Web Extra: Devil's Gulch Ranch Windmill
Mark Pasternak of Devil's Gulch Ranch erected the first permitted, electricity generating wind turbine in Marin County. See pictures and hear the story of how it was done.
Video on Aug 25, 2009 by KQED QUEST staff from QUEST Northern California
Web Extra: Home Energy Audit
QUEST teams up with Climate Watch to give you an inside look at home energy efficiency. Tag along with Sustainable Spaces on a home efficiency "green-up" and learn tips on how to make your home more energy efficient.
Video on Aug 25, 2009 by KQED QUEST staff from QUEST Northern California
Climate Watch: Unlocking the Grid
With the race on to reduce global warming and fossil fuel dependency, experts in alternative energy see a bright future for renewable resources like wind, solar, hydro-power and geothermal energy. QUEST and Climate Watch team up to look at the "Smart Grid" of the future and how it might be improved to more cleanly and efficiently keep the lights on in California.
Video on Aug 25, 2009 by Sarah Kass from QUEST Northern California
Web Extra: San Francisco Watershed
Find out why San Francisco's watershed surrounding Crystal Springs Reservoir is sometimes called "California's Original Gold.
Video on Aug 07, 2009 by KQED QUEST staff from QUEST Northern California
Cool Critters: The Golden Eagle
Although not as famous as its bald cousin, Golden Eagles are much easier to find in Northern California – one of the largest breeding populations for Golden Eagles is right here in the Mount Diablo valley. Meet one of the largest birds of prey as QUEST visits the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek, CA.
Video on Jul 28, 2009 by Joan Johnson from QUEST Northern California
Scary Tsunamis
In 2004, a massive tsunami struck the Indian Ocean. More than 225,000 people were killed. Bay Area researchers raced to the scene to learn everything they could about these deadly forces of nature.
Video on Jul 28, 2009 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
Decoding Synthetic Biology
Imagine living cells acting as memory devices; biofuels brewing from yeast, or a light receptor taken from algae that makes photographs on a plate of bacteria. With the new science of synthetic biology, the goal is to make biology easier to engineer so that new functions can be derived from living systems.
Video on Jul 21, 2009 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
Your Photos on QUEST: Harold Davis
East Bay photographer Harold Davis combines his loves of the natural world with modern digital photography to create images that show the ordinary in an extra-ordinary way. After many years as a commercial photographer, he decided to move back the Bay Area and change his focus.
Video on Jul 21, 2009 by Lindsay Kelliher from QUEST Northern California
Web Extra: Synthetic Biology Extended Interview
Meet Biological Engineer Drew Endy of Stanford University, who is on the forefront of the new science of synthetic biology.
Video on Jul 21, 2009 by Sheraz Sadiq from QUEST Northern California
QUEST Lab: Newton's Laws of Motion
Paul Doherty of the Exploratorium performs a "sit-down" lecture on one of Sir Issac Newton's most famous laws.
Video on Jul 14, 2009 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
Hog Wild
In 1924, a hunter purposely released a handful of wild boar in Monterey County. Now the pigs number in the hundreds of thousands and reside in all but two of California's 58 counties. Big, fast, smart and hungry, these animals often out-compete native species and damage fragile native ecosystems.
Video on Jul 14, 2009 by Chris Bauer from QUEST Northern California
Why I Do Science: Healy Hamilton
Could you have a career studying rare Amazon River Dolphins, tiny octopuses and endangered sea horses? Healy Hamilton does, and she works with kids to encourages them to become scientists.
Video on Jul 07, 2009 by Joan Johnson from QUEST Northern California
Profile: Sylvia Earle
She's spent much of the last five decades exploring and protecting the world's oceans. Find out why legendary marine biologist Sylvia Earle thinks that we may only have a few years left to save what she calls "the blue heart of the planet."
Video on Jul 07, 2009 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
The Sweet Science of Chocolate
Local chocolate makers explain the elaborate engineering and chemistry behind this tasty treat. And learn why it's actually good for your health!
Video on Jun 16, 2009 by Jenny Oh from QUEST Northern California
Cool Critters: Turkey Vultures
Ever wonder why a vulture's head is bald? QUEST visits the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek, CA, to meet their resident Turkey Vulture and learn about what life is like in the Bay Area for these bald "beauties."
Video on Jun 16, 2009 by Joan Johnson from QUEST Northern California
QUEST Quiz: Sewage
If you live in Oakland, how long does it take for sewage to flow from your house, through the EBMUD plant and into the bay?
Video on May 26, 2009 by Josh Rosen from QUEST Northern California
Wastewater Woes: Sewage Spills in SF Bay
What happens when you flush the toilet? For most of us, what's out of sight is out of mind. But large numbers of sewage spills into San Francisco Bay are forcing cities, water agencies and the public to take a closer look at wastewater and its impacts on the health of the bay.
Video on May 26, 2009 by Amy Miller from QUEST Northern California
Seahorse Sleuths
Seahorses are some of the most enchanting and mysterious creatures in the ocean. They are struggling to survive in threatened habitats around the world, while large-scale trading of seahorses for the traditional Chinese medicine market goes unchecked. Meet the Seahorse Sleuths – local scientists who are working to save them from extinction.
Video on May 19, 2009 by Joan Johnson from QUEST Northern California
Web Extra: Raising Seahorses in Captivity
Seahorse aquarist Jonelle Verdugo of the Monterey Bay Aquarium talks with Quest about the biology of seahorses on some of the challenges of raising them in captivity.
Video on May 19, 2009 by Joan Johnson from QUEST Northern California
Asthma: What Brought on the Epidemic?
The rates of childhood asthma in the United States rose 160 percent from 1980 to 1994 and have remained high ever since, making this chronic lung illness the country's third most common pediatric disease. QUEST meets Bay Area researchers who are investigating possible environmental and social culprits.
Video on May 19, 2009 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
