Beste KQED Science Podcasts (2025)

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‘Do You Want Help?’: Inside Orange County’s Bet on Voluntary Mental Health Care

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In Orange County, where the local CARE Court refuses to force people with psychosis into treatment, one social worker drove 30,000 miles last year searching for unhoused clients with schizophrenia — asking if they want help, again and again and again.Von April Dembosky

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Oysters, Snails and a Wall That Protects Against Climate Change — 1 Tile at a Time

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To prepare for sea level rise, scientists installed textured tiles on San Francisco’s seawall to see what material best attracts marine life and boosts biodiversity.Von Ezra David Romero

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San Francisco Giants’ Mental Wellness Team is One of the Largest in Major League Baseball

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Inside a tiny room beneath Oracle Park, the San Francisco Giants are quietly reshaping what it means to be strong — on the baseball field, in the clubhouse and for the next generation of fans.Von April Dembosky

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Orange County Mental Health Line Makes Huge Cuts After Funding Is Pulled

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The non-crisis warm line will lay off 127 staffers and cut its operating hours in half as county officials pull all its funding following a change in California’s mental health spending.Von April Dembosky

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Meet the Queer Kayakers Taking on Big Oil on San Francisco Bay

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A queer-led group in Richmond uses kayaks to protest fossil fuel pollution and reclaim access to the bay for communities of color.Von Ezra David Romero

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Fishnets and Fossil Fuels: Meet 3 Bay Area Climate-Conscious Drag Artists

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Bay Area drag artists are leading a movement that fuses climate activism with performance by turning climate grief into queer-led calls for change.Von Ezra David Romero

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A New Camera, Built in the Bay Area, Brings the Mysteries of the Universe Into Focus

vor 24 Tagen

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Over the next decade, the Vera C. Rubin observatory, equipped with a giant camera built at SLAC in Menlo Park, will find billions of new stars, galaxies and asteroids, and shed light on dark matter and dark energy.Von Danielle Venton

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California Faces Rough Fire Season as US Forest Service Work Becomes More Politicized

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As California braces for fire season, experts see signals — and shortcomings — in the Forest Service Chief’s annual letter.Von Danielle Venton

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Predatory Plant: Lure of the Cobra Lily 5:35

vor 11 Jahren5:35

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The cobra lily (Darlingtonia californica) uses deception and patience to trick unsuspecting insect prey into its highly specialized pitcher traps.Von KQED

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Science of Beer: Tapping the Power of Brewer's Yeast 6:40

vor 11 Jahren6:40

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Whether it’s a lager or ale, sour or bitter, dark or light, most beer has one thing in common: yeast. KQED Science visits a commercial yeast laboratory and a local brewery to reveal how this key ingredient is a major player in both science history and beer production.Von KQED

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200 Geeks, 24 Hours: Science Hack Day in San Francisco 6:40

vor 12 Jahren6:40

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What happens when you fill up a giant space with over 200 eager science fans from around the Bay Area for a weekend? You get Science Hack Day San Francisco, a two-day event where a diverse group of "hackers" -- from developers and designers to scientists and students -- works side-by-side to see what they can quickly create within 24 consecutive ho…

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ZomBees: Flight of the Living Dead 6:21

vor 12 Jahren6:21

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Something strange and unsettling is happening to Bay Area honeybees. Entomologists at San Francisco State University have identified the culprit: a tiny parasitic fly is causing the bees to exhibit bizarre nocturnal behaviors before suffering a gruesome demise.Von KQED

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Fighting Food Waste 6:21

vor 12 Jahren6:21

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Forty percent of the food produced in the U.S. goes uneaten. From "farm to fork", there are many reasons for food waste, including consumer demand for perfect produce and confusion over expiration dates printed on packaged foods. This massive waste occurs as one in six Americans struggles with hunger every day, even in affluent regions such as Sili…

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Stanford Students Debut Solar-Powered Prefab Home 3:20

vor 12 Jahren3:20

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Stanford University students set out to revolutionize home design by entering a solar powered prefab house into the Department of Energy's biennial Solar Decathlon competition.Von KQED

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Chasing Pumas: Science on the SPOT 6:20

vor 12 Jahren6:20

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Join a research team from University of California, Santa Cruz as they track, tranquilize and collar a wild puma. The special GPS collars collect data on the puma’s location and behavior, and they reveal how the big cats survive in their shrinking habitat in the Bay Area.Von KQED

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Next Meal: Engineering Food 25:59

vor 12 Jahren25:59

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More than a million visitors visit Alcatraz every year, but a recent discovery has revealed another attraction that lives within the shadows of this historic prison.Von KQED

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The Glowing Millipedes of Alcatraz: Science on the SPOT 6:09

vor 12 Jahren6:09

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More than a million visitors visit Alcatraz every year, but a recent discovery has revealed another attraction that lives within the shadows of this historic prison.Von KQED

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Preserving the Forest of the Sea: Science on the SPOT 7:33

vor 12 Jahren7:33

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The University Herbarium at the University of California - Berkeley boasts one of the largest and oldest collections of seaweed in the United States, dating back to the time of the U.S. Civil War. Kathy Ann Miller, a curator at the herbarium, is leading a massive project to digitize nearly 80,000 specimens of seaweed collected from the west coast o…

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Shadows and Spiders-- A Secret Cave in California: Science on the SPOT 8:02

vor 13 Jahren8:02

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The rural foothills along the Santa Cruz County Coast hold an ancient secret. Deep below the redwoods, White Moon Cave extends for nearly a mile -- making it one of the longest caves in California. But few people have ever been in it. Join the KQED Science team as we squeeze through the narrow clandestine entrance, and meet the uncanny cave inhabit…

