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Dust? Tongues? Uranus? It’s our Holiday Question Show!
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On this week’s best of Quirks & Quarks, we revisit our annual holiday listener question show, with fascinating queries like: Why did a Canadian astronaut's eyesight change when she went to space? How is the dust inside our homes changing? Why do some professional athletes stick out their tongues when they play?Why are most fruits round, but bananas and pineapple are not? What would have happened if the dino-killing asteroid never struck Earth? We'll satisfy all these scientific curiosities and many more!
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I was a This is a CBC Podcast. Welcome to the Best of Quirks and Quarks. This program was originally broadcast on January 3rd.
Hi, I'm Bob McDonald. Welcome to Quirks and Quarks. To start the new year off right, we have our ever-popular and always-satisfying listener question show, where you tell us your burning science questions and we find the answers for you. Because the important thing is to never stop questioning.
As Albert Einstein once said and added, it is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. Well, we're going to take that up a notch and get to the bottom of the many science mysteries you've been wondering about. Like, why do some athletes stick out their tongues when they play?
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