq-2009-11-07_01-Kilimanjaro
Updated: 2009-11-07 08:00:00
Description: According to research done by Dr. Lonnie Thompson at the Ohio State University, the famous ice peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro will disappear completely in the next two decades....more...

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qq-2009-10-31_04-Blast From The Past
Updated: 2009-10-31 08:00:00
Description: On April 23rd of this year, NASA's Swift Satellite telescope identified the oldest known gamma ray burst in the universe....more...

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qq-2009-10-31_03-Two-alarm Squirrels
Updated: 2009-10-31 08:00:00
Description: But Dr. Shannon Digweed, from Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, believes that red squirrels use the same two sounds to let all intruders know that their presence has been detected....more...

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qq-2009-10-31_02-Unicorn Fly
Updated: 2009-10-31 08:00:00
Description: Dr. George Poinar, at Oregon State University, has found a tiny unicorn-like fly, perfectly preserved in a piece of prehistoric Burmese amber....more...

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qq-2009-10-31_01-Cancer As a Chronic Disease
Updated: 2009-10-31 08:00:00
Description: Researchers have made remarkable progress in allowing people to live with cancer for longer....more...

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qq-2009-10-24_06-Science Fact or Fiction
Updated: 2009-10-24 08:00:00
Description: "You Will Ruin Your Eyesight if You Read in The Dark". Dr. Alan Cruess, Professor and Head of The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at Dalhousie University in Halifax says -science fiction....more...

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qq-2009-10-24_05-Ribbon 'Round the Solar System
Updated: 2009-10-24 08:00:00
Description: NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft set out to map the region between the edge of the solar system and the heliosphere, the bubble-like structure that protects us from cosmic rays. But according to Dr. David McComas, the IBEX Prin...more...

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qq-2009-10-24_04-Macaque Moms Go Goo-Goo
Updated: 2009-10-24 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Annika Paukner at the National Institutes of Health Animal Center in Maryland has also observed the baby macaque mimicking the mother's various gestures of affection; interaction thought to be unique to humans....more...

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qq-2009-10-24_03-Human Footprints in the Mud
Updated: 2009-10-24 08:00:00
Description: Dr. John Smol, a professor of biology and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change at Queen's University in Kingston, has analyzed a sedimentary record reaching back much farther than any found before....more...

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qq-2009-10-24_02-Babies & Talk
Updated: 2009-10-24 08:00:00
Description: Canadian researcher Dr. Athena Vouloumanos, a professor of Psychology at New York University, was interested in testing the idea that infants have a built-in affinity for human speech....more...

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qq-2009-10-24_01-Laptop of the Greeks
Updated: 2009-10-24 08:00:00
Description: The Antikythera Mechanism was discovered a hundred years ago in the wreckage of a 2000-year-old ship. For much of the last century, researchers like Dr. Daryn Lehoux in the Classics Department at Queen's University in Kingston at have been trying to ...more...

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qq-2009-10-17_05-Science Fact or Fiction
Updated: 2009-10-17 08:00:00
Description: Do your hair and fingernails continue to grow after you die?...more...

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qq-2009-10-17_04-Connected
Updated: 2009-10-17 08:00:00
Description: The ties that bind us to our friends and our communities, affect our health, our wealth and our welfare....more...

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qq-2009-10-17_03-Vegetarian Spider
Updated: 2009-10-17 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Robert Curry, and his team of have found what they believe is the first primarily vegetarian spider....more...

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qq-2009-10-17_02-Toads Dress for Mating Success
Updated: 2009-10-17 08:00:00
Description: A toad changes colour for the purpose of mating....more...

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qq-2009-10-17_01-Holey Jawbone
Updated: 2009-10-17 08:00:00
Description: A parasite may have found a creature that could have made T.Rex miserable....more...

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qq-2009-10-10_05-Between XX and XY
Updated: 2009-10-10 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Gererald Callahan from Colorado State University has written a book about the myth of having just two sexes called Between XX and XY....more...

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qq-2009-10-10_04-Sheep - Shy and Showy
Updated: 2009-10-10 08:00:00
Description: Dr. David Coltman, a biologist at the University of Alberta, studied variations in sheep personalities, and thinks it might help with conservation....more...

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qq-2009-10-10_03-Termite Termination
Updated: 2009-10-10 08:00:00
Description: When Dr. Barbara Thorne, a professor of Entomology in the College of Chemical and Life Sciences at the University of Maryland, pit two colonies of the termites she was studying against each other, she thought she might see a war. Instead, she saw the...more...

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qq-2009-10-10_02-Saturn's New Ring
Updated: 2009-10-10 08:00:00
Description: The largest ring in the Solar System has been discovered around Saturn by Dr. Michael Skrutskie from the University of Virginia....more...

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qq-2009-10-10_01-Nobels 2009
Updated: 2009-10-10 08:00:00
Description: For the first time ever, 2 scientists with strong Canadian connections were awarded Nobel prizes in the same year: Dr. Jack Szostak for Medicine, and Dr. Willard Boyle for Physics....more...

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qq-2009-10-03_05-Coyote in Wolf's Clothing
Updated: 2009-10-03 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Roland Kays, the Curator of Mammals at New York State Museum, has discovered that coyotes were able to successfully adapt to the foreests of eastern North America by breeding with a remnant wolf population....more...

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qq-2009-10-03_04-Killer Whales Go Hungry
Updated: 2009-10-03 08:00:00
Description: Resident killer whales off the coast of BC choose to eat chinook salmon, or go hungry....more...

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qq-2009-10-03_03-There's No Pain in Team
Updated: 2009-10-03 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Emma Cohen, is a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Oxford. She has discovered that it is less painful to exercise in groups than by oneself....more...

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qq-2009-10-03_02-LCross Moon Mission
Updated: 2009-10-03 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Anthony Colaprete is the head of a NASA mission to crash a rocket in to the moon, on purpose. The LCROSS mission will make a crater 20m wide, and create a plume of ejected material six kilometres high. The point of all this is to scan the ejecte...more...

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qq-2009-10-03_01-Ardi
Updated: 2009-10-03 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Tim White, a paleontologist and Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California at Berkeley, has unveiled the discovery as a new species of hominid. It's the oldest complete skeleton of any member of the human family tree and dat...more...

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qq-2009-09-26_05-Synesthesia
Updated: 2009-09-26 08:00:00
Description: Senses overlap in strange ways called synesthesia....more...

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qq-2009-09-26_04-Light For Flight
Updated: 2009-09-26 08:00:00
Description: A deep sea worm lights up to distract predators....more...

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qq-2009-09-26_03-Gobbling Galaxies
Updated: 2009-09-26 08:00:00
Description: Galaxies become large galaxies by eating smaller ones....more...

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qq-2009-09-26_02-Midnight Snacking
Updated: 2009-09-26 08:00:00
Description: Mignight Snacking may cure that late night hunger, but in mice at least, it may contribute to weight gain....more...

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qq-2009-09-26_01-Yawn Tennis
Updated: 2009-09-26 08:00:00
Description: Contagious yawning seems to involve the brain's mirror neurons....more...

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2009-09-19_04
Updated: 2009-09-19 08:00:00
Description: In this episode, a discussion about the potential and problems of space-based solar power....more...

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2009-09-19_03
Updated: 2009-09-19 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Tracy Kivell at Duke University points to human bipedalism evolving from the trees down....more...

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2009-09-19_02
Updated: 2009-09-19 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Jay Neitz talks about colour blindness in squirrel monkeys....more...

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2009-09-19_01
Updated: 2009-09-19 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Paul Sereno talks about a tiny dino...more...

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2009-09-12_02 Oceans of Trouble Part II
Updated: 2009-09-12 08:00:00
Description: Alanna Mitchell and Bob McDonald discuss the state of the global ocean....more...

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2009-09-12_01 - Oceans of Trouble Part I
Updated: 2009-09-12 08:00:00
Description: Alanna Mitchell and Bob McDonald discuss the state of the global oceans....more...

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QQ-030307- 05-Question, Blood Types
Updated: 2009-07-18 08:00:00
Description: Question of the week, do animals, other than primates, have blood types?...more...

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QQ-030307- 04-Transgenic Salmon
Updated: 2009-07-18 08:00:00
Description: Genetically modifying salmon doesn't necessarily mean the fish have an advantage in the wild...more...

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QQ-030307- 03-Antarctic Survey
Updated: 2009-07-18 08:00:00
Description: Collapse of the Larsen ice shelf provides a unique look at sea life....more...

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QQ-030307- 02-Caterpillars Clicking
Updated: 2009-07-18 08:00:00
Description: Caterpillars click their jaws to warn off predators, and follow it up by regurgitation...more...

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QQ-030307- 01-Walking on The Moon Again
Updated: 2009-07-18 08:00:00
Description: NASA scientists discuss what we should do once we go back to The Moon...more...

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2009-06-27_03-How to Build a Dinosaur
Updated: 2009-06-27 08:00:00
Description: The perfect summer do-it-yourself project: Dr. Jack Horner discuss his book, How to Build a Dinosaur...more...

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2009-06-27_02-The Big Thaw
Updated: 2009-06-27 08:00:00
Description: Ed Struzik talks about his book, The Big Thaw: Travels in the Melting North...more...

