Quirks & Quarks

Series produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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Canada's weekly national science program

Quirks & Quarks is the award-winning radio science program of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The program is heard by a national audience in Canada of nearly 500,000 people, and by thousands more around the world on our weekly podcast.

For more than 32 years, Quirks & Quarks has brought its listeners to the cutting edge of scientific inquiry. Every week, the program presents the people behind the latest discoveries in the physical and natural sciences - from the smallest sub-atomic particle to the largest objects in the sky and everything in between. The program also examines the political, social, environmental and ethical implications of new developments in science and technology. Quirks & Quarks is a program for people fascinated by the world above, below and around them. And you don't need a PhD to enjoy it.

Over its lifetime, Quirks & Quarks has won more than 70 national and international awards for science journalism. Hide full description

Quirks & Quarks is the award-winning radio science program of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The program is heard by a national audience in Canada of nearly 500,000 people, and by thousands more around the world on our weekly podcast.

For more than 32 years, Quirks & Quarks has brought its listeners to the cutting edge of scientific inquiry. Every week, the program presents the people behind the latest discoveries in the physical and natural sciences - from the smallest sub-atomic particle to the largest objects in the sky and everything in between. The program also examines the political, social, environmental and ethical implications of new developments in science and technology. Quirks & Quarks is a program for people fascinated by the world above, below and around them. And... Show full description


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Science magazine named it as their Breakthrough of the Year for 2015. It's a game-changing new gene editing tool, called CRISPR. And it has the pot...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 30:18

  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Canada's weekly national science program.

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Canada's national weekly science program

  • Added: Jun 05, 2009
  • Length: 52:53
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Canada's weekly national science program.

  • Added: May 29, 2009
  • Length: 52:53
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Canada's weekly national science program

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Canada's weekly national science program.

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Canada's weekly national science program.

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 08, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 17, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 09, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Canada's national weekly science program.

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Mar 27, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
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  • Added: Mar 13, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
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  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Feb 27, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Feb 20, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1