Quirks and Quarks

Quirks & Quarks for Nov. 22, 2014

This week, we find out how lakes are turning to jelly; how the brain can remember a forgotten language; what's killing sea stars; how the forests may be saved by GMO trees; why butterflies have spots; and we get a new appreciation of the extinct dodo.
Jelly-coated crustaceans from an Ontario lake (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry)
 This week, we find out how lakes are turning to jelly; how the brain can remember a forgotten language; what's killing sea stars; how the forests may be saved by GMO trees; why butterflies have spots; and we get a new appreciation of the extinct dodo. 

 


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