Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA 25-year-old time capsule with science predictions for 2025
Twenty-five years ago, Quirks & Quarks celebrated their 25th anniversary by travelling forward in time — to 2025 — to find out how science had changed in the years since. In this fictitious future, o…
Published on 8 hours ago
Whales, sex, and rocks — it's our holiday book show!
We talk to authors of some of this year’s most fascinating science books in our annual Holiday Book Show.
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Published on 6 days, 12 hours ago
How Jeremy Hansen is prepping for the moon, and more…
Next stop - the moon! Jeremy Hansen stops by our studio to chat about how he’s prepping to be the first Canadian to go to the moon.
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Santa’s reindeer may be losing their antlers –– and climate cha…
Published on 1 week, 6 days ago
Cleveland’s ancient car-sized sea monster had bony fangs, and more…
Scientists are shedding light on the strange, car-sized, armoured fish that lived 360 million years ago in what is now Cleveland.
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The cosmic collider that gave us our moon came from our own sol…
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
The environmental costs of nation-building, and more…
On this week’s episode: a mini tyrannosaur is a new species, ants redesign to avoid illness, toxic lead gave humans the edge over Neanderthals, invasive fish are evolving to avoid eradication attempt…
Published on 3 weeks, 6 days ago
The mystery of the drunken trees, and more…
This week: bees trained to keep track of time, eating small amounts of plastic can kill ocean animals, scientists spot winds blowing from our black hole, a "one-two punch" earthquake may be coming fo…
Published on 1 month ago
Making snake bites less deadly, and more…
On this week's episode: tracking down a stellar explosion, climate apathy, arctic foxes are key in northern food web, why golf balls lip out of holes and making snake bites less deadly.
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
The pros and cons of geoengineering, and more...
On this week's episode: studying a rare visitor to our solar system, eating saturated fats can mess with our internal clocks, holding hands with our 2 million year old ancestors, woodpeckers drill in…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sleuthing out scientific fraud, and more...
On this week's episode: selling sunlight on demand, rhinos roamed Canada’s Arctic 23 million years ago, making a more precise parachute using kirigami, the winner of this year's prestigious Gerhard H…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Rise of the zombie bugs, and more…
On this week's spooktacular episode: Wolves are afraid of the big bad human, methane spewing from Montreal’s largest snow dump, screaming babies make us hot to get our attention, baby pterosaurs died…
Published on 2 months ago