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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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Quirks and Quarks with Bob McDonald
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Saturdays at 12:05 p.m., Thursdays at 1:05 p.m.
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May 21, 2022: Losing sleep over climate change, growing plants in lunar soil, trilobite sex, the sound of biodiversity loss, carbon emissions and medical care and a question of blowing air.
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May 14, 2022: Ancient oyster mounds, seagrass’ sweet secret, saving the Mekong delta, reading minds to produce sound and next-gen COVID-19 vaccines
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May 7, 2022: Endangered tiny porpoise, Mars-quakes, thermal batteries, bloodworms metal fangs, finding alternatives to animal experimentation and why does coal release mercury?
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April 30, 2022: Avian flu outbreak, prehistoric art and firelight, the dingo genome, joggers save calories, Canada’s space tourist and what tsunamis do to marine life.
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April 23, 2022: Shallow water on Europa, tourists making iguanas diabetic, dolphin social networking, working out how dinosaurs walked and what to do to save the world’s coral reefs.
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Understanding geoengineering - why we need to investigate last resort to tackle climate change
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Is blocking out the sun our best bet to fix climate change?
Aired: April 24, 2021
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