The Antikythera Mechanism was discovered a hundred years ago in the wreckage of a 2000-year-old ship. For much of the last century, researchers, like Dr. Daryn Lehoux in the Classics Department at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, have been trying to figure out what this complex mechanical device can do. Dr. Lehoux spoke with host Bob MacDonald on Quirks and Quarks.
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October 29th: The Antikythera Mechanism from CBC Radio: Editor’s Choice
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September 28th: A Rare Violin and 50 Jobs in 50 States
Last week, fourteen lucky musicians won the privilege to play a rare instrument for three years. One of those instruments - a violin - has an unusual story. Owner Greg Cook told that story to Carol Off on As it Happens. Then, we’ll hear about how twenty-seven-year-old Daniel Seddiqui spent the last 50 weeks traveling across the 50 U.S. States and working 50 different jobs. Last week, he spoke with Carol Off while he was spending the final week of his vocational voyage in Napa.
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You Are “Pre-Diseased” - Part One
Why wait until you are diagnosed with cancer, if you can hunt it down before it could kill you? Why not get a simple high tech CT scan to see if you are harbouring signs of pre-disease in your heart, your lungs, your breasts or your bowels? Those are the questions that dog Health Researcher Alan Cassels as he voyages inside the world of cancer screening, taking him from his own doctor’s office to the world’s biggest medical meeting.
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Wachtel on the Arts - William Kentridge
William Kentridge is South Africa’s most renowned living artist, famous for his charcoal drawings and animated films that address the social and political realities of South Africa, both during and after apartheid. Eleanor Wachtel, arts journalist and host of Writers & Company, talks to William Kentridge about growing up as the child of anti-apartheid lawyers, his struggle to find his way as an artist, and how South Africa has changed since the end of apartheid.
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Aboriginals and New Canadians: The Missing Conversation
The words, "We are a Metis nation" open John Ralston Saul’s recent book, A Fair Country. In the 2009 UBC-Laurier Institution Multiculturalism Lecture, he argues that aboriginal values have fundamentally shaped the character of Canadian society.
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June 30th: Toys for Grown-ups Who Were Kids in the 80’s and The Dangerous World of Butterflies
Let’s go back to the 1980s when Saturday morning cartoons were little more than extended toy commercials. The Transformers, G.I. Joe, He-Man and all the rest found a way to keep the little tikes amused while pushing the latest action figures. We’ll also hear about author Peter Laufer. Weary of writing about his usual topics of politics and war, he made an off-hand comment that his next book would be about "butterflies and flowers."
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June 1st: James Lovelock on The Current
Today on the podcast, I’ve got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the Earth is finding a way to heal itself. The bad news is that it’s likely going to sacrifice a lot of us to do it. When it comes to climate change, we can try to reverse it, slow it or mitigate it but a British scientist named Dr. James Lovelock says that there’s no gratitude in green. Forget the mitigation. Start working on adaptation fast.
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May 27th: Fake Medical Journals
Have you ever heard of Vioxx? It’s an anti-inflammatory drug that’s made to ease chronic pain for folks with arthritis. It was made and marketed by a pharmaceutical giant called Merck and prescribed to 80 million people worldwide but five years ago it was pulled off the market after studies showed that the use of Vioxx could double the risk of a heart attack. Now, a lawsuit in Australia reveals some of Merck’s marketing secrets.
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May 19th: What’s up with that QWERTY keyboard?
Spark is CBC’s technology show. It usually focuses on what’s new and upcoming in technology but a recent episode celebrated the joys of old technology. One of the topics they took on was the quirky QWERTY layout of keyboards. The design has been around since the invention of the typewriter But why is it still around?
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May 7th: Karachi Match from CBC Radio: Editor’s Choice
Do you think love can be arranged? Natasha Fatah was asking herself that question when she went to her cousin’s wedding in Karachi, Pakistan. Natasha grew up in Canada and she’s extremely sceptical about her cousin’s prospects for a healthy, loving marriage and that’s because he doesn’t even know his bride-to-be. As Natasha watches the event unfold, she begins to wonder whether the arranged marriage system is actually better than falling in love first. Here’s her story.
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