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Your Videos on QUEST: Joshua Cassidy
In his debut film, Life by the Tide, San Francisco filmmaker Joshua Cassidy takes an intimate look into the tide pools at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach, CA. Your Videos on QUEST features an excerpt of Cassidy's film.
Video on May 04, 2011 by Joshua Cassidy from QUEST Northern California
Searching for Life on Mars
After multiple unmanned missions to Mars, we still don't know if life has ever existed there. NASA scientists are hoping a new high-tech rover will help them solve the mystery. The Mars Science Laboratory is scheduled for launch in late 2011 and will search for any evidence that the Red Planet was once capable of supporting life.
Video on May 04, 2011 by Rachel Silverman from QUEST Northern California
Into the Deep with Elephant Seals
Thousands of northern elephant seals — some weighing up to 4,500 pounds — make an annual migration to breed each winter at Año Nuevo State Reserve, on the San Mateo County coast. Marine biologists are using high-tech tools to explore the secrets of these amazing creatures, which can hold their breath for an hour and dive a mile below the surface.
Video on May 04, 2011 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
Producer's Notes: Your Videos on QUEST – Joshua Cassidy
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is a place where you can leave city life behind and experience an ephemeral world that is only available to humans when the gravitational pull of the moon and sun create a low tide.
Post on May 03, 2011 by Joshua Cassidy
Life-Threatening Mushroom Poisoning
Since Northern California's mushroom season began last September, four people have suffered life-threatening injuries after eating poisonous wild mushrooms.
Post on Mar 09, 2011 by Gabriela Quirós
Writer Irwin Silber Dies; Was Featured in QUEST TV Story
Oakland writer Irwin Silber died last week. He and his wife, singer Barbara Dane, were featured on a QUEST TV story about Alzheimer's disease.
Post on Sep 16, 2010 by Gabriela Quirós
The Great White Shark Song: Live at the Farallones!
To celebrate autumn's return of the great white sharks to the Farallon Islands and the opening of the new Farallones exhibit at Cal Academy, KQED QUEST presents "The Great White Shark Song: Live at the Farallones!" by Andy Brandy Casagrande IV.
Video on Sep 16, 2010 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
Why I Do Science: Edward O. Wilson
As the "father of biodiversity", two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and guru of myrmecology (the study of ants), E. O. Wilson has been an inspiration to young scientists around the globe. Wilson discusses his life, his career, and his hope for the future of our living world.
Video on Aug 24, 2010 by Lindsay Kelliher from QUEST Northern California
Going UP: Sea Level Rise in San Francisco Bay
Scientists say it's no secret San Francisco Bay is rising, along with all of the earth's oceans. The reason — global warming. This rise in sea level will affect everyone who lives, works, or plays near the bay. QUEST asks how high will the Bay rise and when? And what steps can communities take to plan for it?
Video on Aug 24, 2010 by Rachel Silverman from QUEST Northern California
Producer's Notes: Going UP: Sea Level Rise in San Francisco Bay
There is no question that sea levels have been steadily rising, and will continue to rise at an increased rate in the future. So the real question is not, "Will it rise?" but, "How MUCH will it rise, and what can we do about it?"
Post on Aug 24, 2010 by Lindsay Kelliher
Producer's Notes: Why I Do Science: E.O. Wilson
Getting to interview Edward O. Wilson was the pinnacle of my career so far. How often do you get to meet your hero, sit down face-to-face, and ask him questions about his life?
Post on Aug 24, 2010 by Lindsay Kelliher
Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf Star at San Jose Electric Car Convention
After years of stops and starts, electric cars and plug-in hybrids are on the cusp of a new era of mainstream acceptance, starting this year.
Post on Jul 28, 2010 by Sheraz Sadiq
Homegrown Particle Accelerators
QUEST journeys back to find out how physicists on the UC Berkeley campus in the 1930s, and at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in the 1970s, created "atom smashers" that led to key discoveries about the tiny constituents of the atom and paved the way for the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.
Video on Jul 27, 2010 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
Producer's Notes: Homegrown Particle Accelerators
If you’re enthralled by the Large Hadron Collider, you’ll want to watch QUEST’s story on atom smashers.
Post on Jul 27, 2010 by Gabriela Quirós
Web Extra: Restoration of the San Joaquin River Slideshow
QUEST traveled along the San Joaquin River to produce our story on the restoration of more than 150 miles of the San Joaquin River, California's second-largest river. See behind-the-scenes photos in our narrated slideshow of the journey we took to document the historic comeback of the mighty San Joaquin.
Video on Jul 20, 2010 by Jon Fromer from QUEST Northern California
Restoration of the San Joaquin River
Flowing 330 miles from the Sierras to the delta, the San Joaquin River is California's second longest river. But since the construction of Friant Dam near Fresno in the 1940s, most of the San Joaquin's water has been siphoned off to farmland in the Central Valley. Now, after years of lawsuits, a new effort to restore the river is offering hope that fish and farmers can co-exist.
Video on Jul 20, 2010 by Jon Fromer from QUEST Northern California
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
Your Photos on QUEST: Ron Wolf
Think there's nothing new to see outside? Take a closer look. Photographer Ron Wolf leads us on a hunt for fungi and slime molds, with their surprisingly ornate and elegant patterns, at Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve in Los Altos.
Video on Jul 13, 2010 by Lindsay Kelliher from QUEST Northern California
Ants: The Invisible Majority
Most of us think ants are just pests. But not Brian Fisher. Known as "The Ant Guy," he's on a mission to show the world just how important and amazing these little creatures are and in the process, catalog all of the world's 30,000 ant species before they become casualties of habitat loss. But he can't do it without our help.
Video on Jul 13, 2010 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
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
