QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog Science, Environment, and Nature in the SF Bay Area Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:02:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Lunar Ice Smack-down a Success! http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/20/lunar-ice-smack-down-a-success/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/20/lunar-ice-smack-down-a-success/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:12 +0000 Ben Burress http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=4381 NASA's LCROSS mission found water on the Moon, no bones about it. Though NASA is still analyzing all the data they reaped from the LCROSS impact event on October 9th, and will be for a long time to come, they seem confident enough about the preliminary findings to make this a definite declaration of discovery! … [visit site to read more]


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]]> http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/20/lunar-ice-smack-down-a-success/feed/ 0 37.8148 -122.178 Science Event Pick: Geek Out: Surviving on Mars http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/18/science-event-pick-geek-out-surviving-on-mars/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/18/science-event-pick-geek-out-surviving-on-mars/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:00:59 +0000 Kishore Hari http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=4312 The Lawrence Hall of Science presents Geek Out: Mars Survival Challenge, an opportunity to design your own Mars colony under the guidance of some Martian science experts. Geek Out is a new evening series at LHS for adults only; there will be music, a cash bar, and plenty of eye-popping science. … [visit site to read more]


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]]> http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/18/science-event-pick-geek-out-surviving-on-mars/feed/ 1 37.880081 -122.2461563 Unlocking the Mysteries of Graphene http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/16/unlocking-the-mysteries-of-graphene/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/16/unlocking-the-mysteries-of-graphene/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:00:29 +0000 Christopher Smallwood http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=4369 Researchers in Alex Zettl’s group at Berkeley have endeavored recently to isolate suspended membranes of graphene for study and image them at Lawrence Berkeley Lab’s TEAM 0.5, the world’s most powerful transmission electron microscope (TEM). … [visit site to read more]


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]]> http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/16/unlocking-the-mysteries-of-graphene/feed/ 0 37.8768 -122.251 Reporter's Notes: A Bumpy Ride for High Speed Rail http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/13/reporters-notes-a-bumpy-ride-for-high-speed-rail/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/13/reporters-notes-a-bumpy-ride-for-high-speed-rail/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:30:03 +0000 Amy Standen http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=4329 We'd been wanting to do an update on the California high speed rail project for months now. Luckily, there's no bad time to cover high speed rail. … [visit site to read more]


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]]> http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/13/reporters-notes-a-bumpy-ride-for-high-speed-rail/feed/ 0 37.4418834 -122.1430195 Dispatches from Greenbuild 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/13/dispatches-from-greenbuild-2009-in-phoenix-arizona/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/13/dispatches-from-greenbuild-2009-in-phoenix-arizona/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:00:49 +0000 Jim Gunshinan http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=4283 It took me about six hours to travel from my bed in Walnut Creek to the Phoenix Convention Center, the location of this year’s Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. There are more than 1,000 companies and organizations here, representing every fact of green building. … [visit site to read more]


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]]> http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/13/dispatches-from-greenbuild-2009-in-phoenix-arizona/feed/ 0 33.4497426 -112.070436 Is There Something Dangerous Lurking In Your Purse? http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/12/whats-in-your-purse/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/12/whats-in-your-purse/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:09 +0000 Cat http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=4272 Each October, within Breast Cancer Awareness Month, my friends and I get into a flurry organizing and putting on Beats for Boobs. … [visit site to read more]


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]]> http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/12/whats-in-your-purse/feed/ 0 37.7749295 -122.4194155 Fostering Sustainable Behavior – A Powerful, New Perspective http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/11/fostering-sustainable-behavior-%e2%80%93-a-powerful-new-perspective/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/11/fostering-sustainable-behavior-%e2%80%93-a-powerful-new-perspective/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:00:54 +0000 Amy Gotliffe http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=4247 What would it take you to change your shower to a low-flow shower head? Be honest. … [visit site to read more]


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]]> http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/11/fostering-sustainable-behavior-%e2%80%93-a-powerful-new-perspective/feed/ 0 37.7749295 -122.4194155 Trick or Trait http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/09/trick-or-trait/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/09/trick-or-trait/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:26:28 +0000 Dr. Barry Starr http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=4221 "Mysteries of DNA" image courtesy Mark H. Adams. Full-size version.

As anyone who follows this blog knows, I recently took a 23andMe genetic test and have been blogging about it ever since. Today I thought I would focus on one of the fun parts of the service: traits.

Lots of … [visit site to read more]


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]]> http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/09/trick-or-trait/feed/ 0 37.7749295 -122.4194155 Reporter's Notes: Getting Paid to Go Solar http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/06/reporters-notes-getting-paid-to-go-solar/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/06/reporters-notes-getting-paid-to-go-solar/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:33:41 +0000 Amy Standen http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=4171 To go solar or not to go solar? Homeowners looking to save money on their energy bills have a number of factor to consider. … [visit site to read more]


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]]> http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/06/reporters-notes-getting-paid-to-go-solar/feed/ 7 37.5629917 -122.3255254 Oakland Teachers Scope Out What Galileo Saw http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/06/oakland-teachers-scope-out-what-galileo-saw/ http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2009/11/06/oakland-teachers-scope-out-what-galileo-saw/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:39:23 +0000 Ben Burress http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/?p=4173 Oakland teachers receive Galileoscopes, enabling them to share with their students the Universe as Galileo first saw it. … [visit site to read more]


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