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Sep 23: Studying the holes in an asteroid, Great Slave Lake life, stone-age wood and more…
Finding the right homes for bats, understanding marine heat waves and aurorae on other planets
Radio Quirks & Quarks September 22
Analysis: Bob's blog
A Canadian-made instrument is vital to asteroid sample return mission
Bob McDonald
Radio Quirks & Quarks September 22
Sep 16: Birth of a baby sperm whale, robot that runs on gas, ship pollution and clouds and more…
Radio Quirks & Quarks September 15
Analysis: Bob's blog
Electric vehicles could save thousands of lives by reducing pollution, new study finds
Bob McDonald
Radio Quirks & Quarks September 15
Whale scientists capture the sights and sounds of a baby sperm whale birth for the first time
Radio Quirks & Quarks September 15
Sep 9: Science in the field special
Radio Quirks & Quarks September 8

Analysis: Bob's blog

SpaceX multi-engine Starship harkens back to early days of flights to the moon

Radio Quirks & Quarks September 8

Why aren't animals as vivid as birds? Can you store light in a battery? Our fabulous listener question show

Radio Quirks & Quarks August 18

Aug 26: 'Oumuamua likely not an alien spaceship, rocket debris, 2 billion-year-old asteroid, and more...

Radio Quirks & Quarks August 25

Aug 19: Orca moms and sons, buttless scorpions, echidna snot bubbles, dizzy gorillas and more...

Radio Quirks & Quarks August 18

Aug 12: The Milky Way tells its story, the experiments that gave us the modern picture of matter, and more...

Radio Quirks & Quarks August 12

Aug 5: Brain cells play Pong, smartphone app for making memories, a real viral video and more...

Radio Quirks & Quarks August 5

Do insects and reptiles play? How does our voice change with age? Our holiday question show

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 23

July 22: Early riders, Mayan mercury contamination, Neanderthals hunt elephants, and more...

Radio Quirks & Quarks July 21

Bob McDonald looks back at 30 years of hosting Quirks & Quarks

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 19

July 8: Giraffes drink pee, missing bear toes, first animal out of water crawls back in, and more...

Radio Quirks & Quarks July 8

Our Summer in the Field special

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 19

June 24: Our fabulous listener question show

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 23

Analysis: Bob's blog

Tragedy at the Titanic is an analogue for a mission to Mars

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 23

Jun 17: Dragging STEM forward, Lucy's muscles, Canada jay sibling rivalry and more…

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 16

Analysis: Bob's blog

Phosphates discovered on moon of Saturn suggests the possibility of life

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 16

Drag and science unite as LGBTQ researchers bring their work to the stage — for inclusion

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 16

Jan 10: Cat contraception, termite air conditioning, octopuses re-engineer their proteins and more…

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 9

Analysis | Bob's blog

Octopuses could help us conceptualize a different form of extraterrestrial intelligence

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 9

New cat contraception method using gene therapy could help manage feral populations

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 9

How 'bizarre' behaviours made this scientist appreciate what the brain can do

Radio Quirks & Quarks June 9

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