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Join host Bob McDonald each week to find out the latest in science, technology, medicine and the environment.

We cover every aspect of science, from the quirks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom...and everything in between.

Quirks & Quarks is heard on Saturdays on CBC Radio One from 12:06 - 1:00pm in Canada, with a rebroadcast Monday evenings at 11:06pm, and also on Sirius satellite radio. You can also listen to the MP3 audio files here on our web page or subscribe to our podcast.

This Summer on the Best of Quirks & Quarks

All Summer you'll hear the best of our programs from the last season - a different show on Saturday and Monday night. To see what's coming up, please have a look at our Summer Schedule.

We'll be back with a new season of Quirks & Quarks on September 11, 2010. Have a great summer!

Hot Off the Press:

Nasty, Brutish and Short

Our latest book, Nasty, Brutish and Short: The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Animal Sex and Other Weird Behaviour, has just been published.

Watch for it in your local bookstore, or order online from the CBC Shop..







And you can still order The Quirks & Quarks Question Book, or The Quirks & Quarks Guide to Space from our publisher, or online from the CBC Shop.

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Quirks & Quarks is part of CBC Radio’s podcasting project. For more information about podcasting and the CBC programs available, go to CBC.ca’s podcasting info page.

To access the Quirks podcast, right click on one of the links below, copy the URL and paste it into your podcast software application.

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(hint - iPod users might prefer the whole show in one file)