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2009-06-27_01-Watching Giants
Updated: 2009-06-27 08:00:00
Description: Dr. Elin Kelsey discusses her book, Watching Giants, The Secret Lives of Whales...more...

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2009-06-20_04-Rose-Coloured Glasses
Updated: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Adam Anderson discusses how our brain activity changes depending on the mood we're in...more...

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2009-06-20_03-Cambrian Killer
Updated: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Description: Allison Daley describes the ferocious Hurdia victoria...more...

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2009-06-20_02-Movin' on Up
Updated: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Brendan Quine discusses his design for a novel kind of space elevator....more...

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2009-06-20_01-This is Your Brain on Dough
Updated: 2009-06-20 00:00:00
Description: Quirks' producer Jim Lebans talks about the science of neuroeconomics...more...

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qq-2009-06-13_02-Question Show part 2
Updated: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Description: Part 2 of the Quirks & Quarks Question show recorded live in Toronto....more...

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qq-2009-06-13_01-Question Show part 1
Updated: 2009-06-13 00:00:00
Description: Part 1 of the Quirks & Quarks Question Show recorded live in Toronto...more...

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2009-06-06_06-Fact or Fiction - Age and Sleep
Updated: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Description: Fact or Fiction - do we need less sleep as we age?...more...

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2009-06-06_05-Raining Meteorites
Updated: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Description: The Earth's atmosphere might have come from wet meteorites....more...

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2009-06-06_04-Julie Payette
Updated: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Description: Canadian Astronaut Julie Payette will be taking her second flight this week....more...

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2009-06-06_03-Poop on Penguins
Updated: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Description: Scientists track Antarctic Penguins by spotting their poop from space....more...

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2009-06-06_02-Bobtail Squid
Updated: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Description: A nocturnal squid that gets a glow on....more...

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2009-06-06_01-Komodo Dragons
Updated: 2009-06-06 00:00:00
Description: Komodo Dragons kill with venom as well as violence...more...

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2009-05-30_06-Fact or Fiction
Updated: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Description: Skin cancer and tattoos...more...

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2009-05-30_05-The Lowdown on the Lithosphere
Updated: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Ron Clowes discusses his book, Ghost Mountains and Vanished Oceans - North America from Birth to Middle Age...more...

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2009-05-30_04-Seeing the Centre of the Substorm
Updated: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Ian Mann gives a glowing review of the Northern Lights...more...

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2009-05-30_03-Solar Snacking
Updated: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Rory Barnes discusses greedy cannibal stars...more...

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2009-05-30_02-Spoiled Songbirds' Slacker Sons
Updated: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Liana Zanette explains that being the offspring of a privileged songbird isn't always advantageous...more...

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2009-05-30_01-The Skinny on Skin
Updated: 2009-05-30 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Julie Segre discusses the cloak of microbes we all wear...more...

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qq-2009-05-23_06-This is Your Brain on Fat
Updated: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Description: Fat is a powerful motivator of memory....more...

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qq-2009-05-23_05-How the Bees Knees get a Grip
Updated: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Description: Petals have evolved so bees can hold on to them....more...

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qq-2009-05-23_04-Ancient Mercury Mines
Updated: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Description: Archeologists find 3400 year old mercury mine....more...

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qq-2009-05-23_03-Basking Shark's Disappearing Act
Updated: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Description: The world's second largest fish disappears for half the year....more...

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qq-2009-05-23_02-Acid Volcanoes Flex Mussels
Updated: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Description: Subsea Volcanoes produce acid that mussels somehow survive...more...

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qq-2009-05-23_01-To Bug a Mockingbird
Updated: 2009-05-23 00:00:00
Description: Mockingbirds can remember the faces of those who irritate them....more...

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2009-05-16_06-Fact or Fiction
Updated: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Description: Dr. William Burrows reveals the shocking truth about bathing during lightning storms...more...

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2009-05-16_05-Heatstroke
Updated: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Anthony Barnosky discusses his new book: Heatstroke, Nature in an Age of Global Warming...more...

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2009-05-16_04-Duck-Billed Protein
Updated: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Mary Schweitzer discusses some very, very old protein...more...

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2009-05-16_03-This is Your Brain in Neutral
Updated: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Kalina Christoff talks about what's going on in our brains when we daydream...more...

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2009-05-16_02-Herschel's Night Vision Goggles
Updated: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Michael Fich talks about the recently launched Herschel telescope...more...

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2009-05-16_01-The Right Stuff, Eh?
Updated: 2009-05-16 00:00:00
Description: Our interview with one of Canada's new astronauts, Jeremy Hansen...more...

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2009-05-09_03-Mothers and Others
Updated: 2009-05-09 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Sarah Hrdy discusses her new book, Mothers and Others: the Evolutionary History of Mutual Understanding....more...

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2009-05-09_02-Shrimp in Hot Water
Updated: 2009-05-09 00:00:00
Description: Peter Koeller explains why North Atlantic shrimp might be in big trouble....more...

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2009-05-09_01-Hubble and Trouble
Updated: 2009-05-09 00:00:00
Description: A history of the venerable Hubble Telescope...more...

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2009-05-02_06-Fact or Fiction
Updated: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Angela Mailis discusses whether or not women have a higher pain tolerance than men...more...

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2009-05-02_05-Fever and Autism
Updated: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Dominick Purpura discusses the link between autism and fever...more...

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2009-05-02_04-Galactic Train Wreck
Updated: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Harald Ebeling discusses a galactic smash up...more...

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2009-05-02_03-Radio-Tagged Ants
Updated: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Elva Robinson talks about tracking ants as they search for a new home...more...

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2009-05-02_02-Short Toes for the Long Run
Updated: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Campbell Rolian discusses how short toes help us run...more...

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2009-05-02_01-Polly Wants to Polka
Updated: 2009-05-02 00:00:00
Description: Adena Schancher talks about birds that can bust a move...more...

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qq-2009-04-25_04-Blood Falls
Updated: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Description: A red waterfall in Antarctica hides secret life...more...

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qq-2009-04-25_03-Gasping Gators
Updated: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Description: Giving alligators the oxygen the dinosaurs had....more...

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qq-2009-04-25_02-Perambulating Pinniped
Updated: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Description: A fossil of a "walking seal."...more...

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qq-2009-04-25_01-A History of Violence
Updated: 2009-04-25 00:00:00
Description: Is violence part of human nature, really?...more...

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qq-2009-04-18_05-Limerick Contest
Updated: 2009-04-18 00:00:00
Description: Ten winners of our astronomical limerick contest....more...

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qq-2009-04-18_04-Erasing Fear
Updated: 2009-04-18 00:00:00
Description: Experiments with mice show how to remove conditioned fears....more...

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qq-2009-04-18_03-Manipulating Malaria
Updated: 2009-04-18 00:00:00
Description: Marking elderly mosquitoes for death may be the secret to malaria control....more...

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qq-2009-04-18_02-Amazon Ants
Updated: 2009-04-18 00:00:00
Description: Ants that have done away with the need for males....more...

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qq-2009-04-18_01-Getting Serious About Play
Updated: 2009-04-18 00:00:00
Description: Why do humans play?...more...

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2009-04-11_04-Science of Religion
Updated: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Description: Drs. Justin Barrett and David Sloan Wilson talk about why we've evolved religion...more...

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2009-04-11_03-Homeless Fish
Updated: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Isabelle Côté explains what the dilapidated state of Caribbean coral reefs means for fish populations...more...

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2009-04-11_02-Taming the Wild Rice
Updated: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Dorian Fuller talks about the 7000-year old legacy of domesticated rice....more...

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2009-04-11_01-Crab Pain
Updated: 2009-04-11 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Bob Elwood explains why he thinks crustaceans might feel pain....more...

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2009-04-04_05-Woolly Caterpillar Self-Medicates
Updated: 2009-04-04 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Michael Singer tells us about a caterpillar that ingests poison to flush out a nasty parasite...more...

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2009-04-04_04-Job Swap Ants
Updated: 2009-04-04 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Marla Sokolowski discusses how some ants beat their mandibles into ploughshares...more...

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2009-04-04_03-Nanomuscles
Updated: 2009-04-04 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Ray Baughman explains how to make bionic muscles from carbon nanotubes...more...

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2009-04-04_02-Seltzer Sequestration
Updated: 2009-04-04 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Barbara Sherwood Lollar discusses how to make club soda by sequestering CO2....more...

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2009-04-04_01-Embracing the Wide Sky
Updated: 2009-04-04 00:00:00
Description: Autistic savant, Daniel Tammet discusses his new book...more...

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qq-2009-03-28_02 - Nine Technologies - part 2
Updated: 2009-03-28 00:00:00
Description: Nine and a half technologies that could change the world. Part 2...more...

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qq-2009-03-28_01 - Nine Technologies - part 1
Updated: 2009-03-28 00:00:00
Description: Nine and a half technologies that could change the world. Part 1...more...

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2009-03-21_06-Fact or Fiction: Alcohol and Altitude
Updated: 2009-03-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Jose Lanca gives us the low-down on the effects of alcohol at altitude...more...

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2009-03-21_05-Wait a Second - What's an Attosecond?
Updated: 2009-03-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Paul Corkum, this year's Herzberg Gold Medal winner talks about attosecond physics...more...

