KQED QUEST Science Video Podcast

Science on the SPOT: Fungus Fair

Tour the 41st annual Fungus Fair in Berkeley to explore ...

Tour the 41st annual Fungus Fair in Berkeley to explore the Bay Area’s tasty, dangerous and weirdly wonderful fungi.

Science on the SPOT: Revisiting Albino Redwoods, Biological Mystery

UC Santa Cruz plant biologist Jarmila Pitterman and her students ...

UC Santa Cruz plant biologist Jarmila Pitterman and her students are studying rare albino redwood trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Science on the SPOT: Revisiting Albino Redwoods, Cracking the Code

Stanford geneticists Ghia Euskirchen and Barry Starr trek into the ...

Stanford geneticists Ghia Euskirchen and Barry Starr trek into the Santa Cruz Mountains to uncover the genetic mystery of the rare albino redwood trees.

Science on the SPOT: Peregrine Falcons Up Close

QUEST meets the San Francisco Zoo’s resident Peregrine Falcon, "Bella."

Science on the SPOT: Open Source Creativity - Hackerspaces

Take a tour of the hackerspace Noisebridge, located in the ...

Take a tour of the hackerspace Noisebridge, located in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District

Science on the SPOT: Restoring San Francisco's Lost Manzanita

The San Francisco Botanical Garden brings one of the city's ...

The San Francisco Botanical Garden brings one of the city's rarest native plants, the Franciscana manzanita, back from the brink of extinction

Science on the SPOT: Measuring Redwood Giants

Forest ecologist Steve Sillett is leading a team of scientists ...

Forest ecologist Steve Sillett is leading a team of scientists as they climb and measure every branch of some of the last and tallest old growth redwoods in California.

Science on the SPOT: Watching the Tides

Astronomer Ben Burress explains how tides work, and QUEST visits ...

Astronomer Ben Burress explains how tides work, and QUEST visits Crissy Field in San Francisco to see the oldest continually operating tidal gauge in the Western Hemisphere

Science on the SPOT: Cal Academy Butterfly Collection

Norman Penny, the Collections Manager of the Entomology Department, gives ...

Norman Penny, the Collections Manager of the Entomology Department, gives QUEST a small peek at The Academy’s vast butterfly collection.

Science on the SPOT: Fire and Butterflies

Can fire save the endangered Mission Blue Butterfly?