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KQED's QUEST is a TV, radio, web, and education series by KQED exploring science, environment and nature in Northern California. QUEST broadcasts a half-hour weekly HD television program, weekly radio segments, daily web content (podcasts, blogs, flickr sets/mashups), and education guides. QUEST's geographic coverage spans from Mendocino to Monterey and from Sacramento to Santa Clara, and focuses on nine content areas: astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, environment, geology, health, physics, and weather.
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Biofuels: Beyond Ethanol
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Biofuels: Beyond Ethanol - For years there's been buzz – both positive and negative – about generating ethanol fuel from corn. But thanks to recent developments, the Bay Area is rapidly becoming a world center for the next generation of green fuel alternatives.
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Better Bees: Super Bee and Wild Bee
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Better Bees: Super Bee and Wild Bee - California farmers depend on bees to pollinate the state's multi-million dollar fruit and nut crops, but last season thousands of bee colonies disappeared around the country. Meet two Northern California researchers looking for ways to make sure we always
Download File - 130.8 MB
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Earth Day Special: Where We've Been, Where We're Headed
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Earth Day Special: Where We've Been, Where We're Headed - Journey back in time to the birth of the Bay Area's environmental movement. Meet the everyday people who rescued the Bay Area from environmental disaster and continue to inspire a new generation.
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Earthquakes: Breaking New Ground
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Earthquakes: Breaking New Ground - Can earthquakes be predicted? Northern California researchers are now identifying the slow-moving clues that may foreshadow violent quakes. Their work may provide even a few seconds of warning to open elevator doors, slow down trains or alert firefighters
Download File - 115.3 MB
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Forensic Identification
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Forensic Identification - Chelsey Juarez, a UC Santa Cruz doctoral candidate in forensic anthropology, has developed a novel technique to help identify the remains of migrants who die crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Download File - 38.0 MB
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From Waste To Watts: Biofuel Bonanza
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - From Waste To Watts: Biofuel Bonanza - It may look like waste, but to some people it's green power. Find out how California dairy farms and restaurants like Jardinière are taking their leftover waste and transforming it into clean energy.
Download File - 116.9 MB
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Genetic Testing through the Web
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Genetic Testing through the Web - If you could learn your risk of getting cancer, would you? A San Francisco company now makes it easy to order medical genetic tests through the Web.
Download File - 112.4 MB
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Illuminating the Northern Lights
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Illuminating the Northern Lights - Northern California residents may not be able to see the northern lights like people in Alaska can, but Bay Area scientists are playing a key role in understanding them.
Download File - 95.5 MB
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Ladybug Pajama Party
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Ladybug Pajama Party - Each year Ladybugs fly in by the millions to winter in the East Bay's Redwood Regional Park. We meet naturalist Linda Yemoto who explains this phenomenon. But how these beetles know where to go is still one of nature's mysteries.
Download File - 35.9 MB
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Landslide Detectives
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Landslide Detectives - With its rolling hills and winter storms, the Bay Area has been a landslide hotspot, putting houses and lives at risk. Meet the geologists working to understand and predict these natural disasters.
Download File - 111.4 MB
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Nanotechnology Takes Off
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Nanotechnology Takes Off - What's 100,000 times thinner than a strand of hair? A nanometer. Discover the nanotech boom in Berkeley, where researchers are working to unlock the potential of nanoscience to battle global warming and disease.
Download File - 121.7 MB
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NASA Ames Rocket to the Moon
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - NASA Ames Rocket to the Moon - Call them demolition derby astrophysicists: NASA Scientists in Mountain View are building a spaceship they will deliberately crash into the moon in 2008, sending up a 40-mile high cloud of debris. Their goal? To find water for a future moon base.
Download File - 112.3 MB
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The Physics of Baseball
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - The Physics of Baseball - At UC Berkeley, a team of undergrads is experimenting with velocity, force, and aerodynamics. But you won't find them in a lab -- they work on a baseball diamond, throwing fast balls, sliders and curve balls.
Download File - 142.0 MB
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San Francisco Bay Invaders
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - San Francisco Bay Invaders - Scoop a handful of critters out of the San Francisco Bay and you'll find tourists from far away shores. Invasive kinds of mussels, fish and more are choking out native species, challenging experts around the state to change the human behavior that brings
Download File - 110.8 MB
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Science of Big Waves
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Science of Big Waves - A monster lurks just off the coast of Northern California. Known as "Mavericks," this surf break north of Half Moon Bay generates some of the biggest waves in the world, and draws the big wave surfers that live for them. But what makes these waves so big?
Download File - 119.3 MB
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Stem Cell Gold Rush
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Stem Cell Gold Rush - California’s landmark stem cell research program made headlines nationally, but what’s the latest story behind the science? QUEST investigates the potential for medical breakthroughs in the next decade and how the Bay Area is leading the way.
Download File - 118.3 MB
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Sudden Oak Death
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Sudden Oak Death - Devastating over 1 million oak trees across Northern California in the past 10 years, Sudden Oak Death is a killer with no cure. But biologists now are looking to the trees' genetics for a solution.
Download File - 113.3 MB
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The Planet Hunters
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - The Planet Hunters - Do other planets like Earth exist? To find out, a team of astronomers from the University of California is building a new telescope in the hills east of San Jose. QUEST finds out how the team searches for planets and why it matters.
Download File - 123.7 MB
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Super Microscope
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Super Microscope - Cutting-edge microscopes at UC-San Francisco are helping scientists create three-dimensional images of cells, and may help lead to new medical breakthroughs, including a treatment for Type 1 diabetes.
Download File - 33.0 MB
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Super Laser at the National Ignition Facility
Author: KQED
Mon, Apr 14, 2008
QUEST - Video - Super Laser at the National Ignition Facility - It's the largest laser beam in the world and it's being built in the Bay Area. The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will shoot tremendous bursts of energy at an area the size of a pencil eraser. The goal? Fusion.
Download File - 114.5 MB
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