A Matter of Degree


What's Your Climate Profile?
How do you really feel about climate change? You may be surprised. Take this survey and find out.


Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness

Hear and watch KQED TV and Radio programs on health-related topics, and get more health-related resources.

More from KQED

Lying 28 miles off the coast of San Francisco, the Farallon Islands sit amid one of the most productive marine food webs on the planet.

tulip
The Botany of Desire

Airs Wed, Oct 28 at 8pm on KQED 9HD
Featuring Michael Pollan and based on his best-selling book, this TV special takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration of the human relationship with the plant world.
Watch how the Delicious Apple got its name
Sign up for an email reminder
Explore the website (at pbs.org)

 
Latest From KQED's Climate Watch Blog
California's Biggest Carbon Emitters

Nov 19, 2009

California's Biggest Carbon Emitters

The first official tally is in: The state's biggest industrial carbon emitters by the numbers. If only we didn't need oil or electricity...

Read More...
Closing the Climate Psychology Gap

Nov 17, 2009

Closing the Climate Psychology Gap

It's not just what you say, it's how you say it. "The Psychology of Climate Change Communication" is a 54-page guide that attempts to help educators, journalists, and scientists speak more effectively about climate change.

Read More...

Climate Watch Blog »

Latest From KQED's QUEST Community Science Blog
Reporter's Notes: Building an Artificial Leaf

Biology | Nov 21, 2009

Reporter's Notes: Building an Artificial Leaf

Posted by Lauren Sommer

When I began this story, it seemed pretty simple. I'd heard that scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab were working to mimic photosynthesis and create a man-made version of the process that could supply us with renewable energy.

Lunar Ice Smack-down a Success!

Astronomy | Nov 20, 2009

Lunar Ice Smack-down a Success!

Posted by Ben Burress

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!

Science Event Pick: Geek Out: Surviving on Mars

Events | Nov 18, 2009

Science Event Pick: Geek Out: Surviving on Mars

Posted by Kishore Hari

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.

Unlocking the Mysteries of Graphene

Engineering | Nov 16, 2009

Unlocking the Mysteries of Graphene

Posted by Christopher Smallwood

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).

Reporter's Notes: A Bumpy Ride for High Speed Rail

Engineering | Nov 14, 2009

Reporter's Notes: A Bumpy Ride for High Speed Rail

Posted by Amy Standen

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.

QUEST Community Blog »

NPR Topics: Science
  • Museum: Galileo's Fingers, Tooth Found

    Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again, a Florence museum said Friday.

  • Scientist: 'Don't Give Up' On Stopping Asian Carp

    Two Asian carp species that could devastate the Great Lakes ecosystem may be a few miles from Lake Michigan. To halt their migration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built an underwater electric fence on a canal 20 miles south of the lake. But tests conducted by David Lodge at Notre Dame indicate that they have gotten close to the lake despite the barrier.

  • Rethinking The Human Future In Space

    With NASA reporting a "significant amount" of water on the lunar surface, is it time to re-examine our priorities regarding living and working in space? Mark Sykes, director of the Planetary Science Institute, talks about why and how people should venture beyond Earth.

  • Personalizing Solar Power

    Researchers are hoping to improve solar energy installations by coupling a solar panel to an efficient hydrolysis unit that splits water into oxygen and hydrogen. Daniel Nocera of MIT says the approach could lead to personal solar power units that could get many houses off the grid.

Sponsored by

Sponsored by

QUEST Photo Pool

QUEST

This is a Flickr badge showing public items from the QUEST group pool.

Submit your photos to QUEST!