Searching for Life on Mars
More than two years after its precisely calibrated landing on the floor of a Martian crater in August 2012, NASA’s one ton, SUV-sized Curiosity rover has traveled more than five miles across the rocky,...
View ArticleDarfur Stoves Project
This video story was originally produced by Amy Miller and was updated by Lisa Landers and Arwen Curry. In 2003, following a series of tribal and political uprisings, the Sudanese government...
View ArticleSoup Without Sharks
More than 70 guests celebrated the 80th birthday of Helen Hong (not pictured) at Koi Palace, in Daly City, on Aug. 17. Her daughter-in-law Gloria So, in orange dress, organized the party. (Photos by...
View ArticleMillie Hughes-Fulford: Scientist in Space
This video and article, originally posted on July 26, 2011, were updated on Nov. 26, 2014. Millie Hughes-Fulford in her lab at the San Francisco VA Medical Center in March 2011. (Michael Goode/KQED)...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Goes to Space
A new generation of entrepreneurs – sprung from the high-risk, high-tech culture of Silicon Valley – is launching private, for-profit ventures to open up space for tourism, transportation, rapid earth...
View ArticleScary Tsunamis
Ten years ago this week, a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean off Sumatra triggered a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and other countries. Six years...
View ArticleWhy I Do Science: Kandis Elliot
Plant Modifications poster by Kandis Elliot. Click on the image for a larger size. Kandis Elliot didn’t think she’d make art her profession. “When I was in high school and thinking of a career, we...
View ArticleNapa Wineries Face Global Warming
As revelers uncorked wine bottles to celebrate the holidays and ring in the New Year, more of them were celebrating with a glass of California-grown Pinot Noir than a decade ago. But the growing market...
View ArticleSelf-Driving Cars: The Road Ahead
Traffic congestion along busy stretches of roads and highways can make commutes a dreaded daily routine for most California motorists. In fact, after Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco are...
View ArticleSidelined: Sports Concussions
It’s football season, but this fall there won’t be as many hard-hitting practices in California. In January, a new state law, signed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown, took effect, limiting full-contact...
View ArticleMercury in San Francisco Bay
Dr. Jane Hightower’s sick patients weren’t getting better, and she wanted to know why. Some of the California Pacific Medical Center physician’s well-heeled patients were coming into her clinic...
View ArticleLife by the Tide (excerpt)
In his debut film, Life by the Tide, San Francisco filmmaker Joshua Cassidy takes an intimate look into the tide pools at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach, CA. QUEST features an excerpt of...
View ArticleInto the Deep with Elephant Seals (updated)
If you’re a resident of the Bay Area, chances are you’ve walked or biked across the Golden Gate Bridge, attended a San Francisco Giants game, marveled at the towering redwoods in Muir Woods, or savored...
View ArticleA New Earthquake-Proof Calaveras Dam
Since July 2010, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has been hard at work on one of the biggest engineering projects in the nation, the Hetch Hetchy Water System Improvement Program. At a...
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