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Understanding the Anthropocene extinction, regenerating cartilage, autism and touch, a prosthetic that feels and wher...

Understanding extinction — humanity has destroyed half the life on Earth; Could we prevent...

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Canada’s latest Nobel laureate and our election science policy debate

Hear from Canadian-born cosmologist James Peebles about his Nobel Prize; The Quirks & Quarks...

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Red meat might not be bad, deflecting asteroids, politics making us sick, growing human brains in the lab, evolution ...

Hear from the scientist who says red might not be so bad for us after all; NASA is testing a plan...

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Plastic tea-bag particles, Venus was habitable, driver memory fail, earliest North American migrants, Plants ‘terra...

New plastic tea-bags shed billions of tiny particles into the cup; Venus is a hellscape now, but...

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Plastic tea-bag particles, Venus was habitable, driver memory fail, earliest North American migrants, Plants ‘terra...

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Quirks & Quarks women in science special — How science has done women wrong

The glass obstacle course: Why so few women hold the top spots in STEM disciplines; Women’s...

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Quirks & Quarks women in science special — How science has done women wrong

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Ground zero for dinosaur extinction, space archeology, toes on the brain, Finding a lost jet engine on Greenland, mys...

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Ground zero for dinosaur extinction, space archeology, toes on the brain, Finding a lost jet engine on Greenland, mys...

Rocks recovered from ground zero reveal how the dinosaurs died; Archaeology from space -...

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Quirks & Quarks ‘science in the field’ special — the summer adventures of scientists working in exotic and ...

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Quirks & Quarks ‘science in the field’ special — the summer adventures of scientists working in exotic and ...

Dodging venomous vipers and plant poachers to study how climate change impacts insects; Searching...

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Quirks & Quarks is on hiatus. There will no more podcasts until September

Check back for our new season September on 7. Enjoy your summer

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Quirks & Quarks is on hiatus. there will be no podcasts until September

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50 years ago we walked on the moon, and it transformed life on Earth

Quirks & Quarks is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Armstrong and Aldrin putting the first...

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Quirks & Quarks is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Armstrong and Aldrin putting the first human bootprints on...

50 years ago we walked on the moon, and it transformed life on Earth

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Quirks & Quarks is on hiatus. There will be no more podcasts until the July 20th Apollo 11 anniversary special

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Quirks & Quarks is on hiatus. There will be no podcasts until our July 20th Apollo 11 anniversary special

We're taking a little summer break, but check back for a new program celebrating the 50th...

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Your Wi-Fi router could be used to watch you breathe and monitor your heartbeat

Your Wi-Fi router could be used to watch you in your home

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Do electric car batteries take more CO2 to make than they save?

Do electric car batteries take more CO2 to make than they save?

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A research assistant named Spongebob? Sea sponges collect data for science

Sea sponges are better than scientists at DNA collection

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