JUNE 1 2005 TAPING OF CBC's Quirks & Quarks QUESTION SHOW AT THE U of S
Host Bob McDonald interviewed a number of U of S scientists for the popular CBC Radio Quirks & Quarks program. To listen to the June 4th broadcast, click here.

1. How do fish get into a lake in the first place?
	Dr. Tracy Marchant, Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Saskatchewan
2. Why is it easy to balance my bicycle when it is moving and almost impossible to balance when it is sitting still?
	Dr. Andrew Robinson , Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering Physics at the University of Saskatchewan
3. What is it in pemmican that keeps it preserved?
	Dr. Phyllis Shand, Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Science at the University of Saskatchewan
4. There was talk after the Tsunami in Southeast Asia about a large earthquake changing the actual size of the earth, and thus its rotation time. Is that possible, and if so, did it happen?
	Dr. Jim Merriam, Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan
5. My partner and I acquired a one-year-old female cat at Christmas who, within a week, became the dominant cat in the household. Our four-year-old neutered male doesn’t seem to know what hit him. Is this typical of cats in general or did this just happen with these two individuals?
	Dr. Ruey Stocking, a veterinarian and owner of The Cat Hospital in Saskatoon
6. When you look a long way down from a high place, why do you feel like falling over?
	Dr. Deborah Saucier, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan
7. How close can our planet get to the Sun before it is too hot for us to survive?
	Dr. Kathryn McWilliams, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at the University of Saskatchewan
8. There is a plaque near the University of Saskatchewan campus cancer clinic that says the Cobalt Bomb was created here. What was it and how does it relate to cancer?
	Dr. Doug Cormack, retired head of the Medical Physics department of the Tom Baker Cancer Center in Calgary and formerly with the University of Saskatchewan
9. If radiation can cause cancer, why is radiation therapy used to treat cancer patients?
	Dr. David Skarsgard, a radiation oncologist at the Saskatoon Cancer Centre and Clinical Assistant Professor in the U of S College of Medicine
10. I’m wondering how can fruit be grown without seeds – such as seedless watermelon.
	Dr. Joan Krotchko, a research officer at the National Research Council’s Plant Biotechnology Institute in Saskatoon
11. I heard that we could fix global warming if everyone on the world jumped at the same time, pushing the earth into a farther orbit. Could this actually work?
	Dr. Mel Stauffer, Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan

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