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2009-03-21_04-GOCE - Feeling Gravity's Pull
Updated: 2009-03-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Mark Drinkwater talks about the European Space Agency's GOCE satellite...more...

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2009-03-21_03-Matriarchy Mystery
Updated: 2009-03-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Heather Watts explains why hyenas have evolved a matriarchal society...more...

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2009-03-21_02-Left-Handed Acid from Space
Updated: 2009-03-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Daniel Glavin explains why left-handed life on earth may come from outer space...more...

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2009-03-21_01-Bats Land Head-Under-Heals
Updated: 2009-03-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Daniel Riskin talks about bat-crobatics...more...

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2009-03-14_05-Sulfuric Sinkholes
Updated: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Bopaiah Biddanda discusses the exotic ecosystems found at the bottom of Lake Huron....more...

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2009-03-14_04-Late Fatierhood
Updated: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Description: Dr. John McGrath discusses the link between late-life fatherhood and the IQ of their kids....more...

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2009-03-14_03-Clovis Camel
Updated: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Doug Bamforth talks about a 13,000 year old stash of tools and what they were used for....more...

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2009-03-14_02-Planning a Pitch
Updated: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Mathias Osvath discusses Santino, a chimp with foresight and a mean underhand pitch....more...

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2009-03-14_01-Einstein's Telescope
Updated: 2009-03-14 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Evalyn Gates discusses her new book, Einstein's Telescope...more...

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2009-03-07_06-Fact or Fiction..."so"
Updated: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Maite Taboada discusses why often use the word "so" to begin a sentence...more...

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2009-03-07_05-Walk Like a Man
Updated: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Description: Professor Matthew Bennett has discovered 1.5 million year old human-like foot prints...more...

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2009-03-07_04-Fish Re-evolution
Updated: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Description: Dr. David Conover discusses the evolution of small fry...more...

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2009-03-07_03-Tracking Red Tides
Updated: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Raphael Kundela talks about solving a maritime mystery...more...

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2009-03-07_02-Binary Black Hole
Updated: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Todd Boroson discusses his discovery of a twin set of black holes...more...

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2009-03-07_01-Horsey-aeology
Updated: 2009-03-07 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Alan Outram discusses evidence of the first domesticated modern horse...more...

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2009-02-28_05-Kepler Mission
Updated: 2009-02-28 00:00:00
Description: Dr. David Koch discusses NASA's Kepler Mission and its mission to look for habitable planets...more...

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2009-02-28_04-Alien Life on Earth
Updated: 2009-02-28 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Paul Davies discusses the possibility of alien forms of life on Earth...more...

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2009-02-28_03-The Evolution of Moral Disgust
Updated: 2009-02-28 00:00:00
Description: Hanah Chapman discusses the link between our reaction to rotten food and rotten behaviour...more...

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2009-02-28_02-Leaping Lizards
Updated: 2009-02-28 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Gary Gillis discusses how losing their tail makes it hard for anole lizards to leap...more...

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2009-02-28_01-Secrets in Scavenger Scat
Updated: 2009-02-28 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Lucinda Backwell gives us the poop on the oldest sample of human hair...more...

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2009-02-21_05-Arctic Turtle
Updated: 2009-02-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Donald Brinkman discusses an ancient species of Arctic turtle...more...

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2009-02-21_04-Triceratops Tango
Updated: 2009-02-21 00:00:00
Description: Darren Tanke talks about how triceratops went head-to-head...more...

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2009-02-21_03-Losers with Winners' Brains
Updated: 2009-02-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Luke Clark discusses why our brains sometimes interpret losing like winning....more...

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2009-02-21_02-Spitting Cobras
Updated: 2009-02-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Bruce Young discusses how to wrangle sharp-shooting serpents...more...

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2009-02-21_01-Animals Make us Human
Updated: 2009-02-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Temple Grandin discusses her new book, Animals Make us Human...more...

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2009-02-14_04-Colouring your Cognition
Updated: 2009-02-14 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Juliet Zhu how different colours affect the way we think...more...

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2009-02-14_03-Titanboa - The Greatest Snake Ever
Updated: 2009-02-14 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Jason Head has discovered the fossil remains of the biggest snake ever - the Titanboa...more...

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2009-02-14_02-Flighty Songbirds
Updated: 2009-02-14 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Bridget Stutchbury has figured our a way of tracking just how fast and far migrating song birds can travel....more...

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2009-02-14_01-Your Brain in Love
Updated: 2009-02-14 00:00:00
Description: A feature documentary that explores our brain's natural love potions...more...

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2009-02-07_03-Dr. Olivia Judson
Updated: 2009-02-07 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Olivia Judson muses on how Darwin transformed biology from descriptive cataloging to a predictive science...more...

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2009-02-07_02- Dr. Steve Jones
Updated: 2009-02-07 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Steve Jones discusses his book, Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England...more...

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2009-02-07_01-David Quammen
Updated: 2009-02-07 00:00:00
Description: David Quammen discusses his new biography, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin...more...

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qq-2009-01-31_06-Frog Leg Feeding Frenzy
Updated: 2009-01-31 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Ian Warkentin explains how human gastronomical habits have taken a bite out of the world frog population...more...

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qq-2009-01-31_05-Vampire Star
Updated: 2009-01-31 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Alison Sills has discovered a class of stars that prey on neighbouring stars to stay eternally youthful....more...

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qq-2009-01-31_04-Face to Face
Updated: 2009-01-31 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Manos Tsakiris has found we don't know our own face as well as we think we do...more...

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qq-2009-01-31_03-Swarming and Serotonin
Updated: 2009-01-31 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Michael Anstey has figured out the neurochemistry behind locust swarms....more...

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qq-2009-01-31_02-Evolving Ant Avoidance
Updated: 2009-01-31 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Tracy Langkilde explains how fence lizards have taken evolutionary strides to escape fire ants...more...

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qq-2009-01-31_01-No-Sweat Workout
Updated: 2009-01-31 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Jamie Timmons explains how 6 minutes of exercise can make you healthier....more...

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qq-2009-01-24_05-Fact or Fiction and Letters
Updated: 2009-01-24 00:00:00
Description: Sugar and hyperactivity and feedback on "Physics for Presidents"...more...

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qq-2009-01-24_04-Old Growth, New Death
Updated: 2009-01-24 00:00:00
Description: Trees in old growth forests are dying sooner than in the past....more...

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qq-2009-01-24_03-Mammoth Impact
Updated: 2009-01-24 00:00:00
Description: Scientists think an impact might have killed off the Mammoths...more...

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qq-2009-01-24_02-Speedy Sperm
Updated: 2009-01-24 00:00:00
Description: Male fish have developed athletic sperm....more...

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qq-2009-01-24_01-Fruitless Fall
Updated: 2009-01-24 00:00:00
Description: The Collapse of Honeybee colonies and the implications for agriculture...more...

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qq-2009-01-17_05-Unnatural Selection
Updated: 2009-01-17 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Chris Darimont explains how human hunting has influences the evolution of our prey....more...

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qq-2009-01-17_04-Runway Stars
Updated: 2009-01-17 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Raghvendra Sahai has discovered a new class of stars - and they're on the move....more...

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qq-2009-01-17_03-The Mystery of the Meandering Martian Rocks
Updated: 2009-01-17 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Andrew Leier has figured out why the rocks on Mars' surface are so evenly distributed...more...

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qq-2009-01-17_02-Four-Eyed Fish
Updated: 2009-01-17 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Ron Douglas discusses the remarkable visual system of the spookfish...more...

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qq-2009-01-17_01-Physics for Future Presidents
Updated: 2009-01-17 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Richard Muller discusses his book on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration....more...

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Quirks&Quarks - 2009-01-10_05- Stem Cells and Cancer
Updated: 2009-01-10 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Mick Bhatia has discovered a way to tell cancer-causing stem cells from safe ones that can be used to treat diseases....more...

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Quirks&Quarks - 2009-01-10_04-What Does the Milky Weigh?
Updated: 2009-01-10 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Mark Reid explains why he thinks the Milky Way is a lot heavier than previously thought...more...

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Quirks&Quarks - 2009-01-10_03-Galactic Centre Stars
Updated: 2009-01-10 00:00:00
Description: Dr, Liz Humphreys has discovered stars forming next door to the super-massive black hole at the centre of our galaxy....more...

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Quirks&Quarks - 2009-01-10_02-Revealing Racism
Updated: 2009-01-10 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Kerry Kawakami discusses our indifference to racism....more...

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Quirks&Quarks - 2009-01-10_01-Alex&Me
Updated: 2009-01-10 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Irene Pepperberg talks about her research with the talking parrot, Alex...more...

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2009-01-03_05-Sucking CO2
Updated: 2009-01-03 00:00:00
Description: Drs. David Keith and Frank Zeman discuss ways of sequestering CO2 directly from the atmosphere...more...

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2009-01-03_04-Elephant Enclaves
Updated: 2009-01-03 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Noa Pinter-Wollman has discovered that groups of immigrant elephants keep to themselves...more...

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2009-01-03_03-Buzzed Bees
Updated: 2009-01-03 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Gene Robinson explains why he uses cocaine to give bees a buzz...more...

