Quirks and Quarks

Quirks & Quarks for October 15, 2016

Space brains, feathered friends, cosmic collisions, and venomous villains

Cosmic rays causing ‘space brain,’ berries turning birds' feathers red, and the book 'Venomous'

Artist's concept of possible exploration programs on Mars (NASA/Pat Rawlings)

Theme music bed copyright Raphaël Gluckstein, Creative Commons License by-nc-nd-2.0