Josh Rosen is TV Series Producer for QUEST. He is a senior writer and producer specializing in documentary series and factual programming. Over the last decade he's produced a wide range of non-fiction hours, covering everything from Antarctic expeditions to Civil War history. With a background in feature film, Josh spent four years working with legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog on multiple documentaries, including the Emmy-nominated "Little Dieter Needs to Fly," "Wings of Hope," and "Klaus Kinski: My Best Fiend." His more recent projects are currently airing on the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel, the History Channel, and worldwide through Granada Media and RDF Television.
What does our use of bottled water say about us? View our 2-minute TV short “Future History: Plastic Water Bottles” to take a look from the perspective of an anthropologist from the distant future, and the take our poll below:
Josh Rosen is Series Producer for QUEST on KQED Television.
It’s been called “Burning Man for science geeks.” The annual Maker Faire attracts thousands of amateur inventors and scientists, displaying their home-made prototypes and gadget hacks. In a world where the technological race is speeding up, the Maker movement has revealed that the do-it-yourself culture is in no danger of dying out.
In search of the common ancestor of all mammals, UC Santa Cruz scientist David Haussler is pulling a complete reversal. Instead of investigating fossil remains, he’s comparing the genomes of living mammals and constructing a map of our common ancestors’ DNA. His technique holds promise for providing a better picture of how life evolved on Earth.
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. Find out more about the spectacular light shows up north and what scientists at UC Berkeley are discovering about the earth’s magnetic field.
Over 100,000 acres of wetlands are being restored in the Bay Area, but how do we know what to restore them to? QUEST discovers how historical ecologists are recreating San Francisco Bay wetlands that existed decades ago.
Hoping to leave today’s silicon solar cells behind, the Palo Alto company NanoSolar is creating paper-thin solar panels harnessing nanotechnology, a product that could revolutionize solar power.
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.
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San Francisco Bay Invaders & Stem Cell Gold Rush (episode #110), airs tonight on QUEST at 7:30pm on KQED 9, and KQED HD, Comcast 709. (full schedule)
Sudden Oak Death and Science of Big Waves (episode #108), which also features this short story, airs tonight on QUEST at 7:30pm on KQED 9, and KQED HD, Comcast 709. (full schedule)
Josh Rosen is Series Producer for QUEST on KQED Television.
Who are your SF Bay environmental heroes? Let us know in your comments below.
Deadly smog, piles of burning garbage, no recycling - on the first Earth Day in 1970, the Bay Area looked vastly different than it does today. But much of the progress since then is thanks to a small, but dedicated group of everyday Bay Area residents who decided it was time for a change. This Earth Day, QUEST meets the local environmental heroes who preserved the Bay Area’s water, air and open space for generations to come, and looks ahead to the environmental challenges that are yet to be solved.
Nanotechnology is the science of manipulating things atom-by-atom to produce the smallest human-made objects. It is among the hottest new research fields in the world, and the Bay Area is a center for its study. Within 15 years, experts predict, it will drive progress in virtually every field, from computing to medicine, manufacturing, energy and the environment. Simply put, a nanometer is one-billionth of a meter. How small is that? A human hair is 80,000 nanometers thick. Scientists at UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, private start-up companies in Silicon Valley, and other institutions are working on astounding projects only a few nanometers in size. Among them: finding cancer tumors without scalpels, designing clothes that won’t stain, building super-efficient solar panels as thick as a sheet of paper, and detecting airborne anthrax or other biological or chemical substances that terrorists may inject into subways, office buildings or Congress. Is it safe to be fiddling around with things so small we can barely measure them? And just as the internet drove our economy in the past 20 years, will the super-small be the Bay Area’s next big thing?
Nanotechnology Takes Off and Journey into Darkness (episode #106), airs tonight on QUEST at 7:30pm on KQED 9, and KQED HD, Comcast 709. (full schedule)
This is the official blog of QUEST, a TV, radio, web, and education series by KQED that explores science, environment and nature in Northern California.
Our many writers are from local museums, zoos, science centers and research institutions, as well as KQED's TV and Radio producers covering stories in the field.
Josh Rosen is Series Producer for QUEST on KQED Television.
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