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Quirks and Quarks A new study by the scientist who discovered microplastics is looking back on 20 years of research and looking forward to what we need to solve the problem, once and for all. New study says we have more than enough data on harms to know we needContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog After the tip of a mountain collapsed in Greenland, a 200-metre tsunami sloshed back and forth across a fjord for nine days, generating vibrations strong enough to be felt around the world. The 200-meter mega tsunami bounced back and forth like water sloshing in aContinue Reading

It’s getting hot in here, especially if you live in a big city, as most Canadians do. And with cities getting warmer than ever, experts say it’s time to make our cities cooler.  “I think all of the answers exist right on our doorsteps, and we just have to work together toContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Overheated | Analysis As temperatures around the world continue their upward ascendency, Bob McDonald took note of how Spain has been dealing with its desert-like heat with lessons for a world that’s heating up. Bob McDonald describes the many ways the countries he visited are coping with theContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog NASA project scientist, Ed Stone, has died at the age of 88. He was at the helm of what’s been dubbed ‘The Grand Tour’ of our outer solar system with the Voyager spacecraft, as well as many other missions. Bob McDonald remembers his many encountersContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog A new analysis of the Apollo missions and the characteristics of lunar soil shows that rocket exhausts kick up four to 10 times more dust than previous estimates suggested. Moon dust kicked up by rocket exhausts could seriously damage lunar infrastructure and astronauts Bob McDonaldContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks The consensus among an international group of killer whale experts is that these whales are just playing a game and having fun, and the best way to avoid an attack is to keep on moving. Spanish, Portuguese governments asked a team of international experts to dive intoContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks Destructive and invasive wild pigs are a problem in the southern United States, with an estimated six million pigs in at least 35 states. Population numbers in Canada are unknown, but scientists working to document their range say that they are expanding. Researcher says boars introduced inContinue Reading

Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog We live in the sun’s vast solar environment which occasionally puts us directly in the path of powerful outbursts emanating from its surface to create dazzling displays of northern lights. The sun is approaching a period of heightened activity as it nears its solar maximumContinue Reading