Comments for KQED QUEST http://science.kqed.org/quest Explore science, nature and environment stories from Northern California and beyond with KQED’s multimedia series Thu, 24 May 2012 05:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Life on The Gate: Working on the Golden Gate Bridge 1933-37 by Peter DuMont http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/life-on-the-gate-working-on-the-golden-gate-bridge-1933-37/#comment-25373 Peter DuMont Thu, 24 May 2012 05:51:00 +0000 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?post_type=audio_reports&p=36106#comment-25373 Thanks for a great photo display, stories, and video — complete with bicyclist! This occasion recalls the 50th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1987, when Bill Graham and many others helped organized the Bridge Walk. The STAR ALLIANCE foundation for peace was there with banner, peace flags, and large helium balloons that provided a nice touch of levity as the roadbed of the bridge flattened out with half a million people on it, wasn't it? — certainly enough to cause legitimate concerns! Peter DuMont, STAR ALLIANCE * FOUNDATION FOR ALL Thanks for a great photo display, stories, and video — complete with bicyclist! This occasion recalls the 50th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1987, when Bill Graham and many others helped organized the Bridge Walk. The STAR ALLIANCE foundation for peace was there with banner, peace flags, and large helium balloons that provided a nice touch of levity as the roadbed of the bridge flattened out with half a million people on it, wasn't it? — certainly enough to cause legitimate concerns!

Peter DuMont, STAR ALLIANCE * FOUNDATION FOR ALL

]]> Comment on Making Women Partners in Breast Cancer Research by Medha Srikanth http://science.kqed.org/quest/2012/05/16/making-women-partners-in-breast-cancer-research/#comment-25372 Medha Srikanth Thu, 24 May 2012 04:47:00 +0000 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=38083#comment-25372 As soon as when a woman hears that, she has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she will get collapsed. Once all the tests and mammography is done, the patient goes through a list of emotional stress related to every step in the treatment. I have made a small attempt to share some breast cancer facts and what actually happens to the patient while going through the process of chemotherapy and radiation. http://www.breastcancerguide.weebly.com As soon as when a woman hears that, she has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she will get collapsed. Once all the tests and mammography is done, the patient goes through a list of emotional stress related to every step in the treatment.

I have made a small attempt to share some breast cancer facts and what actually happens to the patient while going through the process of chemotherapy and radiation.

http://www.breastcancerguide.weebly.com

]]> Comment on California's Deadlocked Delta: Is Carbon Farming the Future? by Marcia Denison http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/californias-deadlocked-delta-is-carbon-farming-the-future/#comment-25371 Marcia Denison Wed, 23 May 2012 21:55:00 +0000 http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/californias-deadlocked-delta-is-carbon-farming-the-future/#comment-25371 Wetlands reduce flooding by filling with water. Levees cause extreme flooding in areas that have developed for thousands of years producing the rich farmland and decreasing flooding by giving water a place to go. Narrow minded self embellishment by refusing to live with natural fluxes is a terrible thing to base any decision on ever. Get rid of the levees, adapt to nature, and you will benefit. Fill in the wetlands with islands of 16 foot tall grass, and you will cause more flooding while spreading Tule Grass all over the place ruining farm land to cause pesticde/herbicide to pollute the waters, sicken all of us and kill fish. Please see the broader view, not the immediate bottom line. Wetlands reduce flooding by filling with water. Levees cause extreme flooding in areas that have developed for thousands of years producing the rich farmland and decreasing flooding by giving water a place to go. Narrow minded self embellishment by refusing to live with natural fluxes is a terrible thing to base any decision on ever. Get rid of the levees, adapt to nature, and you will benefit. Fill in the wetlands with islands of 16 foot tall grass, and you will cause more flooding while spreading Tule Grass all over the place ruining farm land to cause pesticde/herbicide to pollute the waters, sicken all of us and kill fish. Please see the broader view, not the immediate bottom line.

]]> Comment on Making Women Partners in Breast Cancer Research by Toni http://science.kqed.org/quest/2012/05/16/making-women-partners-in-breast-cancer-research/#comment-25370 Toni Wed, 23 May 2012 19:51:00 +0000 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=38083#comment-25370 If you're not a member of Dr. Love's Army of Women yet, what are you waiting for? Do it now and help to prevent breast cancer. If you're not a member of Dr. Love's Army of Women yet, what are you waiting for? Do it now and help to prevent breast cancer.

]]> Comment on California's Deadlocked Delta: Is Carbon Farming the Future? by Curious http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/californias-deadlocked-delta-is-carbon-farming-the-future/#comment-25369 Curious Wed, 23 May 2012 18:27:00 +0000 http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/californias-deadlocked-delta-is-carbon-farming-the-future/#comment-25369 I don't quite get it. Would companies who produce carbon pay these farmers to store the carbon? And then, how does the carbon get stored? Do the wetlands just soak it up from the air? If that's how it works, how do we know whose carbon is getting soaked up...? I don't quite get it. Would companies who produce carbon pay these farmers to store the carbon? And then, how does the carbon get stored? Do the wetlands just soak it up from the air? If that's how it works, how do we know whose carbon is getting soaked up…?

]]> Comment on Brammo Unveils Powerful New All-Electric Motorcycle by Jblack http://science.kqed.org/quest/2012/05/22/brammo-unveils-powerful-new-all-electric-motorcycle/#comment-25365 Jblack Tue, 22 May 2012 22:05:00 +0000 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=38555#comment-25365 WANT. WANT.

]]> Comment on Starship Math: Are the Stars Our Destiny? by BBurress http://science.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/24/starship-math-are-the-stars-our-destiny/#comment-25364 BBurress Tue, 22 May 2012 18:16:00 +0000 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=31187#comment-25364 The calculation to be done is more based on the MASS of the vehicle, not so much the dimensions of it. If you can determine the mass of your hypothetical starship, then you could compare it to the mass of my hypothetical (Space Shuttle) starship and calculate the fuel requirement from that ratio. The calculation to be done is more based on the MASS of the vehicle, not so much the dimensions of it. If you can determine the mass of your hypothetical starship, then you could compare it to the mass of my hypothetical (Space Shuttle) starship and calculate the fuel requirement from that ratio.

]]> Comment on Life With The Leaf: Lessons From An Early Adopter by Mike http://science.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/12/life-with-the-leaf-lessons-from-an-early-adopter/#comment-25363 Mike Tue, 22 May 2012 18:14:00 +0000 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=29231#comment-25363 Good article, thanks. Very helpful and informative. Nice legs, too. Good article, thanks. Very helpful and informative. Nice legs, too.

]]> Comment on Starship Math: Are the Stars Our Destiny? by Edwardkimber102@hotmail.com http://science.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/24/starship-math-are-the-stars-our-destiny/#comment-25362 Edwardkimber102@hotmail.com Tue, 22 May 2012 08:42:00 +0000 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=31187#comment-25362 What the calculation of the weight fuel mass, and how much more it need to travel. What the calculation of the weight fuel mass, and how much more it need to travel.

]]> Comment on Starship Math: Are the Stars Our Destiny? by Edwardkimber102@hotmail..com http://science.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/24/starship-math-are-the-stars-our-destiny/#comment-25361 Edwardkimber102@hotmail..com Tue, 22 May 2012 08:40:00 +0000 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?p=31187#comment-25361 what would the weight mass fuel on a 26400 ft x 12390 ft x 14520 ft vessel be. what would the weight mass fuel on a 26400 ft x 12390 ft x 14520 ft vessel be.

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