Archive for May, 2010
SOFIA's First Light
After nearly a 14-year hiatus, NASA is once again conducting astronomical observations…from the stratosphere!
Post on May 28, 2010 by Ben Burress
Post on May 28, 2010 by Jim Gunshinan
Producer's Notes: Amazing Jellies
What are the longest animals in the world? Hint: you’ve most likely never heard of them. They glow in the dark and have many stomachs, mouths and tentacles – sometimes hundreds.
Post on May 25, 2010 by Gabriela Quirós
My 3000th Great Grandpa was a Neanderthal
New research shows that Europeans and Asians have a bit of Neanderthal in them. What was surprising about this latest research is that most of the previous data argued against human-Neanderthal hanky panky.
Post on May 24, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Editor's Notes: Race for Renewables
Where did California go wrong? And as other states try to learn from its lessons, does the Golden State have any hope of reaching its next ambitious target – 33 percent renewable by 2020?
Post on May 21, 2010 by Andrea Kissack
Producer's Notes: Skulls at Cal Academy
If a dead marine mammal washes up on our beaches, from Bodega Bay to Año Nuevo, the California Academy of Sciences Department of Ornithology & Mammalogy gets a call.
Post on May 20, 2010 by Craig Rosa
Chickens in the House
Raising chickens offers a good life for our feathered friends, a sense of peace, a connection to nature and our food source, eggs with high nutritional value, a composting and fertilization system, free entertainment and another reason to rise and shine.
Post on May 19, 2010 by Amy Gotliffe
Producer's Notes: Journey Into The Sun
Astrophysicists who track space weather today are at a stage Earth weather forecasters were roughly three decades ago. This is about to change.
Post on May 18, 2010 by Sheraz Sadiq
Reporter's Notes: Baby Brain Development
It is well known that strokes can happen in the elderly. But what many people don't know is that babies suffer strokes.
Post on May 14, 2010 by Quest Radio
Reflections on Friends and Heroes
One of the things I enjoy most about my job as a media producer is the opportunity to interact with the amazing people, places and things we profile in our stories.
Post on May 14, 2010 by Chris Bauer
Has the Hydrogen Highway Become a Good Idea Again?
Now, after an exciting discovery at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), the hydrogen highway is a good idea whose time may have come around.
Post on May 14, 2010 by Jim Gunshinan
Local Hair Cleaning Up Gulf Oil
Clean up for the recent spill in the San Francisco Bay was partially cleaned up by hair. Hair is a great catalyst in absorbing oil.
Post on May 12, 2010 by Cat
Producer's Notes: Hepatitis C, Hope and Humanity
I came to realize that hope has a lot to do with science. It’s the driving force for those who seek cures, for those who work to protect the environment, for those who search for solutions to the pain and problems facing humanity.
Post on May 11, 2010 by Jon Fromer
What if the Geneticists are Wrong?
What if most people or families had unique DNA differences that led to their disease? Then scientists have been going about finding the causes of genetic disease in the wrong way.
Post on May 10, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Reporter's Notes: Greening The Grow
Hardy’s lived in the hills of southern Humboldt County since the early ‘70s, when many people shared sense of idealism and environmental responsibility. That’s why he’s so upset about the environmental impacts of the big, indoor marijuana growing operations that have proliferated in the region.
Post on May 07, 2010 by Quest Radio
The Sun—Live In Your Own Backyard!
Chabot volunteers are running a live solar observatory for the public.
Post on May 07, 2010 by Ben Burress
Producer's Notes: The Great Migration
When people think of bird migration, most naturally think of water fowl. Ducks and geese seem to get a lot of attention in that regard.
Post on May 04, 2010 by Chris Bauer
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