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Quirks and Quarks | Mar 28, 2009 | 31:35

9 1/2 Technologies That Could Change The World, Part 1

(part 1 of 2) Today on the program, we’re going to gaze into the near future, with a special full-edition look at 9 1/2 technologies that could change our world.

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Quirks and Quarks Apps For Apes, plus The Oldest Water on Earth, Oldest Evidence of Man's Best Friend, Evidence of The Earliest Human Butchers, and more - 2013/05/18 May 18, 2013 | 52:48Oldest Water May Be Clue To Life on Mars, Oldest Evidence of Human Hunting, Humans And Dogs Evolved Together, Apps For Apes, Beetles Make Antifreeze.
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 - Beetles Make Antifreeze - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 5May 18, 2013 | 7:11Quirks and Quarks Beetles Make Antifreeze - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 5 Audio
Quirks and Quarks Beetles Make Antifreeze - 2013/05/18 - Pt. 5 May 18, 2013 | 7:11Longhorn beetles survive -40C by making their own internal antifreeze.
Quirks and Quarks - Dinosaurs Big and Little, plus A 180 Lense Camera Based on Insect Eye, Hairy Bat Tongues, Acid Secreting Bone Worms, and more - 2013/05/11May 11, 2013 | 53:36Quirks and Quarks Dinosaurs Big and Little, plus A 180 Lense Camera Based on Insect Eye, Hairy Bat Tongues, Acid Secreting Bone Worms, and more - 2013/05/11 Audio
Quirks and Quarks Dinosaurs Big and Little, plus A 180 Lense Camera Based on Insect Eye, Hairy Bat Tongues, Acid Secreting Bone Worms, and more - 2013/05/11 May 11, 2013 | 53:36Bone Head Dinosaur Diversity, Using Elephants To Study Dinosaur Metabolism, Hairy Bat Tongues Lap Liquid, Compound Eye Camera, Bone Worms Devour Whale Skeletons, Seeing Faster Than The Eye Can Follow.
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 - 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.
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Quirks and Quarks The Universe's Baby Picture, plus How Sauropods Held Their Heads Up, Penguins Are Cooler Than You Thought, The Rhino Beetle is a Freaky Flier, and more - 2013-03-16 Mar 16, 2013 | 52:35Cell Phone Conversations Annoying and Distracting, Heat Triggers Dwarf Mistletoe, New Telescope Reveals Early Star Formation, Rhino Beetle is a Freaky Flier, Penguins Can Get Colder Than Cold, How Sauropod Dinosaurs Hold Their Heads.
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