Podcasts de quest

From Alvin to Robots: Deep Changes in Ocean Science

Ocean technology has come a long ways since the submersible Alvin made its first dive in 1964....

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Bio-Robotics: Biology Goes High-Tech

Meet "robo-squirrel." New technology in the emerging field of bio-robotics is helping biologists...

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Diversity in the Valley: The NewME Accelerator (Part Two)

This week we're back in Silicon Valley, with a program called NewME, or New Media...

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Diversity in the Valley: The NewME Accelerator (Part One)

If you look around Silicon Valley, ideas all seem to be coming from the same kind of people. By a...

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California's Deadlocked Delta: Is Carbon Farming the Future?

California's Delta has a rich agricultural legacy, but farming there can be a risky business....

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California's Deadlocked Delta: Can We Bring Back What We've Lost?

California's Delta is a far cry from what it once was. About 97% of its historic marshes have...

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Life on The Gate: Working on the Golden Gate Bridge 1933-37

This year marks the 75th anniversary of an icon. When it opened in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge...

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A Happy, Noisy Mess: Community Science Workshops Take Root in California

One Bay Area man brings "hands-on" science to low-income neighborhoods.

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Is Anyone Out There?

Planet hunters enter a new phase in their search for extra solar planets and alien life.

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The Political Firestorm Inside Your Sofa

To comply with California law, furniture makers treat the foam in cushions with flame-retardant...

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Changing Foghorns

Lightkeeper Peter Berkhout takes QUEST radio reporter Craig Miller to see a genuine rarity: one...

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The Salmon are Back! (But Why?)

Biologists say more than 800,000 Sacramento Chinook are off the coast right now. It’s the biggest...

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Feds Pay For Out of the Box Energy Ideas

Did you know the federal government has a clean tech venture fund? It's called ARPA-E, and QUEST...

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Tsunami Program Faces Cuts One Year After Disaster

Just one year after the disaster in Japan, proposed budget cuts could impact the US tsunami...

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Lone Wolf's Historic Trek Provokes Questions and Concerns

OR7, the lone gray wolf from a pack in Oregon, crossed back into his home state yesterday after...

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Eavesdropping on the Heart: A Patients Campaign for Access

You could call it a sort of Silicon Valley approach to health: Campos has had his genome...

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The Quest for the Dress that Charmed Prince William

Want to know why Dr. Carole flew to London to bid on Kate Middleton's dress? What was all the...

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Glory of Self Knowledge

We often feel stuck in a rut, or stuck in some sort of cycle in our daily life. Swamini...

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6: Hamster Justice Warrior

This week we take our first listener question (SQUEEEEEE!!!), talk classic adventure games and...

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