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2009-01-03_02-Hot Squirrels
Updated: 2009-01-03 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Murray Humphries discusses why mama squirrels need drafty nests...more...

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2009-01-03_01-Polar Bears get Crackin'
Updated: 2009-01-03 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Robert Rockwell talks about polar bears new favourite food...more...

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2008-12-13_06 - Sipping Snakes
Updated: 2008-12-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Harvey Lillywhite describes how sea snakes slake their thirst - by sipping from the surface of the sea....more...

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2008-12-13_05 - Disturbed Birds
Updated: 2008-12-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Isabelle-Anne Bisson explains that it's harder to ruffle bird's feathers than you may think...more...

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2008-12-13_04 - Mandible Mayham
Updated: 2008-12-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Jeremy Niven explains how termites use their lightening-fast mandibles to defend themselves....more...

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2008-12-13_03 - Captive Elephants
Updated: 2008-12-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Georgia Mason explains why zoo life is hard on elephants...more...

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2008-12-13_02 - Spider Size Doesn't Matter
Updated: 2008-12-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Michael Kasumovic has found that small male redback spiders get the jump on mates....more...

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2008-12-13_01 - Red Men, Green Women
Updated: 2008-12-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Michael J Tarr has found that men's and women's faces are tinted red and green, respectively....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-12-27_02 - Segmented Episode
Updated: 2008-12-27 00:00:00
Description: why cry?, surfacing worms, flat-topped solar system, what's a floater, efficient stair climbing...more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-12-27_01 - Segmented Episode
Updated: 2008-12-27 00:00:00
Description: orphan ants, urinary tract infections, new elements, sea mammal thirst, tiny black holes...more...

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qq-2008-12-20_04-Question - Lunar Impacts
Updated: 2008-12-20 00:00:00
Description: What would happen if a large asteroid struck the moon?...more...

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qq-2008-12-20_03-Caribou in the North
Updated: 2008-12-20 00:00:00
Description: The past and future of an important northern animal...more...

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qq-2008-12-20_02-Becoming Batman
Updated: 2008-12-20 00:00:00
Description: A scientist's instructions for becoming a super-hero....more...

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qq-2008-12-20_01-Imagining Head-Smashed-In
Updated: 2008-12-20 00:00:00
Description: How aboriginal americans convinced bison to kill themselves...more...

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2008-12-06_04-Fungus-Faced Bats
Updated: 2008-12-06 00:00:00
Description: DRs. Melissa Behr and David Blehert have identified the mysterious illness wiping out bats in the US and Canada....more...

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2008-12-08_03 - Robo-Lizards
Updated: 2008-12-06 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Terry Ord studies anole lizard communication with a robotic replica....more...

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2008-12-06_02 - Worm Hibernation
Updated: 2008-12-06 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Richard Roy explains how nematode worms cope with tough times....more...

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2008-12-06_01- 10 Ways the World Could End
Updated: 2008-12-06 00:00:00
Description: Bring on the Apocalypse - The Q&Q Guide to the End of the World....more...

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2008-11-22_04-Inefficient Ants
Updated: 2008-11-22 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Anna Dornhaus explains that worker ants aren't as efficient as scientists have thought....more...

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2008-11-22_03-Mammoth Redux
Updated: 2008-11-22 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Stephan Schuster talks about mapping the woolly mammoth genome....more...

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2008-11-22_02-Bisexual Beetles
Updated: 2008-11-22 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Sara Lewis discusses how homosexual copulation can lead to procreation in common flour beetles....more...

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2008-11-22_01- It's Alive!
Updated: 2008-11-22 00:00:00
Description: Leading scientists discuss how life may have got its start here on Earth....more...

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qq-2008-11-08_06 - Fact or Fiction: Dogs and Chocolate
Updated: 2008-11-08 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Alexa Bersenas give us the low-down on whether or not chocolate is poisonous for dogs...more...

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qq-2008-11-08_05 - Sea Lion Diving
Updated: 2008-11-08 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Andrew Trites has been looking into the Steller sea lions' mysterious decline...more...

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qq-2008-11-08_04 - Eagles and Otters
Updated: 2008-11-08 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Jim Estes talks about some complex ecological interactions that are being affected by humans...more...

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qq-2008-11-08_03 - Diesel Fungus
Updated: 2008-11-08 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Gary Strobel talks about a fungus that may provide us with biofuel...more...

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qq-2008-11-08_02 - Magnetic Planetesimals
Updated: 2008-11-08 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Sabine Stanley discusses the hot-shot mini planets that inhabited the early solar system...more...

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qq-2008-11-08_01 - Phoenix's Finale
Updated: 2008-11-08 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Leslie Tamppari talks about the Phoenix lander's final days near the Martian North Pole...more...

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qq-2008-11-15_05 - Dark Banquet
Updated: 2008-11-15 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Bill Schutt discusses his new book, Dark Banquet, a guide to nature's blood-sucking creatures....more...

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qq-2008-11-15_03 - Planet Trifecta
Updated: 2008-11-15 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Christian Marois has taken the first-ever optical image of a multi-planet solar system....more...

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qq-2008-11-15_03 - Zebra Finch IQ
Updated: 2008-11-15 00:00:00
Description: Neeltje Boogert explains the link between complex songs and bird smarts....more...

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qq-2008-11-15_02 - Killer Whale Sonar
Updated: 2008-11-15 00:00:00
Description: Dr. John Horne describes how killer whales use sonar to locate their favourite food, chinook salmon....more...

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qq-2008-11-15_01 - Smelling Cancer
Updated: 2008-11-15 00:00:00
Description: Dr. George Preti discusses how to detect cancer by artificially "smelling" it....more...

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qq-2008-11-01_05 - One Bug Ecosystem
Updated: 2008-11-01 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Gordon Southam has found the first ecosystem comprised of only one species. A very lonely little bacterium....more...

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qq-2008-11-01_04 - Herding Sabre-Toothed Cats
Updated: 2008-11-01 00:00:00
Description: As if one sabre-tooth cat wasn't enough! Dr. Blaire Van Valkenburgh thinks they may have hunted in packs....more...

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qq-2008-11-01_03 - The Voice of Ovulation
Updated: 2008-11-01 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Martie Haselton has found that women's voices get higher during ovulation....more...

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qq-2008-11-01_02 - Dinosaur Dance Floor
Updated: 2008-11-01 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Marjorie Chan describes a popular spot where dinos mixed, mingled and cut up the rug....more...

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qq-2008-11-01_01 - Vertical Farming
Updated: 2008-11-01 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Dickson Despommier talks about the farms of the future...more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-25_05 - Stressed Mama Birds
Updated: 2008-10-25 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Oliver Loves explains how maternal stress can be good for baby birds....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-25_04 - These Cones are Hot!
Updated: 2008-10-25 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Robb Bennett has discovered that evergreens lure insects with glowing pine cones....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-25_03 - The Obese Brain
Updated: 2008-10-25 00:00:00
Description: Cara Bohon explains that some people may become obese because they don't get enough enjoyment from their food....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-25_02 - X-ray Tape
Updated: 2008-10-25 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Carlos Camara has discovered the hidden energy in a humble office supply....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-25_01 - In Search of Time
Updated: 2008-10-25 00:00:00
Description: Dan Falk discusses his new book, In Search of Time....more...

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qq-2008-10-04_04-HIV History
Updated: 2008-10-04 00:00:00
Description: An HIV sample from 1960 throws new light on the history of the virus....more...

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qq-2008-10-04_03-Bow Bug Shoots Itself
Updated: 2008-10-04 00:00:00
Description: The froghopper uses an internal bow to shoot itself like an arrow....more...

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qq-2008-10-04_02-There Goes the Neighbourhood
Updated: 2008-10-04 00:00:00
Description: Guillemot colonies turn from neighborly to nasty when food runs short....more...

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qq-2008-10-04_01-Pond Scum Power
Updated: 2008-10-04 00:00:00
Description: Biofuel from Algae might be in our future....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-11 - Hubble and Trouble
Updated: 2008-10-11 00:00:00
Description: A feature documentary looking back at 15 years of astronomical history: the inception, challenges and scientific contributions of the Hubble Space Telescope....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-11 - Wasp Faces Friend or Foe
Updated: 2008-10-11 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Elizabeth Tibbetts has discovered that, like humans, wasps have excellent long-term memories for faces....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-11 - The Ideology of Biology
Updated: 2008-10-11 00:00:00
Description: Dr. James Fowler discusses how our genes influence our political choices...more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-11 - The Nobel Glow
Updated: 2008-10-11 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Martin Chalfie talks about winning this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-18_06
Updated: 2008-10-18 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Walter Joyce talks about an early precursor to turtles - before they were teenage, mutant or, well, even turtles....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-18_05
Updated: 2008-10-18 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Chris Stringer discusses the varied diet of Neanderthals...more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-18_04
Updated: 2008-10-18 00:00:00
Description: Brazilian Suicide Ants take one for the home team...more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-18_03
Updated: 2008-10-18 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Chet Moritz's device allows paralyzed monkeys to regain control of their arm...more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-18_02
Updated: 2008-10-18 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Jayne Yack discusses the improbable art (and science)of worm grunting...more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-10-18_01
Updated: 2008-10-18 00:00:00
Description: Dr. J.J. Kavelaars talks about two star-struck asteroids...more...

