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Quirks and Quarks - Babies Read Lips-qq2-Jun 30, 2012Jun 30, 2012 | 8:14Quirks and Quarks Babies Read Lips-qq2-Jun 30, 2012 Audio
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Quirks and Quarks - Male Moths Run Hot and Cold-qq1-Jun 30, 2012Jun 30, 2012 | 9:39Quirks and Quarks Male Moths Run Hot and Cold-qq1-Jun 30, 2012 Audio
Quirks and Quarks Male Moths Run Hot and Cold-qq1-Jun 30, 2012 Jun 30, 2012 | 9:39Male moths have to decide how much to warm up their flight muscles as they pursue a female.
Quirks and Quarks - Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat-qq5-Jun 23, 2012Jun 23, 2012 | 16:43Quirks and Quarks Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat-qq5-Jun 23, 2012 Audio
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Quirks and Quarks What Happened to the Harappans?-qq4-Jun 23, 2012 Jun 23, 2012 | 8:30Arid conditions may have contributed to the decline of the Harappan civilization 4 thousand years ago
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Quirks and Quarks Robust Robot-qq3-Jun 23, 2012 Jun 23, 2012 | 8:52A helicopter-like robot can survive a crash, re-orient itself, then fly again.
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Quirks and Quarks Brain Power-qq1-Jun 23, 2012 Jun 23, 2012 | 10:22Electric brain and nerve implants can be powered by glucose.
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Quirks and Quarks Fatal Flaws-qq4-Jun 16, 2012 Jun 16, 2012 | 14:26Jay Ingram and his book 'Fatal Flaws, How a Misfolded Protein Baffled Scientists and Changed the Way We look at the Brain'.
Quirks and Quarks - A NuStar in the Sky-qq3-Jun 16, 2012Jun 16, 2012 | 7:31Quirks and Quarks A NuStar in the Sky-qq3-Jun 16, 2012 Audio
Quirks and Quarks A NuStar in the Sky-qq3-Jun 16, 2012 Jun 16, 2012 | 7:31NASA's latest telescope NuStar is launched to look for the highest energy x-rays in space.
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