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Question Road Show from Halifax

Saturday, June 15, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |

This week, it's our annual Quirks & Quarks Question Road show - this year recorded live in the lovely Spatz Theatre in downtown Halifax.  On...

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The Return of Chris Hadfield * Oldest Primate Skeleton * Gill-net Drownings Depress Seabird Populations * Stung! Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean

Saturday, June 8, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |

Today on the program, we welcome Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield back to the planet after his five-month mission on the International Space Station. We'll also...

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Wings and White-nose Syndrome in Bats * Moss Revived After Centuries Under Ice * Fleshing out Allosaurus * Glitches in a Neutron Star * How the Turtle got its Shell * Malaria's Malign Modification of Mosquitos

Saturday, June 1, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |

Today on the program, we start with new insights into white-nose syndrome, which is devastating North American bats.  We also look at the fascinating discovery...

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Arctic Bacteria Survives Below Freezing * Earliest Evidence of Cooking Pots * Entangled Whales Suffer Slow Death * Gila Monster Food Dehydration * The Origin of Feces

Saturday, May 25, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |

Today on the program, we'll speak to the author of a new book, The Origin of Feces, about why waste matters.  Plus, we'll learn about...

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Oldest Water May Be Clue to Life on Mars * Oldest Evidence of Human Hunting * Humans and Dogs Evolved together * Apps for Apes * Beetles Make Antifreeze

Saturday, May 18, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |

Today on the program, we look into a project called Apps for Apes that uses iPads to provide mental stimulation for bored orangutans, and...

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Bone Head Dinosaur Diversity * Using Elephants to Study Dinosaur Metabolism * Hairy Bat Tongues Lap Liquid * Compound Eye Camera * Bone Worm Devours Whale Skeletons * Seeing Faster than the Eye can Follow

Saturday, May 11, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |

Today, the animal world amazes, inspires, frightens and delights us.  First up: new insights into small dinosaurs from a big bone, and experiments on elephants...

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Shark Embryos Cannibalize Their Siblings * Does Antimatter have Anti-gravity? * Humpbacks Take Fishing Tips From Friends * My Beloved Brontosaurus * Question Period - Moon's Moons

Saturday, May 4, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |

OK, Imagine a dinosaur.  Nope, you're wrong.  That's pretty much the lesson from a our guest today who's written a new book which examines why...

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Paleofantasy * Why Vermin Can't Vomit * Squirrel Stress Makes Big Babies * Better Bacterial Biofuels * Big Stars make Long Gamma-Ray Bursts

Saturday, April 27, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |

How did our ancestors live and can we learn lessons from them on how we should live today?  Well, a guest on today's program says...

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Parasitic Worm Inspires Better Skin Graft * Penis-like Organ Helps Bowheads Keep Cool * Beothuk Beliefs Inspired by Birds * Lake Erie Algae Bloom * Time Reborn

Saturday, April 20, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |

Does the universe have too much time or not enough? Or does it have any at all?  That's the question we examine this week as...

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Dinosaurs Great at Growing * Dinosaurs do the Duck Paddle * Monarch Butterflies Navigate Without Map * Shark Tooth Weapons Reveal Lost Species * Humans Caused Bird Extinctions in Pacific Islands * Electric Engines for Aircraft

Saturday, April 13, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |

This week, we have two exciting dinosaur discoveries involving Canadian researchers, one looking at  how dinosaurs grew, and the other an insight into  how...

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