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qq-2008-09-06_04-The Old Grey Matter
Updated: 2008-09-06 00:00:00
Description: Cognitive problems in the elderly are due to distractions....more...

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qq-2008-09-06_03-Aggresive Faces
Updated: 2008-09-06 00:00:00
Description: Facial characteristics reveal aggressiveness in humans....more...

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qq-2008-09-06_02-The Rufous-and-White Wren
Updated: 2008-09-06 00:00:00
Description: An elusive duetting songbird....more...

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qq-2008-09-06_01-The Large Hadron Collider
Updated: 2008-09-06 00:00:00
Description: The world's largest, most expensive and most powerful scientific experiment opens this week....more...

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qq-2008-09-13_05 - Impact in Peru
Updated: 2008-09-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Lionel Jackson gives an eyewitness account of a meteorite impact crater in Peru....more...

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qq-2008-09-13_04 - SCUBA Bug
Updated: 2008-09-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Morris Flynn explains how some insects breath underwater....more...

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qq-2008-09-13_03 - Father's Nose Best
Updated: 2008-09-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Toni Ziegler has discovered that male marmosets have lower testosterone after they smell their babies....more...

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qq-2008-09-13_02 - Wetas Walking
Updated: 2008-09-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Darryl Gwynne talks about the enormous weta bug....more...

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qq-2008-09-13_01 - Keeping Our Cool
Updated: 2008-09-13 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Andrew Weaver's discusses his new book on climate change....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-09-20_05
Updated: 2008-09-20 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Kate Jackson discusses her book, Mean and Lowly Things....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-09-20_04
Updated: 2008-09-20 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Martin Blaser suggests that H pylori isn't always a the gut-busting bad guy....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-09-20_03
Updated: 2008-09-20 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Nicholas Money discusses fungi spores that travel at rocket-like speeds...more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-09-20_02
Updated: 2008-09-20 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Erin Baerwald explains why bats fall prey to wind turbines...more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-09-20_01
Updated: 2008-09-20 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Ray Jayawardhana discusses his discovery: the first direct image of an extrasolar planet....more...

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qq-2008-09-27_03-Carbon Pricing
Updated: 2008-09-27 00:00:00
Description: Economists think the real solution to climate change is emissions pricing....more...

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qq-2008-09-27_02-Quirks Carbon Quiz
Updated: 2008-09-27 00:00:00
Description: Test your knowledge about Canada's carbon emissions....more...

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qq-2008-09-27_01-The Ape's Appetite
Updated: 2008-09-27 00:00:00
Description: Apes prefer cooked cuisine to raw roughage....more...

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qq-2008-06-07_04-Clothes Make the Bird
Updated: 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Description: Painting birds reveals that a better looking bird seems to be a healthier and fitter one....more...

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qq-2008-06-07_03-The First Mom
Updated: 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Description: A fossil fish from nearly 400 million years ago has preserved embryos within it....more...

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qq-2008-06-07_02-Wolverine Frogs
Updated: 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Description: Several species of frogs are extruding bony claws through their skin....more...

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qq-2008-06-07_01-New Light on Vitamin D
Updated: 2008-06-07 00:00:00
Description: New research is showing hints of a range of benefits for Vitamin D....more...

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qq-2008-05-24_06-Monkey Junk Food
Updated: 2008-05-24 00:00:00
Description: Stressed and low status monkeys overindulge in junk food....more...

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qq-2008-05-24_05-Crustacean Kids, Parasite Parents
Updated: 2008-05-24 00:00:00
Description: A 100 year old mystery of what happens to a species of crustacean larvae is solved....more...

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qq-2008-05-24_04-Crafty Chameleon Camouflage
Updated: 2008-05-24 00:00:00
Description: Chameleons customize their camouflage for specific predator's eyes....more...

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qq-2008-05-24_03-Digging Deep for Life
Updated: 2008-05-24 00:00:00
Description: Microbial life is discovered 1500M below the sea floor....more...

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qq-2008-05-24_02-Frogamander - A Missing Link
Updated: 2008-05-24 00:00:00
Description: Paleontologists discover a 290 million year old amphibian....more...

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qq-2008-05-24_01-Birth of a Supernova
Updated: 2008-05-24 00:00:00
Description: Astronomers accidentally catch a supernova birth for the first time....more...

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qq-2008-05-31_05-Fact or Fiction - Catching a Cold
Updated: 2008-05-31 00:00:00
Description: Fact or Fiction - does a cold quit being infectious before the symptoms go away?...more...

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qq-2008-05-31_04-Biochar-Black is the New Green
Updated: 2008-05-31 00:00:00
Description: Biochar could prove to be a boon for climate change and agriculture....more...

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qq-2008-05-31_03-Robomonkey
Updated: 2008-05-31 00:00:00
Description: A Monkey feeds itself with a mind controlled robot arm....more...

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qq-2008-05-31_02-Two-Mom Albatross Families
Updated: 2008-05-31 00:00:00
Description: Albatrosses females who can't find males, find female partners instead....more...

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qq-2008-05-31_01-Pterosaurs Walk the Walk
Updated: 2008-05-31 00:00:00
Description: A new view of flying reptiles walking and stalking....more...

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qq-2008-05-17_05-The Big Rip
Updated: 2008-05-17 00:00:00
Description: ...more...

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qq-2008-05-17_04-Mantis Shrimp Super Sight
Updated: 2008-05-17 00:00:00
Description: A savage shrimp sees in ways other animals don't....more...

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qq-2008-05-17_03-Cold Dry Bugs
Updated: 2008-05-17 00:00:00
Description: Antarctic flied dehydrate to avoid freezing....more...

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qq-2008-05-17_02-Dieting Fish
Updated: 2008-05-17 00:00:00
Description: Fish diet to stay out of trouble....more...

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qq-2008-05-17_01- Landing of the Phoenix
Updated: 2008-05-17 00:00:00
Description: The Phoenix mission to Mars lands next week carry Canadian instruments....more...

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qq-2008-05-10_05-The Ferocious Summer
Updated: 2008-05-10 00:00:00
Description: Tracing a terrible season for Antarctic Penguins....more...

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qq-2008-05-10_04-Eating Monte Verde Greens
Updated: 2008-05-10 00:00:00
Description: Seaweed discovered in one of the earliest American human settlements....more...

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qq-2008-05-10_03-Rats in the Clouds
Updated: 2008-05-10 00:00:00
Description: A species missing for a century has been rediscovered....more...

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qq-2008-05-10_02-Food for Thought
Updated: 2008-05-10 00:00:00
Description: The benefits of breast feeding for the brain....more...

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qq-2008-05-10_01-The Love Flower
Updated: 2008-05-10 00:00:00
Description: An orchid seduces wasps....more...

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qq-2008-05-03_04 - Intelligence
Updated: 2008-05-03 00:00:00
Description: Trying to understand what intelligence is and how we measure it....more...

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qq-2008-05-03_03 - Spin Science
Updated: 2008-05-03 00:00:00
Description: A Canadian researcher uncovers a 100 year old mystery about the science of vortices....more...

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qq-2008-05-03_02 - Babbling Baby Birds
Updated: 2008-05-03 00:00:00
Description: Finding out that baby birds babble, just like humans....more...

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qq-2008-05-03_01 - T. rex: nothing to sniff at
Updated: 2008-05-03 00:00:00
Description: Re-examining the skull of Tyrranosaurus rex to determine just how well it could smell....more...

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qq-2008-04-19_05-Arctic Ice Shelves
Updated: 2008-04-19 00:00:00
Description: Ellesmere Island's ice shelves are disintegrating....more...

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qq-2008-04-19_04-Greenland Floods
Updated: 2008-04-19 00:00:00
Description: Watching lakes on the Greenland Ice Cap drain away....more...

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qq-2008-04-19_03-Barbary Lions
Updated: 2008-04-19 00:00:00
Description: Tracking lions from the tower of London....more...

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qq-2008-04-19_02-Neanderthals Speak!
Updated: 2008-04-19 00:00:00
Description: Computers model the Neanderthal vocal tract, and possibly what their voices sounded like....more...

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qq-2008-04-19_01-Kluge
Updated: 2008-04-19 00:00:00
Description: A new book looks at just how jury-rigged our brain actually is....more...

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qq-2008-04-19_05-Argus_Satellite
Updated: 2008-04-26 00:00:00
Description: A new kind of spy satellite will be tracking carbon emissions from space....more...

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qq-2008-04-19_04-The Hot Topic
Updated: 2008-04-26 00:00:00
Description: A new book on the problems of and solutions to future climate change....more...

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qq-2008-04-19_03-Plight of the Bumblebee
Updated: 2008-04-26 00:00:00
Description: Wild bumblebees in Ontario seem to be disappearing....more...

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qq-2008-04-19_02-Diet and Baby Sex
Updated: 2008-04-26 00:00:00
Description: Womens diet before conception may influence the sex of their offspring....more...

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qq-2008-04-19_01-Pulling the Plug on a Carbon Sink
Updated: 2008-04-26 00:00:00
Description: Pine-beetle killed forests in BC are releasing huge amounts of carbon....more...

