Listing of Stories
It's easy to get excited about installing solar panels on our houses, but most of us could significantly cut our energy bills for less with a simple trip to Home Depot. Thanks to the new federal stimulus package, $411 million is coming to California to help the state's buildings become more energy efficient.
Play this Radio Report Air Date: Apr 27, 2009
Thanks to the new federal stimulus package, $411 million is coming to California to help the state's buildings become more energy efficient. One program, which helps low-income families weatherize their homes, is seeing its budget triple. Check out images from our radio story as one home is weatherized.
Fifty-five years after its construction, the Bevatron, a landmark particle accelerator at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs that helped pioneer physics discoveries and win several Nobel prizes, is about to be demolished. Why was it so important?
Play this Radio Report Air Date: Apr 20, 2009
How do we know that the climate is changing? In this video, provided by scientist Kendrick Taylor, learn how 8-foot long ice core samples extracted from deep in the ice layer of Antarctica hold key evidence of rapidly changing climactic conditions.
Play this TV Story Air Date: Apr 17, 2009
The world's climate is changing and California is now being affected in both dramatic and subtle ways. Get an in-depth look at the science behind climate change as we explore the environmental changes taking place throughout the state.
Play this TV Story Air Date: Apr 17, 2009
President Obama's stimulus plan set aside billions for clean energy. Funding will go to some familiar projects – like wind and solar power – and to some not so familiar ones, like the smart grid. So what is the smart grid? And how will it affect your home energy use?
Play this Radio Report Air Date: Apr 13, 2009
California is leading the way in a new smart grid. Check out some of the new technology and some of the not-so-new energy tools from decades past in this slideshow.
In an average lifetime, a person experiences about 936 full Moons. So, how old is the Moon? How was it formed? Take the QUEST Quiz to find out how much you REALLY know about Earth's Moon.
Play this TV Story Air Date: Apr 7, 2009
Call them demolition derby astrophysicists: NASA scientists in Mountain View deliberately crashed an unmanned rocket into the moon earlier this year. Their goal? To find water, in the form of ice, which could one day support a moon base. Last Friday, they announced they had found it. QUEST looks at the planning and run-up to the big event.
Play this TV Story Air Date: Apr 7, 2009
How much sewage makes its way into our water? Plenty. Statewide, it's likely that last year's record number, 20 million gallons of raw sewage dumped in California waterways, is going to be broken this year. Decrepit pipes, lack of money and the growing severity of storms could all add up to a disaster of septic proportions.
Play this Radio Report Air Date: Apr 6, 2009
Rocket to the Moon/Tracking Raindrops
- Sun, Nov 22 at 11:30AM, on KQED World
California's Lost Salmon/Beyond Bio-Fuels
- Tue, Nov 24 at 7:30PM, on KQED 9HD
- Wed, Nov 25 at 1:30AM, on KQED 9HD
Rocket to the Moon/Tracking Raindrops
- Thu, Nov 26 at 6:30AM, on KQED World
California's Lost Salmon/Beyond Bio-Fuels
- Sat, Nov 28 at 1:30PM, on KQED World
- Sat, Nov 28 at 7:00PM, on KQED World
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