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Reporter's Notes: Truckers Clean Up Their Act

Reporter's Notes: Truckers Clean Up Their Act

Poor air quality can exacerbate breathing problems such as asthma, as well as cause other negative health outcomes. In few places is this more apparent than West Oakland, where reporter Amy Standen investigates the amount and types of carcinogens that are being emitted by diesel trucks and new air quality rules air officials believe will turn things around.

 
Amy Standen

Post on Jan 22, 2010 by

Scenes from the Pacific Garbage Patch

Scenes from the Pacific Garbage Patch

Quest reporter Amy Standen talks with journalist Lindsey Hoshaw, who has recently returned from a trip to the Pacific Garbage Patch, about what she found there.

 
Amy Standen

Post on Dec 08, 2009 by

Housing the Human Computer

Housing the Human Computer

A look into the science of skin. In an article this week in the New York Times, brainpower was correlated with the complexity of nerve synapses. Leading researcher Dr. Grant, who has studied the interconnectedness of neurons, likened this connection to technology; "From the evolutionary perspective, the big brains of vertebrates not only have more [...]

 
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Post on Jun 11, 2008 by