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qq-2008-04-12_05 - What Bugged the Dinosaurs
Updated: 2008-04-12 00:00:00
Description: A new hypothesis that suggests part of the reason dinosaurs went extinct was thanks to diseases carried by insects....more...

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qq-2008-04-12_04 - Fresh Fish
Updated: 2008-04-12 00:00:00
Description: Discovery of a brand new species of fish, with unusual traits, including binocular vision and a flat face....more...

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qq-2008-04-12_03 - Listening in on Mouse Orgasms
Updated: 2008-04-12 00:00:00
Description: Listening to the vocalizations made by mice during sex can tell us how to measure their pleasure....more...

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qq-2008-04-12_02 - The Earliest Sex
Updated: 2008-04-12 00:00:00
Description: Evidence that multicellular creatures were reproducing sexually as far back as 560 million years ago, which is further back than anyone had expected....more...

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qq-2008-04-12_01 - Male Monkeys prefer Boys Toys
Updated: 2008-04-12 00:00:00
Description: Experiments establishing male rhesus monkeys prefer playing with toys considered stereotypically male, such as cars and trucks....more...

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qq-2008-04-05_06 - Dolphin Toys
Updated: 2008-04-05 00:00:00
Description: How Chinese River Dolphins make themselves more attractive by picking up adornments....more...

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qq-2008-04-05_05 - Aztec Arithmetic
Updated: 2008-04-05 00:00:00
Description: Decoding the script of Aztec documents to figure out the units of measurement applied to land maps....more...

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qq-2008-04-05_04 - Old Gold
Updated: 2008-04-05 00:00:00
Description: Discovering the oldest gold artifact in the Americas....more...

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qq-2008-04-05_03 - Screaming Cowbirds
Updated: 2008-04-05 00:00:00
Description: How sharing a nest with a cowbird chick makes other birds scream louder....more...

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qq-2008-04-05_02 - Head-butting Dinos
Updated: 2008-04-05 00:00:00
Description: Figuring out whether or not certain dinosaurs could butt heads without giving themselves concussions....more...

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qq-2008-04-05_01 - Old Poop
Updated: 2008-04-05 00:00:00
Description: Archaeologist describes finding a coprolite (fossilized feces) left by one of the earliest inhabitant of the Americas....more...

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qq-2008-03-29_05-Ancient Corn
Updated: 2008-03-29 00:00:00
Description: The oldest evidence of domesticated corn ever discovered....more...

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qq-2008-03-29_04-Gamma Ray Burst
Updated: 2008-03-29 00:00:00
Description: The largest Gamma-Ray Burst ever observed hit Earth last week....more...

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qq-2008-03-29_03-Improv and your Brain
Updated: 2008-03-29 00:00:00
Description: Improve jazz players lower their inhibitions....more...

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qq-2008-03-29_02-Chimps Risky Business
Updated: 2008-03-29 00:00:00
Description: Apes' gambling habits might explain part of human economics....more...

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qq-2008-03-29_01-Geoengineering
Updated: 2008-03-29 00:00:00
Description: Engineering the earth to avoid climate disaster....more...

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qq-2008-03-22_05-Fact or Fiction
Updated: 2008-03-21 00:00:00
Description: Fact or Fiction - Can cats jump many seven times their body length?...more...

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qq-2008-03-22_04-Six String Science
Updated: 2008-03-21 00:00:00
Description: A guitar made to illustrate stories in science....more...

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qq-2008-03-22_03-Alligator Lungs
Updated: 2008-03-21 00:00:00
Description: Alligators use their lungs to manoeuver in the water...more...

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qq-2008-03-22_02-Anna's Hummingbird
Updated: 2008-03-21 00:00:00
Description: A hummingbird that chirps in an unusual way....more...

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qq-2008-03-22_01-Physics of the Impossible
Updated: 2008-03-21 00:00:00
Description: Dr. Michio Kaku's new book on what just might be in our future....more...

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qq-2008-03-08_05-DIY Event Horizon
Updated: 2008-03-08 00:00:00
Description: Creating the edge of a Black Hole in the lab....more...

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qq-2008-03-08_04-Wolves & Coyotes
Updated: 2008-03-08 00:00:00
Description: How Coyotes deal with no longer being top dog when wolves return....more...

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qq-2008-03-08_03-Battling Loons
Updated: 2008-03-08 00:00:00
Description: Loons battle to the death to protect their territories....more...

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qq-2008-03-08_02-Shark Cafe
Updated: 2008-03-08 00:00:00
Description: Where great white sharks go to meet and greet....more...

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qq-2008-03-08_01-Shock Therapy
Updated: 2008-03-08 00:00:00
Description: A new book looks at the history of this controversial psychiatric tool....more...

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qq-2008-03-15_05-Feedback - ECT
Updated: 2008-03-15 00:00:00
Description: Listener comments on last week's piece on Electro Convulsive Therapy....more...

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qq-2008-03-15_04-Fact or Fiction - Morning Sickness
Updated: 2008-03-15 00:00:00
Description: Does morning sickness signal a healthy pregnancy?...more...

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qq-2008-03-15_03-Monkey Talk
Updated: 2008-03-15 00:00:00
Description: Putty-nosed monkeys make complex communications with simple calls....more...

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qq-2008-03-15_02-Pharaoh's Asses
Updated: 2008-03-15 00:00:00
Description: Discovery of donkeys in a pharaoh's tomb....more...

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qq-2008-03-15_01-Is There Anybody Out There?
Updated: 2008-03-15 00:00:00
Description: Searching for life across the universe....more...

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qq-2008-03-01_06-The Q&Q Guide to Space
Updated: 2008-03-01 00:00:00
Description: The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space is in bookstores now...more...

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qq-2008-03-01_05-The Great Warming
Updated: 2008-03-01 00:00:00
Description: A look at what the Medieval warm period has to teach us about human history and climate change....more...

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qq-2008-03-01_04-Follicular Forensics
Updated: 2008-03-01 00:00:00
Description: Traces of isotopes in water are preserved in hair....more...

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qq-2008-03-01_03-Earth is Doomed - Again!
Updated: 2008-03-01 00:00:00
Description: A last hope reprieve for the Earth has been struck down, and the Sun will swallow it - in billions of years....more...

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qq-2008-03-01_02-Birth of a Magnetar?
Updated: 2008-03-01 00:00:00
Description: Canadian Astronomers see a young pulsar possibly morphing into something even stranger....more...

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qq-2008-03-01_01-Dextre - Giving Canadarm a Hand
Updated: 2008-03-01 00:00:00
Description: Dextre, a robotic maintenance technician, will fly on the International Space Station....more...

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qq-2008-02-23_05-Featherd Fashions
Updated: 2008-02-23 00:00:00
Description: Male birds must look their best, but the best changes from year to year....more...

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qq-2008-02-23_04-Butterfly Mimics
Updated: 2008-02-23 00:00:00
Description: What happens when butterflies have to remove their costumes...more...

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qq-2008-02-23_03-Gecko band-aids
Updated: 2008-02-23 00:00:00
Description: New medical devices take a tip from the gecko's feet....more...

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qq-2008-02-23_02-Salt and Vinegar Mars
Updated: 2008-02-23 00:00:00
Description: Evidence from the Mars Landers indicates Mars was wet - but salty and acidic too....more...

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qq-2008-02-23_01-Your Inner Fish
Updated: 2008-02-23 00:00:00
Description: Evolutionary Biologist Neil Shubin takes us on a historical tour of our anatomy...more...

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qq-2008-02-16_05-Fact or Fiction
Updated: 2008-02-16 00:00:00
Description: Apple seeds are poisonous. Fact or Fiction?...more...

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qq-2008-02-16_04-Nitrogen Dead Zone
Updated: 2008-02-16 00:00:00
Description: Declining fish stocks are aggravating nitrogen pollution...more...

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qq-2008-02-16_03-Hunting Spiders
Updated: 2008-02-16 00:00:00
Description: How spiders hunt affects how their ecosystem operates...more...

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qq-2008-02-16_02-Fossil Bat
Updated: 2008-02-16 00:00:00
Description: A newly described bat fossil shows flight preceded echolocation....more...

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qq-2008-02-16_01-Multi-Tasking
Updated: 2008-02-16 00:00:00
Description: Can the human brain handle multi-tasking?...more...

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qq-2008-02-09_06 - Solar Gas
Updated: 2008-02-09 00:00:00
Description: Creating gasoline from solar energy....more...

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qq-2008-02-09_05 - Extinction Crater
Updated: 2008-02-09 00:00:00
Description: Explaining why the Chicxulub crater proved deadly....more...

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qq-2008-02-09_04 - Baboon Family Values
Updated: 2008-02-09 00:00:00
Description: Male baboons provide more than just companionship for their offspring, it turns out the children of males who stick around, mature earlier....more...

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qq-2008-02-09_03 - The Barnacle's Penis
Updated: 2008-02-09 00:00:00
Description: Evolution has provided the Barnacle with the perfect tool for the job, a penis four times its own body length....more...

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qq-2008-02-09_02 - Bionic Lens
Updated: 2008-02-09 00:00:00
Description: A form of contact lens that changes the meaning of heads-up display, it projects the image directly onto your eyeball....more...

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qq-2008-02-09_01 - Energy Brace
Updated: 2008-02-09 00:00:00
Description: A device that straps to your leg and uses the motion of your knee to produce electricity....more...

