Tag: "QUEST"
Try This at Home: The Chemistry of Fresh Cheese
You can make cheese at home with some milk and a little bit of chemistry. Here's how.
Post on May 16, 2012 by Melissae Fellet from QUEST Northern California
Tomorrow’s Science Illustrators Step Up To the Plate
Science illustration began in a time when drawing was the only way to record the anatomy of a bird or the life stages of a flower. But is illustration still useful today, when it seems every cell phone has an 8 MB camera with zoom, auto-focus and image stabilization?
Post on May 15, 2012 by Danna Staaf from QUEST Northern California
Heron Spotting in Golden Gate Park
It's prime time for Great Blue Heron viewing at Golden Gate Park's Stow Lake. Visit in the next couple of weeks to see newly-hatched chicks learning to fly. Heron chicks hatch from eggs that are slightly bigger than a chicken’s and grow to full size in just 10-12 weeks.
Post on May 14, 2012 by Helen Taylor from QUEST Northern California
“The Art of Nature” Educates and Inspires
The First Friday Art Tour took place on May 4th at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History's exhibit, "The Art of Nature."
Post on May 08, 2012 by Danna Staaf from QUEST Northern California
Different Deltas: Q&A with Jason Peltier of Westlands Water District
QUEST Radio Reporter Lauren Sommer interviews Jason Peltier, Deputy General Manager of Westlands Water District, a 600,000 acre agricultural district on the west side of the San Joaquin valley.
Post on May 04, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
Different Deltas: Q&A with Barry Nelson of the Natural Resources Defense Council
QUEST Radio Reporter Lauren Sommer interviews Barry Nelson, Senior Policy Analyst with the Natural Resources Defense Council about the pressures on the Delta ecosystem and the competing plans to manage them.
Post on May 04, 2012 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
The (Dog's) Nose Knows: Sensor Mimics Canine Sniffing Cells For Smells
Dogs have an amazingly sensitive sense of smell that allows them to find lost people, illegal drugs and even floating whale poop. A new sensor uses the same principles to sniff out rotten food.
Post on May 02, 2012 by Melissae Fellet from QUEST Northern California
Can Ancient Fish Art Inform Modern Fish Science?
Groupers are enormous fish. Some species grow over two meters long and weigh hundreds of kilograms. Fortunately for groupers and for the scientists studying them, these fish are aesthetically appealing as well as huge and tasty.
Post on May 01, 2012 by Danna Staaf from QUEST Northern California
Celebrating Earth Day with Book Arts and A Squid
On Saturday, April 21st, I found myself driving to the San Francisco with a dead squid in the trunk. The squid part wasn't unusual. The unusual part was my destination: the San Franscisco Center for the Book.
Post on Apr 24, 2012 by Danna Staaf from QUEST Northern California
Metal Materials, Cold Could Have Contributed to the Titanic’s Demise
One hundred years after the sinking of the Titanic, questions still abound about what really caused the ship to go down. Two theories say the physical properties of the ship’s metal hull or the composition of the iron rivets could have worsened the damage when the ship slammed into the iceberg.
Post on Apr 18, 2012 by Melissae Fellet from QUEST Northern California
Stanford Marine Biologists Share Their Artistic Side
The third annual Hopkins Marine Station Amateur Art Show was held this past weekend in Monterey, California.
Post on Apr 17, 2012 by Danna Staaf from QUEST Northern California
Cinematic Science from The Farm to France
Monday was the 182nd birthday of Eadward Muybridge, the moving picture pioneer who first answered the question: Do all four feet of a galloping horse leave the ground at once? Muybridge's remarkable contributions to film often overshadow his instrumental role in kickstarting the science of biomechanics . . .
Post on Apr 10, 2012 by Danna Staaf from QUEST Northern California
What Makes It So Easy To Be Green (in Nature)?
At a fundamental level, green objects look green because they reflect green wavelengths of light back to our eyes, while absorbing red and yellow. But organisms have evolved to be green for a wide variety of reasons.
Post on Apr 09, 2012 by Helen Taylor from QUEST Northern California
Coffee Flavor By the Numbers
Technology helps home coffee drinkers analyze and automate their morning brew so that everyone can brew the same artisanal cup of coffee each day.
Post on Apr 04, 2012 by Melissae Fellet from QUEST Northern California
Geneticists Solve Van Gogh's Mutant Sunflowers After 125 Years
Most admirers of Vincent van Gogh's iconic "Sunflower" paintings gaze upon the golden inflorescences without any awareness of the scientific conundrum they pose. But researchers from the University of Georgia have finally cracked the case with a paper published in PLoS Genetics.
Post on Apr 03, 2012 by Danna Staaf from QUEST Northern California
California Utility Commission Defends $100 Million EV Charging Deal
Electric car drivers cheered last week when the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and NRG Energy announced plans to invest $100 million in the state’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Post on Mar 30, 2012 by Bradley Berman from QUEST Northern California
The Circus of Evolution
I was super-excited to see Totem because A) a friend who saw it in San Francisco raved about it, and B) it's about evolution! How cool is that? Cirque du Soleil says of their latest touring show, "TOTEM traces the fascinating journey of the human species from its original amphibian state to its ultimate desire to fly."
Post on Mar 27, 2012 by Danna Staaf from QUEST Northern California
Small Rewards: Tiny Frogs and Chameleons Find and Fill a Niche
Recent discoveries of a Lilliputian lizard and elfin amphibian, fascinating in their own right, highlight one of the most enduring questions in biology: what controls the evolution of body size? They also provide a rare bright spot amid the relentless reports of endangered and disappearing amphibian and reptile species around the world.
Post on Mar 21, 2012 by Liza Gross from QUEST Northern California
Brewing the Perfect Cup of Coffee
The science of brewing coffee includes scales, thermometers and trained taste buds. And like any good experiment, it requires a bit of flair too.
Post on Mar 21, 2012 by Melissae Fellet from QUEST Northern California
The Calligrapher's Golden Touch
When I was in LA this weekend and noticed that the Getty was showing a new illuminated manuscript exhibit, I had to check it out. The only work in the exhibit that wasn't centuries old belonged to San Francisco master calligrapher Thomas Ingmire.
Post on Mar 20, 2012 by Danna Staaf from QUEST Northern California
