Television
Discuss the "Green Burials" TV story
Concerned about toxic embalming fluid, caskets made of rainforest hardwood, and bodies encased in vaults that never decompose, a small but growing number of undertakers is driving a new movement: green burials. We visit cemeteries in Marin and Sebastopol offering green burials, in which bodies are laid to rest in a simple pine casket or [...]
Post on Feb 27, 2007 by Gabriela Quirós
Genetic Testing through the Web
If you could learn your risk of getting cancer, would you? A San Francisco company now makes it easy to order medical genetic tests through the Web.
Video on Feb 20, 2007 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
Take stroll through San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers with Executive Director Dr. John Peterson and learn about the building's Victorian history and rare collection of exotic Dracula orchids.
Video on Feb 20, 2007 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
Condors vs. Lead Bullets
Once nearly extinct, California condors are making a steady recovery. But a new threat– lead poisoning from old bullets– is slowing progress, leaving scientists between wildlife preservation and the politics of hunting.
Video on Feb 20, 2007 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
Web Extra: Chumash blessing and dance
Mati Waiya, Dolphin dancer and Chumash ceremonial leader, shares the blessing and dance seen briefly in "Condors vs. Lead Bullets," to remind us to never forget to look through the eyes of the ancestors so we can see our future.
Video on Feb 20, 2007 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
Discuss the "San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers" TV story
Take stroll through San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers with Executive Director Dr. John Peterson and learn about the building's Victorian history and rare collection of exotic Dracula orchids. Condors vs. Lead Bullets and Genetic Testing (episode #103), which includes this short story, airs tonight on QUEST at 7:30pm on KQED 9, and KQED HD, Comcast [...]
Post on Feb 20, 2007 by Chris Bauer
Discuss the "Genetic testing through the Web" TV story
As more and more information on our genes has become available in the past 10 years, genetic testing has joined the arsenal of tools routinely used by health professionals. Today a San Francisco company called DNA Direct is bringing genetic testing directly to consumers. Tests to diagnose your risk of developing diseases such as breast [...]
Post on Feb 20, 2007 by Gabriela Quirós
Discuss the “Condors vs. Lead Bullets” TV story
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, with only 20 birds left in the wild, California condors have slowly began recovering in number after 25 years of careful breeding and scientific work to reintroduce them to the wild. There are now more than 200 condors in California. But as more of them fly free, the [...]
Post on Feb 20, 2007 by Chris Bauer
San Francisco Bay Debris
Admiral Chester Nimitz was nearly killed when his seaplane hit a floating telephone pole 65 years ago. Ever since, a group of Sausalito sailors have been SF Bay's trash collectors – removing everything from floating concrete to dead bodies.
Video on Feb 13, 2007 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
Plug-In Hybrid Cars
A group of Bay Area engineers is trying to launch a green car revolution at 100 mpg by souping up Toyota's Prius. The holy grail of their "plug-in hybrids:" less smog, less global warming and a cure for America's oil addiction.
Video on Feb 13, 2007 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
Forensic Identification
Chelsey Juarez, a UC Santa Cruz doctoral candidate in forensic anthropology, has developed a novel technique to help identify the remains of migrants who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Video on Feb 13, 2007 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
Discuss the "Forensic Identification" TV story
Chelsey Juarez is a doctoral student in forensic anthropology at UC Santa Cruz. She is developing a database of soil profiles that would help identify the bodies of migrants who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. To develop her database, she has been analyzing teeth. Our teeth contain information that shows what kind of soil we [...]
Post on Feb 13, 2007 by Gabriela Quirós
Discuss the "Plug-In Hybrid Cars" TV story
Some hybrid owners may be satisfied with 50 mpg. But a new breed is working on 100 miles per gallon or more. CalCars, a Palo Alto-based non-profit group of entrepreneurs, environmentalists and engineers, is tinkering with and lobbying for new technology that will add batteries to a typical Toyota Prius, tweaking the electrical system, so [...]
Post on Feb 13, 2007 by Gabriela Quirós
Discuss the "San Francisco Bay Debris" TV segment
We clean up our parks and streets. Who cleans up the bay? The military. Every month. In 1942, while on a flight from Hawaii to Washington DC, a seaplane carrying Admiral Chester Nimitz attempted to land in San Francisco Bay. The plane hit a piece of floating trash in the water and flipped, killing the [...]
Post on Feb 13, 2007 by Amy Miller
The Chemistry Behind Forensic Identification (web only)
Hear more from Chelsey Juarez, a UC Santa Cruz doctoral candidate in forensic anthropology, about the chemistry behind her technique to help identify the remains of migrants who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Video on Feb 13, 2007 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
What's Killing the Sea Otters?
Sea otters, the fuzzy mascots of the California coast, have fought back for 75 years from near-extinction, but now their population has mysteriously stalled. Pollution from land– perhaps even a parasite in cat litter– may be the culprit.
Video on Feb 06, 2007 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
Discuss the "What's Killing the Sea Otters" TV segment
Sea otters, the fuzzy mascots of the California coast, have fought back over the past 75 years from near-extinction. From the 1970s to the 1990s, their numbers steadily grew. But recently, their population growth has stalled. Scientists aren't sure why, but they are alarmed. One key suspect: house cats. In a study published in 2002, [...]
Post on Feb 06, 2007 by Amy Miller
LCROSS animation (web only)
Why do NASA scientists in Mountain View want to crash a rocket on the moon? Watch an animation of the entire mission to find out.
Narrated by: Tony Colaprete, Team Leader LCROSS mission.
Video on Jan 29, 2007 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
