KQED Science Video Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Cool Critters: Great Horned Owls May 13, 2008

Show notes

Want to find out why Great Horned Owls can turn their heads 270 degrees? Join us as we meet Olivia the Owl at the Oakland Zoo.

Disappearing Frogs May 06, 2008

Show notes

Around the world, frogs are declining at an alarming rate due to threats like pollution, disease and climate change. Frogs bridge the gap between water and land habitats, making them the first indicators of ecosystem changes. Meet the Bay Area researchers working to protect frogs across the state.

Web Exclusive: Frogs in Decline, Interview with Professor Tyrone Hayes May 06, 2008

Show notes

Watch a interview with Dr. Tyrone Hayes, Professor of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley about his research into the effects of the pesticide Atrazine on frogs.

QUEST Quiz: Frogs May 06, 2008

Show notes

Think you know about frogs? Test your knowledge with our QUEST Quiz.

Emotions Revealed Apr 29, 2008

Show notes

Is your face giving you away? Meet renowned psychologist Paul Ekman, who has spent his life studying how our facial muscles involuntarily reveal emotions like sadness and anger. His comprehensive catalog of human facial expressions has become an important tool for everyone from law enforcement agents to animators.

Amateur Astronomers Apr 29, 2008

Show notes

Some of the most passionate astronomers don't even need to leave their own backyards. QUEST meets the amateur stargazers in the Bay Area who are making important observations about the cosmos and inventing tools at home to do it.

Future History: Plastic Water Bottles Apr 29, 2008

Show notes

What does our use of bottled water say about us? Take a look from the perspective of an anthropologist from the distant future.

Super Laser at the National Ignition Facility Apr 15, 2008

Show notes

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? To create fusion ignition, a potential clean energy source for the 21st century.

Resurveying California's Wildlife 100 Years Later Apr 15, 2008

Show notes

In the early 1900's, researchers from UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology traveled around California and created detailed records of the wildlife they found. A century later, scientists are revisiting the same sites - they've found that global warming is already having an impact.

MAKE it at Home: Table-Top Biosphere Apr 15, 2008

Show notes

QUEST teams up with Make Magazine to construct the latest must have, do-it-yourself device hacks, whiz-bang gizmos and techno do-dads.