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Quirks and Quarks with Bob McDonald
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CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom... and everything in between.
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Saturdays at 12:05 p.m., Thursdays at 1:05 p.m.
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March 25, 2023: Oumuamua probably not an alien spaceship, dizzy great apes, infant delivery glove, prolifically peeing insects, atmospheric rivers and the gravity of climate change
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March 18, 2023: Earliest horsepeople, whales use ‘vocal fry’, plankton might migrate poleward, mapping a fruit fly brain and understanding the cuddly, cute and really strange koala
54:02
March 11, 2023: Encore of Quirks & Quarks’ 2005 special celebrating Albert Einstein’s impact on science
54:00
March 4, 2023: Owls' hunt under snow, elephant gardeners, bats' sensory moustaches, songbirds swarm their predators, cockatoos' tool use and seals appreciate a good rhythm
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Feb. 25, 2023: Giraffe romance, CO2 record interruption, stone-age farmer violence, recycled water purity and fears of a fungal future
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