Podcast Episodes

New dino species in another dino's vomit, and more

An unassuming fossilized slab in the basement of a museum in Brazil turned out to be 110-million-year-old dinosaur vomit, and inside that vomit were …

2 months, 1 week ago

Dust? Tongues? Uranus? It’s our Holiday Question Show!

On this week’s episode of Quirks & Quarks, it's our ever-popular and always satisfying Holiday Listener Question Show that includes: 

Why did a Canadi…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Predictions about science in 2025, recorded 25 years ago

In 2000, Quirks & Quarks celebrated its 25th anniversary by travelling forward in time — to 2025 — to find out how science had changed in the years s…

2 months, 3 weeks 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.

INCLUDING: 

3 months 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.

Plus:

Santa’s reind…

3 months, 1 week 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.

Plus:

The cosmic co…

3 months, 2 weeks 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, invas…

3 months, 3 weeks 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 h…

4 months 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…

4 months, 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 …

4 months, 2 weeks ago