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passersby looking through an amateur telescope
9:52

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.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Apr 28 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

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

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

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

quiz
1:12

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

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 5 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

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 peddle rather than drive?

Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: May 9 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.

  • Disappearing Frogs/ Planet Hunters

  • Sun, May 11 at 6:30PM, on KQED World
  • Tue, May 13 at 12:30PM, on KQED HD
  • Tue, May 13 at 7:00PM, on KQED HD

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

  • Tue, May 13 at 7:30PM, on KQED Channel 9
  • Tue, May 13 at 7:30PM, on KQED HD
  • Thu, May 15 at 2:30AM, on KQED Channel 9

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