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qq-2008-02-02_04-Geothermal - The Energy Underground
Updated: 2008-02-02 00:00:00
Description: The future of geothermal energy, enhanced geothermal and geo-exchange....more...

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qq-2008-02-02_03-Bee Dancing
Updated: 2008-02-02 00:00:00
Description: Queens who mate a lot get better dancers and a better hive....more...

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qq-2008-02-02_02-Kangaroo Burps
Updated: 2008-02-02 00:00:00
Description: Trying to make cows burp methane free - like kangaroos do....more...

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qq-2008-02-02_01-Shields Up!
Updated: 2008-02-02 00:00:00
Description: Physicists have developed and experimental deflector shield...more...

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qq-2008-01-26_06-Solar Bug
Updated: 2008-01-26 00:00:00
Description: Male bugs use solar power to heat up before sex....more...

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qq-2008-01-26_05-Berry Nice Ants
Updated: 2008-01-26 00:00:00
Description: A Parasite makes ant rear ends look like tasty berries....more...

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qq-2008-01-26_04-Antarctic Volcano
Updated: 2008-01-26 00:00:00
Description: A volcanic eruption under the Antarctic Ice Cap might be affecting the ice....more...

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qq-2008-01-26_03-Dinosaur Teen Moms
Updated: 2008-01-26 00:00:00
Description: Fossils reveal dinosaurs mated early and often....more...

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qq-2008-01-26_02-Cosmic Cloud
Updated: 2008-01-26 00:00:00
Description: An interstellar gas cloud is on a collision course with our galaxy....more...

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qq-2008-01-26_01-Stardust Returns
Updated: 2008-01-26 00:00:00
Description: First results from a mission to catch comet dust....more...

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qq-2008-01-19_05-Too Cold to Snow?
Updated: 2008-01-19 00:00:00
Description: Fact or Fiction: Can it be too cold to snow?...more...

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qq-2008-01-19_04-Mistakes Were Made
Updated: 2008-01-19 00:00:00
Description: Why humans rationalize bad decisions and errors....more...

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qq-2008-01-19_03-Seal Dialects
Updated: 2008-01-19 00:00:00
Description: Weddell seals hum their tunes with characteristic accents....more...

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qq-2008-01-19_02-Snakeskin and Squirrels
Updated: 2008-01-19 00:00:00
Description: Squirrels disguise themselves with the skin-scent of their enemies....more...

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qq-2008-01-19_01-Columbus and Syphilis
Updated: 2008-01-19 00:00:00
Description: Columbus brought the treasures of the new world - and venereal disease - back to Europe...more...

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qq-2008-01-12_05-Rocketeers
Updated: 2008-01-12 00:00:00
Description: Profiling the private space enthusiasts who may take the next steps in space exploration....more...

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qq-2008-01-12_04-Crater Lake
Updated: 2008-01-12 00:00:00
Description: Pingualuit crater lake in northern Quebec preserves a unique geological record....more...

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qq-2008-01-12_03-Origins of Skating
Updated: 2008-01-12 00:00:00
Description: Researchers have discovered the origins of skating....more...

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qq-2008-01-12_02-Dark Matter Map
Updated: 2008-01-12 00:00:00
Description: Canadian astronomers have produced the most detailed map of the Dark Matter ever made....more...

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qq-2008-01-12_01-Mars' Near Miss
Updated: 2008-01-12 00:00:00
Description: An Asteroid thought to be on a collision course with Mars will now miss....more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2008-01-05
Updated: 2008-01-05 00:00:00
Description: The Physics of Information - A panel discussion on what the universe is really made from....more...

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qq-2007-12-29_02-Question Show Part 2
Updated: 2007-12-29 00:00:00
Description: Question Show Part 2 - Why don't scars fade? Is the Ice cap grounded? Can I see the moon in the arctic winter?...more...

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qq-2007-12-29_01-Question Show Part 1
Updated: 2007-12-29 00:00:00
Description: Question Show Part 1 - Can my dog catch my cold? Is caffeine a diuretic, What's the oldest planet?...more...

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qq-2007-12-22_05-Swimming after Eating
Updated: 2007-12-22 00:00:00
Description: Fact or Fiction - is it safe to swim after eating?...more...

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qq-2007-12-22_04-Seeking Extrasolar Planets
Updated: 2007-12-22 00:00:00
Description: Dr. David Charbonneau uncovers the secrets of planets around nearby stars....more...

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qq-2007-12-22_03-Amorous Antelope Antics
Updated: 2007-12-22 00:00:00
Description: Topi Antelopes have sexually Aggressive females....more...

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qq-2007-12-22_02-Themis & the Northern Lights
Updated: 2007-12-22 00:00:00
Description: The Themis mission returns its first results....more...

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qq-2007-12-22_01-Baboon Metaphysics
Updated: 2007-12-22 00:00:00
Description: Baboon Metaphysics: The evolution of a social mind....more...

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qq-2007-12-15_03-Good Germs, Bad Germs
Updated: 2007-12-15 00:00:00
Description: Jessica Snyder Sachs looks at a new understanding of our relationship with microbes in Good Germs, Bad Germs....more...

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qq-2007-12-15_02-The Last Wild Wolves
Updated: 2007-12-15 00:00:00
Description: Ian McAllister documents a unique population of wolves in the Great Bear Forest....more...

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qq-2007-12-15_01-Measuring Mother Earth
Updated: 2007-12-15 00:00:00
Description: Heather Robertson discusses her new biography of Canadian explorer and geologist Joseph Tyrrell...more...

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qq-2007-12-08_06 - Aphid Farming Ants
Updated: 2007-12-08 00:00:00
Description: How ants prevent aphids from escaping...more...

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qq-2007-12-08_05 - Super Supernova
Updated: 2007-12-08 00:00:00
Description: Explaining the origin of a massive supernova...more...

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qq-2007-12-08_04 - Kicking Out Old Stars
Updated: 2007-12-08 00:00:00
Description: Discovery that white dwarf stars get kicked out of their galaxies when they're formed....more...

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qq-2007-12-08_03 - Dolphins Carry Young
Updated: 2007-12-08 00:00:00
Description: How 'echelon swimming,' a special form of swimming used by mother and young dolphins is like being carried....more...

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qq-2007-12-08_02 - Humpback Whale Communication
Updated: 2007-12-08 00:00:00
Description: Understanding the language of humpback whales...more...

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qq-2007-12-08_01 - Dinosaur Road Kill
Updated: 2007-12-08 00:00:00
Description: Discovery of a new dinosaur species, originally uncovered a century ago, but ignored until now....more...

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qq-2007-12-01_06-Good-Bad Calories revisited
Updated: 2007-12-01 00:00:00
Description: Listener feedback on our interview with Gary Taubes, author of Good Calories, Bad Calories...more...

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qq-2007-12-01_05-Monkeys on Strike
Updated: 2007-12-01 00:00:00
Description: Monkeys have a sense of fairness and will strike if treated unfairly....more...

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qq-2007-12-01_04-Microbial Hydrogen
Updated: 2007-12-01 00:00:00
Description: Microbes given an electrical boost produce hydrogen....more...

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qq-2007-12-01_03-Squirrels with Personality
Updated: 2007-12-01 00:00:00
Description: Squirrels with different personality types are suited to different environmental conditions....more...

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qq-2007-12-01_02-Pain and Paris Hilton
Updated: 2007-12-01 00:00:00
Description: Pictures of the socialite stress out mice, but sooth their pain....more...

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qq-2007-12-01_01-Venus Express
Updated: 2007-12-01 00:00:00
Description: Results from the European Space Agency's mission to Venus...more...

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Quirks & Quarks - 2007-11-24
Updated: 2007-11-24 00:00:00
Description: Canada 2050 - Our Future in a Changing Climate. Theme copyright Creative Commons by 2.0, composed by Bibisolon...more...

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qq-2007-11-17_05-Fact or Fiction - Pregnancy and Sex
Updated: 2007-11-17 00:00:00
Description: Does sex late in pregnancy bring on labour?...more...

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qq-2007-11-17_04-Fainting Astronaut
Updated: 2007-11-17 00:00:00
Description: Investigating why long-duration spaceflight makes returned astronauts prone to faint....more...

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qq-2007-11-17_03-Chocolate Beer
Updated: 2007-11-17 00:00:00
Description: Ancient South Americans first used chocolate in their beer....more...

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qq-2007-11-17_02-Avian Time Share
Updated: 2007-11-17 00:00:00
Description: Two families of migrating birds have found a way to share a nest....more...

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qq-2007-11-17_01-Good Calories Bad Calories
Updated: 2007-11-17 00:00:00
Description: A controversial new book suggests it's too much carbohydrate that makes us fat....more...

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qq-2007-11-10_04-Chemical Class for Fish Schools
Updated: 2007-11-10 00:00:00
Description: How pollutants at low levels are interfering with killifish's ability to form schools....more...

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qq-2007-11-10_03-Soft Body Fossils
Updated: 2007-11-10 00:00:00
Description: The discovery of two fossil beds in Manitoba, that yield large numbers of fossils from soft bodied animals....more...

