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Dragging STEM forward, Lucy’s muscles, Canada Jay sibling rivalry, skateboards for preemies and sweet and sour cockroach treats from 2023-06-16T00:10
Dragging STEM forward - LGBTQ scientists perform their work for inclusion; Lucy was swole! Scientists reconstruct a 3.2 million-year-old hominid’s muscles; Canada Jay siblings fight to see who live...
ListenSee what these Canadian researchers were doing during their summer of Science from 2021-09-10T00:10
Visiting ‘acid lakes’ in Ontario to investigate how they’re recovering from acid rain; Researchers take advantage of'whale-palooza'gathering to study human-beluga interactions; Pesky bears complica...
ListenFast radio bursts, monkeys with a puberty switch, black hole at our galaxy’s centre, and forever chemicals from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A blast of radio waves in our galaxy gives insight into mysterious 'fast radio bursts'; These monkeys have a ‘puberty switch’ they flip when the right male comes along; Extreme Astrophysics: new No...
ListenWasps make cockroaches into zombies, water on the moon, how remoras surf whales, what Spirit bears do when we aren’t watching, and why hope matters in our environmental crisis and a continental question. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Forget fake vampires and ghouls, here’s a real life zombie story from nature; The moon’s a wetter place than we thought, and that could be critical for exploration; How remora 'sucker fish' use phy...
ListenIronclad beetle’s uncrushable shell, extinction made us upright and warm blooded, ‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate all of Canada, and a vet takes on great apes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The diabolical ironclad beetle’s super-tough shell can even resist being run over by a car; How birds and mammals got their evolutionary edge by getting their legs under them; How 'forever chemical...
ListenCoronavirus and pain, sampling an asteroid, intersex moles, wildfires and CO2, Angry Weather and oxygen from trees. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The coronavirus could be messing with your pain perception — and that could help it spread; A NASA probe with Canadian content will touch an asteroid next week; Which forest fires spew out the most...
ListenFat bears and living with grizzlies, singing dogs back from the dead, wasp ovipositor inspires medical device and the price of too much information. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Here’s how Canada’s grizzlies are faring during Fat Bear week; DNA testing confirms singing dogs aren’t extinct in the wild after all; A wasp’s gruesome egg-laying organ inspires a new medical tool...
ListenSep 26: Tailings pond detoxification, baboon friendship and longevity, ancient DNA in dirt, tickling rats for science and 5 ways the universe might die from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Oil sands tailings ponds are toxic. Canadian-made nanotech could help fix that. Male baboons make friends with females for just one reason: a longer life. Less than a teaspoon of dirt could hold th...
ListenSep 19: Woodpecker wars, hibernating squid, Viking DNA and COVID Vaccines from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In lethally violent ‘woodpecker wars’ some birds fight, and some just come for the show. Unlocking the secrets of jumbo squid hibernation might improve human medicine. Short, dark and southern — m...
ListenSep 12: Summer Science Special — Fishing with the boys, COVID garbage, recognizing Black birders and Cougar kills from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fisheries biologist copes with the shutdown by drafting his kids as research assistants. A stranded plastic pollution researcher maps COVID litter in her own backyard. Studying sparrows - and launc...
ListenJul 3: Quirks & Quarks podcast on hiatus until September from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Quirks & Quarks is on hiatus for the summer. Our podcast will resume with new programs in September. In the meantime, you can dig deep into the feed for programs you missed, or visit our website ...
ListenJune 27: The Quirks & Quarks Question show from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Another episode of the always fascinating, always fabulous, Quirks & Quarks listener Question Show. We're answering questions like: do viruses have predators? What do animals taste? How do you we...
ListenJun 20: A cosmic iceberg visit, female genetic superiority, a megadrought in the southwest and science fights Lyme disease invading Quebec from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Oumuamua could be a relic from giant clouds where stars are born (1:33). Female genetic superiority: when it comes to survival, two X chromosomes beat an X and a Y (9:55). Megadrought: will the sou...
ListenJun 13: What if we hadn’t locked down? The return of race science, a dinosaur’s last meal and maybe we can go to Mars, but should we? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What if we hadn’t locked down? Studies show we saved many millions of lives. (1:36) The return of race science — the quest to fortify racism with bad biology. (9:31) A dinosaur’s s last meal of fre...
ListenDetecting COVID in sewage, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, pet dogs fail at rescue, AI sources fossil poop, and the insect apocalypse from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The key to early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks might be in sewage. (1:42) SpaceX takes humans to orbit, but who loses in the new landscape of space launch? (9:05) Experiment shows dogs might be w...
ListenMay 30: Swearing makes pain more tolerable, Mt. St. Helens 40 years later, turning plants into carnivores and COVID reopening speedbumps from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The science of why bad words feel so good during painful moments (1:40). 40 years ago Mount St. Helens blew its top, here's how it got green again (10:05). Recycling spare genes was how some plants...
ListenMay 23: Can COVID cut climate emissions permanently? Robot stand-up comedy and more, evolving animals from worm guts to fish fingers and adapting to climate change on the prairies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Turning COVID-related drop in CO2 emissions into a plan to fight climate change. A stand-up robot understands that timing is the secret to comedy. Fish fingers and bilateral symmetry — new fossils ...
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