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Quirks and Quarks | Sep 18, 2010 | 5:04
Science Fact or Fiction: Blue Eyes
It is a science fact that blue eyes are more sensitive to light.
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May 18, 2013 | 7:11Quirks and Quarks Beetles Make Antifreeze - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 5 AudioQuirks and Quarks Beetles Make Antifreeze - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 5 May 18, 2013 | 7:11Longhorn beetles survive -40C by making their own internal antifreeze.
May 18, 2013 | 17:42Quirks and Quarks Apps For Apes - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 4 AudioQuirks and Quarks Apps For Apes - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 4 May 18, 2013 | 17:42A documentary report about a program in which Orangutans were given iPads to experiment with.
May 18, 2013 | 10:20Quirks and Quarks Oldest Water May Be Clue To Life On Mars - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 1 AudioQuirks and Quarks Oldest Water May Be Clue To Life On Mars - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 1 May 18, 2013 | 10:20Ancient water found near Timmins may include microbial life, and suggests similar findings in similar rocks on Mars.
May 18, 2013 | 8:08Quirks and Quarks Humans And Dogs Evolved Together - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 3 AudioQuirks and Quarks Humans And Dogs Evolved Together - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 3 May 18, 2013 | 8:08Humans and dogs developed parallel genes during the domestication process.
May 18, 2013 | 9:25Quirks and Quarks Oldest Evidence Of Human Hunting - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 2 AudioQuirks and Quarks Oldest Evidence Of Human Hunting - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 2 May 18, 2013 | 9:25Evidence that humans first hunted 2 million years ago has been found in East Africa.
May 11, 2013 | 8:19Quirks and Quarks Hairy Bat Tongues Lap Liquid - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 3 AudioQuirks and Quarks Hairy Bat Tongues Lap Liquid - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 3 May 11, 2013 | 8:19Hair on the tip of a bat's tongue becomes erect in order to extend the surface area.
May 11, 2013 | 8:40Quirks and Quarks Seeing Faster Than The Eye Can Follow - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 6 AudioQuirks and Quarks Seeing Faster Than The Eye Can Follow - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 6 May 11, 2013 | 8:40The brain can track an object, like a puck or ball, faster than the eye.
May 11, 2013 | 8:49Quirks and Quarks Using Elephants to Study Dinosaur Metabolism - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 2 AudioQuirks and Quarks Using Elephants to Study Dinosaur Metabolism - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 2 May 11, 2013 | 8:49Elephant sized dinosaur migrated at night to avoid over-heating.
May 4, 2013 | 8:56Quirks and Quarks Does Antimatter Have Anti-Gravity? - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 2 AudioQuirks and Quarks Does Antimatter Have Anti-Gravity? - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 2 May 4, 2013 | 8:56An experiment has been devised to answer whether or not antimatter falls up or down.
May 11, 2013 | 9:12Quirks and Quarks Compound Eye Camera - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 4 AudioQuirks and Quarks Compound Eye Camera - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 4 May 11, 2013 | 9:12An electronic camera has been developed based on the compound eye of an insect.
Apr 20, 2013 | 17:43Quirks and Quarks Time Reborn - 2013/04/20 - Pt. 5 AudioQuirks and Quarks Time Reborn - 2013/04/20 - Pt. 5 Apr 20, 2013 | 17:43In his new book 'Time Reborn' Dr. Lee Smolin argues that time is real.
May 11, 2013 | 10:08Quirks and Quarks Bone Head Dinosaur Diversity - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 1 AudioQuirks and Quarks Bone Head Dinosaur Diversity - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 1 May 11, 2013 | 10:08There may have been more small dinosaurs than previously thought.
Feb 18, 2012 | 7:45Quirks and Quarks Anti-biotic Booze-qq2-Feb. 18, 2012 AudioQuirks and Quarks Anti-biotic Booze-qq2-Feb. 18, 2012 Feb 18, 2012 | 7:45Fruit flies cure infections of parasitic wasps with alcohol.
Nov 3, 2012 | 9:04Quirks and Quarks Cracking a Cuneiform Code-qq2-Nov 3, 2012 AudioQuirks and Quarks Cracking a Cuneiform Code-qq2-Nov 3, 2012 Nov 3, 2012 | 9:04Scanning technology will be used to help decipher the 5,000 year old clay tablets from ancient Iran.
May 4, 2013 | 20:18Quirks and Quarks My Beloved Brontosaurus - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 4 AudioQuirks and Quarks My Beloved Brontosaurus - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 4 May 4, 2013 | 20:18In his new book 'My Beloved Brontosaurus' Brian Switek says popular culture has not kept up with scientific discovery.
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