Podcast Episodes
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Nobel Prize in medicine for a leash on our immune system
Our immune system has enormous power to defend us against the wide range of pathogens and invaders that nature sends at us. But it’s a double-e…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Celebrating 50 years of Quirks & Quarks!
On October 9, 1975, CBC listeners across the country heard David Suzuki introduce the very first episode of Quirks & Quarks. 50 years and thousands of interviews later, Quirks is still going strong, …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Life at the limits, and more…
Remembering Jane: a conversation with Jane Goodall on her storied career
Science lost a unique pioneering figure this week. Jane Goodall — primatologist, conservationist and activist — died at the age…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Tracking Grizzlies in B.C with AI and more...
Let’s go, Grue Jays!
New kinds of birds are not usually discovered while browsing Facebook, but an ornithologist spotted something he’d never seen before in a photo, and tracked down the strange bird.…
Published on 3 months ago
Understanding our inner light, and more...
Dust from car tires can be bad for fish — what might it do to us?
As car tires wear, they shed billions of ultrafine particles of rubber that contain a complex mix of chemicals, including one called 6…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Science in Prison and more...
10 years ago we first saw gravitational waves — what we’ve seen since
In September 2015, LIGO—or Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory—captured the ripples in spacetime produced by the c…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Our Summer Science Special
Every summer, Canadian scientists leave their labs and classrooms and fan out across the planet to do research in the field. This week, we’re sharing some of their adventures.
Camping out on a remote …
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Quirks & Quarks will return in September
We're on hiatus for the summer, but we'll return with new episodes on September 6. In the meantime visit our website at cbc.ca/quirks to browse our archives. Have a great summer!
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago