We close out our season with another edition of our always enlightening, always intriguing listener question show. We have answers to questions like:
What would happen if a comet side-swiped our atmosphere?
What determines a bird's speed of flight?
Can you store light in a battery?
How did large dinosaurs support their incredible bulk?
All these and much ... Show More
Yesterday
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, bringing wonders from the world of science to listeners, old and new.On October 7 ... Show More
54m 9s
Oct 3
Life at the limits, and more…
Remembering Jane: a conversation with Jane Goodall on her storied careerScience lost a unique pioneering figure this week. Jane Goodall — primatologist, conservationist and activist — died at the age of 91. In 2002, she visited the Quirks & Quarks studio to talk with Bob McDonald ... Show More
54m 9s
Sep 26
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. Brian Stokes, a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, discovered i ... Show More
54m 9s
Mar 2024
Cosmic Queries – Infinite Quarks
What happens to quarks during spaghettification? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice answer fan questions about positrons, how we got the speed of light, where the Big Bang took place, and more!NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here ... Show More
48m 38s
Aug 2022
Cosmic Queries – Dinosaur Discoveries with Kimberly Chapelle
What did dinosaurs really look like? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Marcia Belsky explore questions we all have about dinosaurs, fossils, feathers, and asteroids with paleontologist Kimberly Chapelle. Is Jurassic Park accurate?NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can w ... Show More
46m 18s