Quirks and Quarks

Scientists are shedding light on the strange, car-sized, armoured fish that lived 360 mill... more

On this week’s episode: a mini tyrannosaur is a new species, ants redesign to avoid illnes... more

This week: bees trained to keep track of time, eating small amounts of plastic can kill oc... more

On this week's episode: tracking down a stellar explosion, climate apathy, arctic foxes ar... more

On this week's episode: studying a rare visitor to our solar system, eating saturated fats... more

On this week's episode: selling sunlight on demand, rhinos roamed Canada’s Arctic 23 milli... more

On this week's spooktacular episode: Wolves are afraid of the big bad human, methane spewi... more

Nobel Prize in medicine for a leash on our immune system Our immune system has enormous po... more

On October 9, 1975, CBC listeners across the country heard David Suzuki introduce the very... more

Remembering Jane: a conversation with Jane Goodall on her storied career Science lost a un... more

Let’s go, Grue Jays! New kinds of birds are not usually discovered while browsing Facebook... more

Dust from car tires can be bad for fish — what might it do to us? As car tires wear, they ... more

10 years ago we first saw gravitational waves — what we’ve seen since In September 2015, L... more

Every summer, Canadian scientists leave their labs and classrooms and fan out across the p... more

We're on hiatus for the summer, but we'll return with new episodes on September 6. In the ... more

Politically-driven chaos is disrupting U.S. scientific institutions and creating challenge... more

Have you ever wondered how particle accelerators work? Or what microwaves really do to foo... more