Listing of Television/Radio Stories

owl in profile
2:18

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.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 12 2008

spider boat
9:12

Bay Area engineer Ugo Conti has sailed the world, but has always suffered from seasickness. A queasy stomach became his motivation to design "Proteus" – a spider-like sea craft made for smoother sailing. And it may change the way people take to the high seas.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 12 2008

kids frolicking in a field
12:05

A growing number of children's advocates and political leaders are worried that our culture's disconnection from nature is harming kids. Concerns about the long-term consequences on children's physical and emotional well-being have spawned a national movement to "leave no child inside."

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 12 2008

Bike Commuter on Howard St.
5:45

With gas prices rising, parking a headache, and a desire to reduce their carbon footprint, more and more San Franciscans are cycling. What are cities like San Francisco doing to help people who want to pedal rather than drive?

Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: May 9 2008

Professor Tyrone Hayes in his lab
6:04

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.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 6 2008

quiz
1:12

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

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 5 2008

red-legged frog
11:50

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 and across the world.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 5 2008

artists conception of a planet outside our solar system orbiting a star
8:52

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 what the chances are that there are others like ours somewhere in the cosmos.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 5 2008

boxes and boxes and boxes
5:45

For the past three years, the California Academy of Sciences, the oldest natural history museum in the West, has been housed in a temporary building in downtown San Francisco. Now the Academy is moving into a new, 400,000-square foot green building in Golden Gate Park. But when the residents are fish, penguins and millions of scientific specimens, moving in is no simple task.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 2 2008

crumpled plastic water bottle in the dirt
2:20

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

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Apr 28 2008

QUEST Schedule

  • QUEST TV:

    Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. on KQED 9 and KQED HD, Comcast 709.

  • QUEST Radio:

    Mondays at 6:30 a.m. & 8:30 a.m. on KQED FM 88.5 and KQEI FM 89.3.

  • Nature-Deficit Disorder/ Ugo Conti's Spider Boat

  • Fri, May 16 at 8:00PM, on KQED HD
  • Fri, May 16 at 11:00PM, on KQED HD
  • Sat, May 17 at 6:30AM, on KQED Channel 9
  • Sat, May 17 at 6:30AM, on KQED HD

  • Disappearing Frogs/ Planet Hunters

  • Sat, May 17 at 1:00PM, on KQED World

  • Nature-Deficit Disorder/ Ugo Conti's Spider Boat

  • Sat, May 17 at 4:30PM, on KQED HD

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