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We cover every aspect of science, from the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom...and everything in between.

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This Week on Quirks & Quarks - November 21:

Countdown to Copenhagen

As the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen approaches, it is looking less and less likely that the participants will reach a new international agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. And this week's summit meeting between the presidents of the United States and China didn't bring that agreement any closer. But according to Dr. Tim Flannery, one of the world's leading climate specialists, the consequences of failure in Copenhagen would be disastrous for the world.

Plus - babies cry with a foreign accent, and a new cache of fossils reveals a world of strange prehistoric animals.

Recommended Reading

The new Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space: 42 Questions (and Answers) about Life, the Universe, and Everything.

Available in your local bookstore or order it online from the CBC shop.







And you can still order The Quirks & Quarks Question Book. It's available online from our publisher, McClelland & Stewart.