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Podcast title CBC Radio: Quirks & Quarks Segmented Show
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Description Quirks & Quarks covers the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom… and everything in between.
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Category Science
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Episodes

1. 2009-01-03_01-Polar Bears get Crackin'
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archi... download (audio/mpeg, 4.50Mb)

Description: Dr. Robert Rockwell talks about polar bears new favourite food

2. 2009-01-03_02-Hot Squirrels
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archi... download (audio/mpeg, 3.59Mb)

Description: Dr. Murray Humphries discusses why mama squirrels need drafty nests

3. 2009-01-03_03-Buzzed Bees
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archi... download (audio/mpeg, 3.91Mb)

Description: Dr. Gene Robinson explains why he uses cocaine to give bees a buzz

4. 2009-01-03_04-Elephant Enclaves
http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archi... download (audio/mpeg, 3.29Mb)

Description: Dr. Noa Pinter-Wollman has discovered that groups of immigrant elephants keep to themselves

5. 2009-01-03_05-Sucking CO2
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Description: Drs. David Keith and Frank Zeman discuss ways of sequestering CO2 directly from the atmosphere

6. Quirks & Quarks - 2008-12-27_01 - Segmented Episode
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Description: orphan ants, urinary tract infections, new elements, sea mammal thirst, tiny black holes

7. Quirks & Quarks - 2008-12-27_02 - Segmented Episode
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Description: why cry?, surfacing worms, flat-topped solar system, what's a floater, efficient stair climbing

8. qq-2008-12-20_01-Imagining Head-Smashed-In
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Description: How aboriginal americans convinced bison to kill themselves

9. qq-2008-12-20_02-Becoming Batman
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Description: A scientist's instructions for becoming a super-hero.

10. qq-2008-12-20_03-Caribou in the North
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Description: The past and future of an important northern animal

11. qq-2008-12-20_04-Question - Lunar Impacts
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Description: What would happen if a large asteroid struck the moon?

12. 2008-12-13_01 - Red Men, Green Women
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Description: Dr. Michael J Tarr has found that men's and women's faces are tinted red and green, respectively.

13. 2008-12-13_02 - Spider Size Doesn't Matter
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Description: Dr. Michael Kasumovic has found that small male redback spiders get the jump on mates.

14. 2008-12-13_03 - Captive Elephants
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Description: Dr. Georgia Mason explains why zoo life is hard on elephants

15. 2008-12-13_04 - Mandible Mayham
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Description: Dr. Jeremy Niven explains how termites use their lightening-fast mandibles to defend themselves.

16. 2008-12-13_05 - Disturbed Birds
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Description: Dr. Isabelle-Anne Bisson explains that it's harder to ruffle bird's feathers than you may think

17. 2008-12-13_06 - Sipping Snakes
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Description: Dr. Harvey Lillywhite describes how sea snakes slake their thirst - by sipping from the surface of the sea.

18. 2008-12-06_01- 10 Ways the World Could End
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Description: Bring on the Apocalypse - The Q&Q Guide to the End of the World.

19. 2008-12-06_02 - Worm Hibernation
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Description: Dr. Richard Roy explains how nematode worms cope with tough times.

20. 2008-12-08_03 - Robo-Lizards
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Description: Dr. Terry Ord studies anole lizard communication with a robotic replica.

21. 2008-12-06_04-Fungus-Faced Bats
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Description: DRs. Melissa Behr and David Blehert have identified the mysterious illness wiping out bats in the US and Canada.