Quirks and Quarks - Mar. 19, 2005

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CBC Radio's Science Radio Program Quirks & Quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom? and everything in between.

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  2009-01-03_01-Polar Bears get Crackin'
  Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Robert Rockwell talks about polar bears new favourite food
  
  
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  2009-01-03_02-Hot Squirrels
  Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Murray Humphries discusses why mama squirrels need drafty nests
  
  
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  2009-01-03_03-Buzzed Bees
  Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Gene Robinson explains why he uses cocaine to give bees a buzz
  
  
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  2009-01-03_04-Elephant Enclaves
  Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Noa Pinter-Wollman has discovered that groups of immigrant elephants keep to themselves
  
  
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  2009-01-03_05-Sucking CO2
  Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT
  Drs. David Keith and Frank Zeman discuss ways of sequestering CO2 directly from the atmosphere
  
  
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  Quirks & Quarks - 2008-12-27_01 - Segmented Episode
  Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  orphan ants, urinary tract infections, new elements, sea mammal thirst, tiny black holes
  
  
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  Quirks & Quarks - 2008-12-27_02 - Segmented Episode
  Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  why cry?, surfacing worms, flat-topped solar system, what's a floater, efficient stair climbing
  
  
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  qq-2008-12-20_01-Imagining Head-Smashed-In
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  How aboriginal americans convinced bison to kill themselves
  
  
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  qq-2008-12-20_02-Becoming Batman
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  A scientist's instructions for becoming a super-hero.
  
  
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  qq-2008-12-20_03-Caribou in the North
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  The past and future of an important northern animal
  
  
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  qq-2008-12-20_04-Question - Lunar Impacts
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  What would happen if a large asteroid struck the moon?
  
  
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  2008-12-13_01 - Red Men, Green Women
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Michael J Tarr has found that men's and women's faces are tinted red and green, respectively.
  
  
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  2008-12-13_02 - Spider Size Doesn't Matter
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Michael Kasumovic has found that small male redback spiders get the jump on mates.
  
  
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  2008-12-13_03 - Captive Elephants
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Georgia Mason explains why zoo life is hard on elephants
  
  
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  2008-12-13_04 - Mandible Mayham
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Jeremy Niven explains how termites use their lightening-fast mandibles to defend themselves.
  
  
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  2008-12-13_05 - Disturbed Birds
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Isabelle-Anne Bisson explains that it's harder to ruffle bird's feathers than you may think
  
  
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  2008-12-13_06 - Sipping Snakes
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Harvey Lillywhite describes how sea snakes slake their thirst - by sipping from the surface of the sea.
  
  
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  2008-12-06_01- 10 Ways the World Could End
  Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  Bring on the Apocalypse - The Q&Q Guide to the End of the World.
  
  
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  2008-12-06_02 - Worm Hibernation
  Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Richard Roy explains how nematode worms cope with tough times.
  
  
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  2008-12-08_03 - Robo-Lizards
  Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  Dr. Terry Ord studies anole lizard communication with a robotic replica.
  
  
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  2008-12-06_04-Fungus-Faced Bats
  Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT
  DRs. Melissa Behr and David Blehert have identified the mysterious illness wiping out bats in the US and Canada.