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Summer Science Spectacular

July 03, 2026 10:10am 54 min

From camping out on 'bird poop island,' chasing down wild dogs in Madagascar, or even looking for bombs in a bog in Ottawa –– no one quite does summer like scientists. This week, we revisit some of the hijinks that Canad...

Sweat, comets and dino milk. It’s our summer question show!

June 26, 2026 11:10am 54 min

Quirks & Quarks has been taking your burning science questions for half a century. And while we thought we might have answered every question there is to answer over the years, our listeners proved there are always more ...

Great white sharks in hot water, and more…

June 19, 2026 3:10pm 54 min

Some of the oceans biggest, most powerful predators, like certain sharks and tuna, are “mesothermic” or warm-bodied. Running hot allows them to rapidly convert their food to energy and heat, helping them swim faster and ...

Fossilized squirrel poop full of ancient animals, and more…

June 12, 2026 4:10pm 54 min

Gold miners working in the Yukon regularly find ancient ground squirrel burrows throughout the permafrost, many containing fossilized feces. Researchers analyzing these well-preserved poop piles found they contain some o...

Humans and animals love the same sounds, and more...

June 05, 2026 3:10pm 54 min

150 years ago, Charles Darwin noticed that birds and humans were both drawn to bright plumage and elaborate display. He called this interspecies esthetic appreciation a “shared taste for the beautiful.” Now, in a recent ...

A terrifying T. rex of the sea, and more…

May 29, 2026 3:10pm 54 min

The newly described Tylosaurus rex was a violent bus-sized Komodo dragon-like creature with serrated teeth. Dubbed the ‘T. rex of the sea,’ it would have occupied the top of the food chain in the marine ecosystem over 80...

Listening in on fish grunts, and more…

May 22, 2026 3:10pm 54 min

Scientists recorded audio and video of 8 different kinds of rockfish living in the wild near British Columbia, and were surprised they could tell the species apart through their various grunts, pops and knocks, even thou...

How dandelion seeds take flight, and more…

May 15, 2026 2:10pm 54 min

In a study inspired by a field of dandelions, researchers wanted to know why, when you blow on a dandelion seed head, only the seeds closest to you take flight. They found that a dimple in the seed heads where the seed a...

A CN Tower-sized mega tsunami, and more…

May 08, 2026 3:10pm 54 min

On the morning of August 10, 2025, a landslide in a fjord along the southern Alaskan coast triggered a mega tsunami. It generated the second highest wave ever recorded that reached up to 481 metres above sea level. A new...

Cocaine in waterways makes salmon roam further, and more…

May 01, 2026 3:10pm 54 min

Cocaine and many other chemicals and drugs are found in many waterways, but especially around wastewater treatment plants. Scientists exposed wild juvenile Atlantic salmon to cocaine and its byproduct to see how it impac...

Introducing IDEAS | How a historian found the lost women of science

April 28, 2026 6:10am 55 min

IDEAS, hosted by Nahlah Ayed is a weekday podcast that explores how ideas shape our world.“One of your tribe is enough.” That’s what Margaret Rossiter was told when she said she wanted to study female scientists in the ‘...

Seabird poop does whaaat? And more…

April 24, 2026 3:10pm 54 min

Seabird poop plays a surprising role in bringing life to barren islands, spreading nutrients throughout the ocean, and even creating wealth for an ancient human empire.PLUS:The precursors of written language go back a lo...

Why this biologist loves unpopular animals, and more…

April 17, 2026 2:10pm 54 min

We tend to think of animals like snakes, rats and even cockroaches as pests, but in her new book, biologist Marlene Zuk says there's a lot we can learn from these less than desirable creatures, if we just give them a cha...

Moving beyond animal testing, and more…

April 10, 2026 2:10pm 54 min

There's been a growing movement to develop new technologies to replace at least some of the animals used in scientific research. Researchers across Canada are working to create these tools, to usher in a new animal-free ...

What we hope to see on the far side of the moon, and more…

April 03, 2026 11:10am 54 min

On their mission around the moon, Jeremy Hansen and his crewmates will become the only four people on Earth to ever lay eyes on the entire far side of the moon. Since joining the space program, the Artemis astronauts hav...

Dogs have been by our side for 16,000 years, and more...

March 27, 2026 5:10pm 54 min

New research confirms that dogs were the first animal to form a domestic relationship with humans, dating back to the end of the last Ice Age almost 16,000 years ago.PLUS:Constructing shelters out of Martian soil may be ...

A stinky planet full of magma, and more...

March 20, 2026 3:10pm 54 min

An unusual hellscape of a planet found 34 light years from Earth has a deep ocean of molten magma surrounded by noxious, hot, rotten egg-type fumes. It just may be the most uninhabitable alien landscape we've ever come a...

Bonobo females bully the boys, and more…

March 13, 2026 3:10pm 54 min

We used to think that of our primate relatives, chimps were the more aggressive ape and bonobos were more peaceful. A recent study found that bonobos are just as antagonistic as chimps, but it's the females targeting mal...

Filming a black hole in action, and more…

March 06, 2026 4:10pm 54 min

You may have seen Black Hole, the image, but have you heard of the upcoming Black Hole, The Movie? This week, astronomers launched a new campaign to capture video footage of the supermassive black hole pulsing at the hea...

How starfish move their tiny tube feet, and more…

February 27, 2026 4:10pm 54 min

Starfish don't have brains, and yet they're able to mobilize hundreds of tiny hydraulic tube feet to get around. Now scientists are getting an understanding of just how they do that.PLUS:Atmospheric pollution from an ind...

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