Listing of Television/Radio Stories

Bay Checkerspot Butterfly
5:45

A sure sign of spring in San Mateo County was once the emergence of the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly until one Spring it wasn't there. Now after a six-year absence, it has returned-- with assistance-- to Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve.

Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Apr 6 2007

Science Cafes
6:10

It's a typical evening at a popular SF cafe - cappuccinos, beer, conversation... and a lecture on mathematical theorems? Bay Area "science cafés" have exploded in popularity, putting scientists and everyday folks face-to-face for casual science lectures and Q&A.

Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Apr 13 2007

9:40

QUEST radio takes a look at the history of the environmental justice movement, and where it's going.

Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Apr 20 2007

8:00

Devastating over 1 million oak trees across Northern California in the past 10 years, Sudden Oak Death is a killer with no cure. But biologists now are looking to the trees' genetics for a solution.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Apr 24 2007

4:08

QUEST TV talks with George Smoot, big bang researcher at UC Berkeley and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Apr 24 2007

A huge wave at Mavericks
8:00

The monster waves at Mavericks attract big wave surfers from around the world. But what exactly makes these Half Moon Bay waves so big?

Watch this TV Story Air Date: Apr 24 2007

8:50

For 20 years, U.S. factories that put toxic chemicals into the air and water had to report them to the federal government and the public. The Bush Administration recently lowered those requirements by rewriting E.P.A rules. QUEST radio reports.

Listen to this Radio Report Air Date: Apr 27 2007

11:00

Can someone who's quadriplegic or hearing impaired play a video game? QUEST TV takes you to the international Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, where a group of gamers used colorful tactics to convince mainstream developers to make video games accessible for everyone.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 1 2007

Deep Flight
8:37

It's not James Bond-- it's Graham Hawkes, record holder for the deepest underwater solo dive and inventor of Deep Flight, a winged submersible that may revolutionize underwater travel. QUEST TV Reports.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 1 2007

CHP officers with LIDAR guns at the ready
4:03

A growing number of Bay Area police are putting away their old radar guns and embracing new laser beam guns, clocking cars with much more precision than before. QUEST TV finds out how they work.

Watch this TV Story Air Date: May 1 2007

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

  • Sat, May 17 at 7:00PM, on KQED World
  • Sun, May 18 at 4:30AM, on KQED World
  • Sun, May 18 at 11:30AM, on KQED World
  • Sun, May 18 at 3:30PM, on KQED HD
  • Sun, May 18 at 6:30PM, on KQED World
  • Sun, May 18 at 11:30PM, on KQED Channel 9

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