KQED QUEST Science Video Podcast
QUEST is a KQED Multimedia Series Exploring Northern California Science, Environment and Nature.
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The Night Sky: Past and Present
The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in North Carolina is attempting ...
The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in North Carolina is attempting to save historical records before they vanish into a black hole.
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Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct: Big Fixes for Big Quakes
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is hard at work ...
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is hard at work on a $4.6 billion, decade-long construction project to overhaul the Hetch Hetchy water system.
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Cool Critters: Lake Erie Water Snake
Within and along the waters of Lake Erie (one of ...
Within and along the waters of Lake Erie (one of the five Great Lakes), there is a daily struggle for survival between natives and unwelcomed invasive species.
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Asian Carp: Threat to Great Lakes
The invasive Asian carp has wreaked havoc in the Mississippi ...
The invasive Asian carp has wreaked havoc in the Mississippi River system.
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Science on the SPOT: The Science of Salt Glaze Pottery
Ben Owen III combines his family’s experiential knowledge of ceramics ...
Ben Owen III combines his family’s experiential knowledge of ceramics and additional scientific knowledge to create and improve his unique works of art.
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QUEST Lab: Engineering Fire
In a dark lab at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, engineers ...
In a dark lab at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, engineers work to make the most efficient flame possible.
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One Fish Two Fish: Monitoring Marine Protected Areas
QUEST takes to the high seas with researcher Dirk Rosen ...
QUEST takes to the high seas with researcher Dirk Rosen to study the underwater world off the California coast.
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QUEST Lab: The Shaking Table at UC Berkeley
Khalid Mosalam and his colleagues at the Pacific Earthquake Engineering ...
Khalid Mosalam and his colleagues at the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center's Shaking Table Laboratory are helping to make communities safer in an earthquake.
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Megathrust Earthquakes
Experts warn that an offshore quake powerful enough to kill ...
Experts warn that an offshore quake powerful enough to kill thousands and discharge a tsunami could hit the West Coast anytime.
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Induced Seismicity: Man-Made Earthquakes
In California, more renewable energy comes from geothermal energy than ...
In California, more renewable energy comes from geothermal energy than solar and wind, combined. But it's not without challenges.
