KQED QUEST Science Video Podcast
QUEST is a KQED Multimedia Series Exploring Northern California Science, Environment and Nature.
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Shadows and Spiders-- A Secret Cave in California: Science on the SPOT
Deep below the redwoods, White Moon Cave extends for nearly ...
Deep below the redwoods, White Moon Cave extends for nearly a mile -- making it one of the longest caves in California. But few people have ever been in it.
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Why I Do Science: Stephen Palumbi
In this edition of "Why I Do Science", we hear ...
In this edition of "Why I Do Science", we hear from Stephen Palumbi, a world-renowned marine biologist and director of the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California.
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Some Bugs Like it Hot: Climate Change and Agricultural Pests
Scientists and farmers are starting to notice that, as California's ...
Scientists and farmers are starting to notice that, as California's winters warm up, the state is becoming more hospitable to destructive agricultural pests.
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Your Videos on QUEST: Steve Fyffe
Motion-activated cameras at Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve provide ...
Motion-activated cameras at Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve provide scientists a window into the secret lives of the animals that roam around Jasper Ridge at night.
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Black Holes: Objects of Attraction
Black holes have been the stuff of science fiction since ...
Black holes have been the stuff of science fiction since their discovery in the late sixties. But now a new, nimble NASA telescope is using its powerful x-ray vision to hunt for these abundant yet invisible, massive space oddities.
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Field Notes: Dan Costa in Antarctica
QUEST Producer Sheraz Sadiq interviews Bay Area filmmaker and musician ...
QUEST Producer Sheraz Sadiq interviews Bay Area filmmaker and musician Jesse Hiatt about the experience of filming in one of the world's most extreme environments. See his footage in the QUEST segment, "Field Notes: Dan Costa in Antarctica."
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What's Next for Nuclear?
Can nuclear power be produced safely and affordably? A scientist ...
Can nuclear power be produced safely and affordably? A scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, is working to do just that.
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Your Photos on QUEST: Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Astrophotographer Rogelio Bernal Andreo's colorful wide field images of deep ...
Astrophotographer Rogelio Bernal Andreo's colorful wide field images of deep sky objects like galaxies, nebulae, star clusters has garnered him many photography awards, such as the Royal Observatory of Greenwich's 2010 Best Astrophotographer of the Year.
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X-ray Microscope: Seeing Cells in 3-D
At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, scientists are using a ...
At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, scientists are using a cutting-edge microscope to image whole cells in 3-D with x-rays. The new images offer a deeper, more precise understanding of cellular structures and how they change with diseases.
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Up all Night with SOFIA, NASA's Flying Observatory: Science on the SPOT
SOFIA is a flying astronomical observation platform which carries a ...
SOFIA is a flying astronomical observation platform which carries a dozen or more astronomers, observers and crew far above the clouds to observe objects and phenomena too cold to be seen in visible light.
