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Quirks and Quarks - Using Elephants to Study Dinosaur Metabolism - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 2May 11, 2013 | 8:49Quirks and Quarks Using Elephants to Study Dinosaur Metabolism - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 2 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - No Kidding around-qq3-Feb 18, 2012Feb 18, 2012 | 7:42Quirks and Quarks No Kidding around-qq3-Feb 18, 2012 Audio
Quirks and Quarks No Kidding around-qq3-Feb 18, 2012 Feb 18, 2012 | 7:42Very young babies resent and remember being deceived.
Quirks and Quarks - Seeing Faster Than The Eye Can Follow - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 6May 11, 2013 | 8:40Quirks and Quarks Seeing Faster Than The Eye Can Follow - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 6 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - Compound Eye Camera - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 4May 11, 2013 | 9:12Quirks and Quarks Compound Eye Camera - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 4 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - Hairy Bat Tongues Lap Liquid - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 3May 11, 2013 | 8:19Quirks and Quarks Hairy Bat Tongues Lap Liquid - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 3 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - Does Antimatter Have Anti-Gravity? - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 2May 4, 2013 | 8:56Quirks and Quarks Does Antimatter Have Anti-Gravity? - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 2 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - Time Reborn - 2013/04/20 - Pt. 5Apr 20, 2013 | 17:43Quirks and Quarks Time Reborn - 2013/04/20 - Pt. 5 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - My Beloved Brontosaurus - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 4May 4, 2013 | 20:18Quirks and Quarks My Beloved Brontosaurus - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 4 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - Humans And Dogs Evolved Together - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 3May 18, 2013 | 8:08Quirks and Quarks Humans And Dogs Evolved Together - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 3 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - Oldest Water May Be Clue To Life On Mars - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 1May 18, 2013 | 10:20Quirks and Quarks Oldest Water May Be Clue To Life On Mars - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 1 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - Bone Worm Devours Whale Skeletons - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 5May 11, 2013 | 8:25Quirks and Quarks Bone Worm Devours Whale Skeletons - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 5 Audio
Quirks and Quarks Bone Worm Devours Whale Skeletons - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 5 May 11, 2013 | 8:25A bizarre worm secretes acid on to whale skeletons in order to extract nutrients from inside.
Quirks and Quarks - Bone Head Dinosaur Diversity - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 1May 11, 2013 | 10:08Quirks and Quarks Bone Head Dinosaur Diversity - 2013/05/11 - Pt. 1 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - Apps For Apes - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 4May 18, 2013 | 17:42Quirks and Quarks Apps For Apes - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 4 Audio
Quirks 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.
Quirks and Quarks - Quirks Question Period: The Moon's Moon - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 5May 4, 2013 | 4:03Quirks and Quarks Quirks Question Period: The Moon's Moon - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 5 Audio
Quirks and Quarks Quirks Question Period: The Moon's Moon - 2013/05/04 - Pt. 5 May 4, 2013 | 4:03The question 'can a moon have a moon?' is answered 'no' by a Canadian physicist.
Quirks and Quarks - Oldest Evidence Of Human Hunting - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 2May 18, 2013 | 9:25Quirks and Quarks Oldest Evidence Of Human Hunting - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 2 Audio
Quirks 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.

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