Next Meal: Engineering Food
Are the benefits of genetically engineered foods worth the risks? This half-hour QUEST Northern California special explores the pros and cons of genetically engineered crops, and what the future holds for research and regulations.
Video on May 07, 2013 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
Science on the SPOT: The Glowing Millipedes of Alcatraz
More than a million visitors visit Alcatraz every year, but a recent discovery has revealed another attraction that lives within the shadows of this historic prison.
Video on Mar 19, 2013 by Jenny Oh from KQED Science
Science on the SPOT: Preserving the Forest of the Sea
UC Berkeley's University Herbarium boasts one of the largest and oldest collections of seaweed in the United States. Herbarium curator Kathy Ann Miller is leading a massive project to preserve digitally nearly 80,000 specimens of west coast seaweed.
Video on Feb 05, 2013 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
Science on the SPOT: Shadows and Spiders– A Secret Cave in California
The rural foothills along the Santa Cruz County Coast hold an ancient secret. Deep below the redwoods, White Moon Cave extends for nearly a mile — making it one of the longest caves in California. But few people have ever been in it. Join the KQED Science team as we squeeze through the narrow clandestine entrance, and meet the uncanny cave inhabitants to bring new light to this hidden realm.
Video on Nov 20, 2012 by Joshua Cassidy from QUEST Northern California
Why I Do Science: Stephen Palumbi
In this edition of "Why I Do Science", we hear from Stephen Palumbi, a world-renowned marine biologist and director of the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California.
Video on Oct 09, 2012 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
Heat and Harvest – the documentary
A half-hour documentary on how climate change is challenging California’s $30 billion agricultural industry. Co-produced by KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
Video on Sep 28, 2012 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
Some Bugs Like it Hot: Climate Change and Agricultural Pests
Scientists and farmers are starting to notice that, as California's winters warm up, the state is becoming more hospitable to destructive agricultural pests.
Video on Sep 28, 2012 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
Uncool Cherries
Climate change is contributing to reduced cherry yields in California. This video is part of the Heat and Harvest series, co-produced by KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
Video on Sep 28, 2012 by Mark Schapiro from Center for Investigative Reporting
Dry and Salted
Salty groundwater is ruining almond crops in the Central Valley, and scientists expect sea level rise to worsen the problem. This video is part of the Heat and Harvest series, co-produced by KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
Video on Sep 27, 2012 by Mark Schapiro from Center for Investigative Reporting
Black Holes: Objects of Attraction
Black holes have been the stuff of science fiction since their discovery in the late sixties. But now a new, nimble NASA telescope is using its powerful x-ray vision to hunt for these abundant yet invisible, massive space oddities.
Video on Sep 25, 2012 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
Your Videos on QUEST: Steve Fyffe
Motion-activated cameras at Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve provide scientists a window into the secret lives of the animals there. This short video by the Stanford News Service reveals how these "camera traps" work and shows some of the amazing animals that roam around Jasper Ridge at night.
Video on Sep 25, 2012 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
What's Next for Nuclear?
Can nuclear power be produced safely and affordably? A scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, is working to do just that.
Video on Sep 18, 2012 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
Field Notes: Dan Costa in Antarctica
QUEST Producer Sheraz Sadiq interviews Bay Area filmmaker and musician Jesse Hiatt about the experience of filming in one of the world's most extreme environments. His breathtaking footage was edited into the QUEST segment, "Field Notes: Dan Costa in Antarctica."
Video on Sep 18, 2012 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
X-ray Microscope: Seeing Cells in 3-D
At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, scientists are using a cutting-edge microscope, the first of its kind in the world, to image whole cells in 3-D with the penetrating power of x-rays. The new images generated by the microscope are offering a deeper, more precise understanding of cellular structures and how they change with diseases.
Video on Sep 11, 2012 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
Your Photos on QUEST: Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Astrophotographer Rogelio Bernal Andreo's colorful wide field images of deep sky objects like galaxies, nebulae, star clusters has garnered him dozens of photography awards including the Royal Observatory of Greenwich's 2010 Best Astrophotographer of the Year.
Video on Sep 11, 2012 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
Science on the SPOT: Up all Night with SOFIA, NASA's Flying Observatory
SOFIA is more than a telescope tucked into a re-purposed commercial airliner. It's a complete flying astronomical observation platform which carries a dozen or more astronomers, observers and crew far above the clouds to observe objects and phenomena too cold to be seen in visible light.
Video on Jun 27, 2012 by Craig Rosa from QUEST Northern California
Your Videos on QUEST: Kip Evans
Kip Evans is a natural history documentary filmmaker and photographer from Pacific Grove, California. This is an excerpt of his short film, “Isla Holbox: Whale Shark Island."
Video on May 15, 2012 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
The Science of Riding a Bicycle
Their basic design hasn’t changed much, but scientists still don’t fully understand the forces that allow humans to balance atop a bicycle. QUEST visits Davis – a city that loves its bicycles – to take a ride on a research bike and explore a collection of antique bicycles.
Video on May 15, 2012 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
Exploring Corals of the Deep
Off California's coastline, thousands of feet below the deep blue ocean where the sun's rays don't reach, teems a diverse community of deep sea corals. Armed with unmanned submarines equipped with robotic arms, sensors and HD cameras, scientists are exploring this treasure trove of corals and the rich marine life living among them.
Video on May 08, 2012 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
Field Notes: Oakland Zoo in Uganda
In this "Field Notes" segment, Amy Gotliffe, director of conservation at the Oakland Zoo, shares her photographs and stories from Uganda, where the zoo's Bodongo Snare Removal Project works to protect endangered chimpanzees from illegal poaching.
Video on May 08, 2012 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
