Features: December 2011 Archives

Thursday December 15, 2011

Hummingbird Mystery Solved

Ever wonder how the hummingbird manages such an incredible wing speed? Or how it changes direction on a dime?

Turns out it's not straightforward - it's humerus.

 

Listen to How Hummingbirds Fly: Tyson Hedrick: (Pop-up)

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Thursday December 1, 2011

A Whale of an Accent

On tomorrow's show, we'll be speaking to one of the researchers involved in an interesting and ongoing study out of the UK.

The research calls on members of the public to help identify whale dialects from different parts of the globe.

We'd love your help.

Go to Whale FM, do your part for science then let us know what you think.

OR... Give TALKBACK a call - 1-866-481-5718 (toll free) - to let us know what you think of the research.. and to give us your best impression of your local whale dialect.

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• January 2012
  • Tue., 31 – Voice recognition in Scotland
     
  • Fri., 27 – Cultural Hall of Shame (or) Poor OLD Jian
     
  • Tue., 24 – Warning: news may not be good.
     
  • Wed., 18 – Chris Hedges on the National Defense Authorization Act
     
  • Fri., 13 – Symphonic Cell
     
  • Thu., 12 – Operation Migration is a go once again
     
  • Wed., 11 – Pot Lungs
     
  • Wed., 11 – Northern Gateway
     
  • Wed., 11 – Dateline: Effin, Ireland
     
  • Fri., 6 – Featured Audio: Bobsled Withdrawal
     
• December 2011
  • Thu., 15 – Hummingbird Mystery Solved
     
  • Thu., 1 – A Whale of an Accent
     
• November 2011
  • Thu., 24 – Ann Patchett - Parnassus Books
     
  • Tue., 22 – Return to Tahrir
     
  • Wed., 16 – Featured Audio: New "Marcel the Shell" Video
     
• October 2011
  • Mon., 10 – Jim Thomson responds to Don Cherry
     
  • Fri., 7 – Swede meets weed
     
• September 2011
  • Wed., 28 – Mount Allison Memorial Library
     
  • Wed., 21 – Africville Heritage Trust
     
  • Wed., 21 – Canadian Air and Space Museum Closure
     
  • Tue., 20 – Omnibus Crime Bill: The View from Victim's Services 9/19/2011
     
  • Thu., 15 – Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz
     
• August 2011
  • Thu., 25 – Interview With Nurse Karen Graham In Tripoli
     
• July 2011
  • Fri., 29 – Ireland Church Abuse (extended version)
     
  • Fri., 1 – Afghanistan Archive Feature
     
• June 2011
  • Fri., 24 – G-20 Bill Blair (Extended Version)
     
  • Fri., 17 – Botswana Ambassador (extended version)
     
• March 2011
  • Fri., 25 – For the Record: Photocopier Transcript - An "As it Happens" Dramatization
     
• February 2011
  • Wed., 23 – Gene Sharp on Non-Violent Revolution
     
• January 2011
  • Wed., 19 – Word of the Day: "Bicimaquina"
     
  • Thu., 13 – Sarah Palin's "Blood Libel" Video - full response by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
     
• December 2010
  • Fri., 24 – Al Maitland Reads Frederick Forsyth's "The Shepherd"
     
• October 2010
  • Fri., 29 – As It Happens interview with Rob Ford, Toronto's Mayor Elect
     
• July 2010
  • Wed., 14 – Vermontasaurus
     
• October 2009
  • Wed., 21 – Brian Jungen
     
  • Wed., 14 – World's Hottest Curry
     
  • Thu., 8 – Pothole Art
     
• June 2009
  • Mon., 22 – Fastest Hummingbird
     
  • Mon., 1 – Iran's Election Crisis
     
• April 2009
  • Thu., 30 – Inside Hana's Suitcase - the story about Hana and George Brady
     
  • Tue., 21 – Farmer brings Nazi-bred cows back to Britain after 2,000 years
     
• March 2001
  • Thu., 29 – AIH pays respect to the man behind our theme song