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Producer's Notes: Color By Nano – The Art of Kate Nichols
Artist Kate Nichols synthesizes silver nanoparticles and incorporates them into her unique and colorful macroscale pieces.
Post on Sep 15, 2010 by Jenny Oh
Milky Mutations
Lactose intolerance is the norm for mammals. Humans are one of the few animals where a sizable minority of adults are lactose tolerant.
Post on Sep 14, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Fascination with Forensics
There is a magnet on my fridge that my girlfriend bought me. It says, "I like poetry, long walks on the beach and poking dead things with a stick." It's so funny to me because it's true!
Post on Sep 01, 2010 by Cat
More Transparent Genetic Testing
A few minor tweaks to genetic testing companies' websites could make their offerings more transparent to the public and the FDA.
Post on Aug 31, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Producer's Notes: Big Break Regional Shoreline Science Hike
For our latest Science Hike, we visited Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley, California. This area is often referred to as the "Inland Coast." However, wishful thinking aside, the name Big Break has little to do with roaring surf.
Post on Aug 30, 2010 by Craig Rosa
The Jupiter Opposition
We're approaching the Opposition of Jupiter, the time when Earth passes between the Sun and Jupiter, making the Earth-Jupiter distance its smallest.
Post on Aug 27, 2010 by Ben Burress
Exploring Big Break Regional Shoreline
Big Break Regional Shoreline is a part of the great 1,680-square-mile San Francisco/San Joaquin Delta. This "Inland Coast" is home to 70 species of birds, and provides valuable habitat for beavers, muskrats, and river otters.
Science Hike on Aug 19, 2010 by Craig Rosa from QUEST Northern California
Growing up with Wildlife
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and animals had a great deal of influence on my childhood.
Post on Aug 19, 2010 by Cat
Direct to consumer (DTC) genetic tests: Here Comes the FDA
Direct to consumer (DTC) genetic tests are taking a beating right now from the FDA. Part of the problem has to do with some snake oil salesmen contaminating the whole field. But part of it has to do with the data that is available right now and how it is presented.
Post on Aug 16, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Major Breakthrough in Reviving Heart Cells
Scientists reported today that they have succeeded for the first time in creating beating heart cells from other types of adult cells.
Post on Aug 05, 2010 by Gabriela Quirós
Poi Origins
This Monday I started a refresher course in Poi dancing. Poi is a performance art using two balls suspended on ropes a person holds in their hands and swings in a variety of circular patterns.
Post on Aug 04, 2010 by Cat
Here Comes the FDA
Over the last few years, a bunch of companies have sprouted up that offer genetic testing over the Internet. The most controversial of these are the ones that offer consumers the chance to predict their future health risks.
Post on Aug 02, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Mars Trek: The Next Generation
They just keep getting bigger and better-and curiouser. The next generation Mars rover-The Mars Science Laboratory, "Curiosity"-is well off the drawing board and into its gestation phase…no longer just the gleam in the eye of robotics engineers and Marsologists.
Post on Jul 30, 2010 by Ben Burress
Computer Memory Poised to Get Shock Therapy?
In recent years, scientists have been playing around with more exotic forms of data storage. It turns out that some very specialized materials are not only like to be magnetically ordered, but are also naturally charged.
Post on Jul 29, 2010 by Christopher Smallwood
Post on Jul 21, 2010 by Cat
Producer's Notes: Restoration of the San Joaquin River
Why are we spending millions of dollars to bring back a river that stopped running a long time ago?
Post on Jul 20, 2010 by Jon Fromer
Clean Living, Brighter Children
Vaccines, clean water and freely available medicines may be good for more than your child’s health. They might actually make her smarter.
Post on Jul 19, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
Having a Cuppa
The only two fail-safe ways I found to treat my symptoms of ADD and focus clearly have been exercise and drinking Yerba Mate tea.
Post on Jul 15, 2010 by Cat
Producer's Notes: Ants: The Invisible Majority
Peruse all the amazing ant materials that QUEST has created and compiled in the last few months and explore for yourself the wonderful world of ants.
Post on Jul 13, 2010 by Amy Miller
Trust Building
Whooping cough has reached epidemic proportions in the state of California. And it is hard to know who to be the maddest at.
Post on Jul 05, 2010 by Dr. Barry Starr
