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Cat facts — the latest science on our feline companions
How cats became domesticated, how they purr and make faces, and forensic cat science
Radio Quirks & Quarks December 1
Analysis: Bob's blog
Ships could capture energy from waves by imitating whales
Radio Quirks & Quarks December 1
5 feline facts to help see your cat in a new light
Radio Quirks & Quarks December 1
Nov 25: Bat copulation, watermelon snow, adding a third arm and more...
Radio Quirks & Quarks November 24
Q&A
These bats copulate for hours with enormous penises but no penetration
Radio Quirks & Quarks November 24
Nov 18: Hummingbirds sidle sideways, fish dictionary, choir competition and more
Radio Quirks & Quarks November 17

Analysis: Bob's blog

What makes Iceland so volcanically active? Shifting plates below the island nation

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 17

Nov 11: Eating fossil fuels, sea stars get a head, right whale diet and more…

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 10

Does biology trump free will? A behavioural scientist argues we have little choice

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 10

Nov 2: AI research prize and risks, football and lifespan, smart glasses see with sound and more…

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 3

Analysis: Bob's blog

Space agencies join forces with Japan to explore Mars's potato-shaped moons

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 3

AI 'godfather' Yoshua Bengio wins Canada's top science award

Radio Quirks & Quarks November 3

Oct. 28: Antarctic ice melt will rise for a century, the necrobiome recycles you and how apes hang around…

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 27

Analysis: Bob's blog

Study finds metal from space junk polluting the upper atmosphere

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 27

Oct 21: NASA's metal mission, hungry hippos chew badly, music synchronizes us and more…

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 20

New astrobiology centres in U.S. aim to widen the search for extraterrestrial life

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 20

Oct 14: Quantum dot Nobel, super-hot supercontinent, lunar laser paving and more…

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 13

AI is an energy hog

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 13

A new book lays out why women's bodies may have driven evolution

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 16

Oct 7: Nobel for vaccine key, human voices scare wildlife, baby black holes and more…

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 6

Analysis: Bob's blog

Scientists to probe Earth's upper atmosphere during upcoming eclipses

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 6

Human conversation scares African wildlife more than lions, new study finds

Radio Quirks & Quarks October 6

Sep 30: Trilobite's last meal, Antimatter falls down, C. difficile in hospitals and more…

Radio Quirks & Quarks September 29

Analysis: Bob's blog

Carbon discovered on Jupiter's moon Europa. Does it increase chances of finding life?

Radio Quirks & Quarks September 29

Sep 23: Studying the holes in an asteroid, Great Slave Lake life, stone-age wood and more…

Radio Quirks & Quarks September 22

Analysis: Bob's blog

A Canadian-made instrument is vital to asteroid sample return mission

Radio Quirks & Quarks September 22

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