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qq-2007-11-10_02-Messing up Migration
Updated: 2007-11-10 00:00:00
Description: Learning how birds migrate, by moving them thousands of kilometres away from their normal migration routes...more...

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qq-2007-11-10_01-Before the Big Bang
Updated: 2007-11-10 00:00:00
Description: Looking at new ideas of the history of the universe from before the Big Bang...more...

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QQ-040807-01-Stardust Results
Updated: 2007-08-04 00:00:00
Description: The latest results from the Stardust probe reveal the secrets of the comets....more...

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QQ-30-12-06_02-Question Show Part 2
Updated: 2006-12-30 00:00:00
Description: The Quirks Holiday Question Show, Part 2...more...

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QQ-30-12-06_01-Question Show Part 1
Updated: 2006-12-30 00:00:00
Description: The Quirks Holiday Question Show, Part 1...more...

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05-Artificial Muscle
Updated: 2006-04-29 13:13:54
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04-Drake Passage
Updated: 2006-04-29 13:13:54
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03-Mosquitos and Malaria
Updated: 2006-04-29 13:13:54
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02-Hyena Hormones
Updated: 2006-04-29 13:13:54
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01-Chernobyl's Biological Legacy
Updated: 2006-04-29 13:13:54
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05-Question - Shave Gel
Updated: 2006-04-22 17:07:00
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04-Programming the Universe
Updated: 2006-04-22 17:07:00
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03-Finching for Mates
Updated: 2006-04-22 17:07:00
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01-Slowing the Sun
Updated: 2006-04-22 17:07:00
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05-Vatican Astronomer
Updated: 2006-04-15 14:35:16
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04-Pulsar Planet
Updated: 2006-04-08 15:36:40
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05-Carbon Absorbing Mammal
Updated: 2006-04-02 04:52:15
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04-Obesity Virus
Updated: 2006-04-02 04:52:15
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03-Mirror Neurons
Updated: 2006-04-02 04:52:15
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02-Meerkat Infanticide
Updated: 2006-04-02 04:52:15
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01-Stinking Baby Bugs
Updated: 2006-04-02 04:52:14
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05-Question - Golf in a Vacuum
Updated: 2006-03-25 16:05:29
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03-Mars Rovers Reprogrammed
Updated: 2006-03-25 16:05:29
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06-Question - Species
Updated: 2006-03-18 20:46:15
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05-Antimony
Updated: 2006-03-18 20:46:15
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04-Brain Band-Aid
Updated: 2006-03-18 20:46:15
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03-Whale Buffet
Updated: 2006-03-18 20:46:15
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02-Big Ugly Bugs
Updated: 2006-03-18 20:46:15
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05-Question - Tar Sands
Updated: 2006-03-11 14:20:01
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04-Coffee's Cardiac Conundrum
Updated: 2006-03-11 14:20:01
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01-Perils of Preemies
Updated: 2006-03-11 14:20:01
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05-Question - Hot Humans
Updated: 2006-03-06 14:25:42
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04-Sustainable Fossil Fuels
Updated: 2006-03-06 14:25:42
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03-Ice Age Plague
Updated: 2006-03-06 14:25:42
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02-Baby Talk
Updated: 2006-03-06 14:25:42
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01-Tuney Loons
Updated: 2006-03-06 14:25:42
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Pluto's New Moons
Updated: 2006-02-26 18:09:00
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Deja Vu
Updated: 2006-02-26 18:09:00
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Frog's Fatal Fungus
Updated: 2006-02-26 18:09:00
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Cane Toads' Long Legs
Updated: 2006-02-26 18:09:00
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Star Search
Updated: 2006-02-26 18:09:00
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Quirks and Quarks - Feb 18, 2006
Updated: 2006-02-18 17:49:41
Description: Headless Males, Mars Attacked, Eye-Witness, Plants and CO2, Breast Stem Cells...more...

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Quirks and Quarks - Feb 11, 2006
Updated: 2006-02-11 17:59:38
Description: Suspended Animation, T-Rex's Granddaddy, Persistent Chemicals, Question - Wet Plants...more...

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Sizing up the 10th Planet
Updated: 2006-02-04 22:30:18
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Save a Condor - Eat a Seal
Updated: 2006-02-04 22:30:17
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Sympathetic Weight Gain
Updated: 2006-02-04 22:30:17
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Exorcizing Exercise Myths
Updated: 2006-02-04 22:30:17
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Question - Babys Blood Type
Updated: 2006-01-28 17:07:00
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The Long Tomorrow
Updated: 2006-01-28 17:07:00
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Crested Dinosaur
Updated: 2006-01-28 17:07:00
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Ivory Stays Cool
Updated: 2006-01-28 17:07:00
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Whip Bird Accents
Updated: 2006-01-28 17:07:00
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Smallest Planet
Updated: 2006-01-28 17:07:00
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Question - Animal Immunity
Updated: 2006-01-22 04:05:51
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Asteroid Dust
Updated: 2006-01-22 04:05:51
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Bacterial Resistance
Updated: 2006-01-22 04:05:51
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Penguins Waddle
Updated: 2006-01-22 04:05:51
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Brain Surgery and Depression
Updated: 2006-01-22 04:05:51
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Question - Milk and Spice
Updated: 2006-01-14 17:07:00
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Trees and Methane
Updated: 2006-01-14 17:07:00
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Rotating Pulsars
Updated: 2006-01-14 17:07:00
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Dancing Symmetry
Updated: 2006-01-14 17:07:00
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Polar Bears
Updated: 2006-01-14 17:07:00
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Pluto - New Horizons
Updated: 2006-01-14 17:07:00
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Question - Leap Second
Updated: 2006-01-07 12:07:00
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Fish in Deep Trouble
Updated: 2006-01-07 12:07:00
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Electric Fish
Updated: 2006-01-07 12:07:00
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Ice Making
Updated: 2006-01-07 12:07:00
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Gorilla Menopause
Updated: 2006-01-07 12:07:00
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Stem Cell Scandal
Updated: 2006-01-07 12:07:00
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Question - Salty Mammals
Updated: 2005-12-31 17:07:00
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Brenda Milner
Updated: 2005-12-31 17:07:00
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Bat Brains and Balls
Updated: 2005-12-31 17:07:00
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Big Ape
Updated: 2005-12-31 17:07:00
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Body Image
Updated: 2005-12-31 17:07:00
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Question Show - Part 2
Updated: 2005-12-24 23:34:50
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Question Show - Part 1
Updated: 2005-12-24 23:34:50
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First Man
Updated: 2005-12-17 17:24:56
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Our Inner Ape
Updated: 2005-12-17 17:07:00
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Struck By Lightning
Updated: 2005-12-17 17:07:00
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30th Anniversary Show - Part 2
Updated: 2005-12-10 17:24:56
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30th Anniversary Show - Part 1
Updated: 2005-12-10 17:07:00
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Question - CO2 and Trees
Updated: 2005-12-03 17:07:00
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Carbon Capture and Storage
Updated: 2005-12-03 17:07:00
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Ancient CO2
Updated: 2005-12-03 17:07:00
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Ocean Acidification
Updated: 2005-12-03 17:07:00
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Current Issues
Updated: 2005-12-03 17:07:00
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Climate Runoff
Updated: 2005-12-03 17:07:00
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Starling Stress
Updated: 2005-11-12 17:07:00
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Space Tug
Updated: 2005-11-12 17:07:00
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Cricket Girls
Updated: 2005-11-12 17:07:00
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Pillow Fungus
Updated: 2005-11-12 17:07:00
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Theatre of the Mind
Updated: 2005-11-12 17:07:00
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Question - Vision
Updated: 2005-11-05 17:07:00
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More Multiple Dimensions
Updated: 2005-11-05 17:07:00
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Bears Shed in the Woods
Updated: 2005-11-05 17:07:00
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Mouse Opera
Updated: 2005-11-05 17:07:00
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Avian Flu Update
Updated: 2005-11-05 17:07:00
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Stem Cell Pioneers
Updated: 2005-10-28 21:00:02
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Space Beds
Updated: 2005-10-28 21:00:02
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Snow Fleas
Updated: 2005-10-28 21:00:02
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Nano Car
Updated: 2005-10-28 21:00:02
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Herceptin
Updated: 2005-10-28 21:00:02
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Calm, Fierce Mice
Updated: 2005-10-22 13:07:00
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Cichlid Studs
Updated: 2005-10-22 13:07:00
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Venus Express
Updated: 2005-10-22 13:07:00
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Devil's Garden
Updated: 2005-10-22 13:07:00
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Return of the Hobbit
Updated: 2005-10-22 13:07:00
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Nobel Prize, New Germ Theory
Updated: 2005-10-15 13:07:00
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Wolves in Banff
Updated: 2005-10-15 13:07:00
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Cheating Woodthrush
Updated: 2005-10-15 13:07:00
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Dinosaur Eggs
Updated: 2005-10-15 13:07:00
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Summer Repeat - Gamma Ray Extinction
Updated: 2005-08-13 13:07:00
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Summer Repeat - Bite Club
Updated: 2005-08-13 13:07:00
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Summer Repeat - Dinosaur Eggs
Updated: 2005-08-13 13:07:00
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Summer Repeat - Multiple Worlds, Parallel Universes
Updated: 2005-08-13 13:07:00
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