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Why I Do Science: Stephen Palumbi 2:15

vor 13 Jahren2:15

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In this edition of "Why I Do Science", we hear from Stephen Palumbi, a world-renowned marine biologist and director of the Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California.Von KQED

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Some Bugs Like it Hot: Climate Change and Agricultural Pests 2:15

vor 13 Jahren2:15

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Scientists and farmers are starting to notice that, as California's winters warm up, the state is becoming more hospitable to destructive agricultural pests.Von KQED

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Black Holes: Objects of Attraction 10:23

vor 13 Jahren10:23

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Black holes have been the stuff of science fiction since their discovery in the late sixties. But now a new, nimble NASA telescope is using its powerful x-ray vision to hunt for these abundant yet invisible, massive space oddities.Von KQED

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Your Videos on QUEST: Steve Fyffe 2:15

vor 13 Jahren2:15

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Motion-activated cameras at Stanford University's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve provide scientists a window into the secret lives of the animals that roam around Jasper Ridge at night.Von KQED

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Field Notes: Dan Costa in Antarctica 2:15

vor 13 Jahren2:15

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QUEST Producer Sheraz Sadiq interviews Bay Area filmmaker and musician Jesse Hiatt about the experience of filming in one of the world's most extreme environments. See his footage in the QUEST segment, "Field Notes: Dan Costa in Antarctica."Von KQED

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What's Next for Nuclear? 11:23

vor 13 Jahren11:23

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Can nuclear power be produced safely and affordably? A scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, is working to do just that.Von KQED

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X-ray Microscope: Seeing Cells in 3-D 10:23

vor 13 Jahren10:23

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At the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, scientists are using a cutting-edge microscope, the first of its kind in the world, to image whole cells in 3-D with the penetrating power of x-rays. The new images generated by the microscope are offering a deeper, more precise understanding of cellular structures and how they change with diseases.…

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Your Photos on QUEST: Rogelio Bernal Andreo 2:15

vor 13 Jahren2:15

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SOFIA is more than a telescope tucked into a re-purposed commercial airliner. It's a complete flying astronomical observation platform which carries a dozen or Astrophotographer Rogelio Bernal Andreo's colorful wide field images of deep sky objects like galaxies, nebulae, star clusters has garnered him dozens of photography awards including the Roy…

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Up all Night with SOFIA, NASA's Flying Observatory: Science on the SPOT 7:35

vor 13 Jahren7:35

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SOFIA is more than a telescope tucked into a re-purposed commercial airliner. It's a complete flying astronomical observation platform which carries a dozen or more astronomers, observers and crew far above the clouds to observe objects and phenomena too cold to be seen in visible light.Von KQED

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Your Videos on QUEST: Kip Evans 3:01

vor 13 Jahren3:01

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Kip Evans is a natural history documentary filmmaker and photographer from Pacific Grove, California. This is an excerpt of his short film, "Isla Holbox: Whale Shark Island."Von KQED

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The Science of Riding a Bicycle 8:31

vor 13 Jahren8:31

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Their basic design hasn’t changed much, but scientists still don’t fully understand the forces that allow humans to balance atop a bicycle. QUEST visits Davis – a city that loves its bicycles – to take a ride on a research bike and explore a collection of antique bicycles.Von KQED

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Exploring Corals of the Deep 10:28

vor 13 Jahren10:28

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Off California's coastline, thousands of feet below the deep blue ocean where the sun's rays don't reach, teems a diverse community of deep sea corals. Armed with unmanned submarines equipped with robotic arms, sensors and HD cameras, scientists are exploring this treasure trove of corals and the rich marine life living among them.…

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Field Notes: Oakland Zoo in Uganda 3:01

vor 13 Jahren3:01

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In this "Field Notes" segment, Amy Gotliffe, director of conservation at the Oakland Zoo, shares her photographs and stories from Uganda, where the zoo's Bodongo Snare Removal Project works to protect endangered chimpanzees from illegal poaching.Von KQED

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Rushing to Save Heart Attack Patients 5:14

vor 13 Jahren5:14

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By rushing heart attack victims to the operating table and opening their blocked arteries while their heart attacks are underway, doctors are now able to save 95% of those who make it to the hospital.Von KQED

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Pump It Up: Heart Health Special Report (FULL SHOW) 26:46

vor 13 Jahren26:46

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This half-hour program looks at heart disease – the number one killer in the United States – from the point of view of a teenager trying to lower her risk, a heart attack survivor, and a scientist working to rebuild damaged hearts.Von KQED

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Childhood Obesity: Kids Fight Back 14:15

vor 13 Jahren14:15

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One in six kids in the United States is obese, a condition that doubles their risk of heart disease. Lorena Ramos, 14, a patient at the Healthy Hearts clinic at Children's Hospital Oakland struggles to lose weight. Will she succeed?Von KQED

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Edible Insects: Finger Lickin' Grub 10:04

vor 13 Jahren10:04

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"Insects do not taste like chicken," said Daniella Martin, a charismatic advocate of eating low - make that really low - on the food chain. Through public lectures, cooking demonstrations and her 'Girl Meets Bug' website, Martin preaches the gospel of why, in her opinion, more people should munch on mealworms, crunch a cricket or feast on plump bee…

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Your Photos on QUEST: Simon Christen 2:15

vor 13 Jahren2:15

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Photographer Simon Christen shares his passion for observing the environment through the process of time-lapse photography. By training his lens on natural events as fog and the orbiting moon, he discovers things about the natures of these seemingly ubiquitous elements of our world that few have seen before.…

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Amateur Rocketeers Reach For The Stars 11:15

vor 13 Jahren11:15

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For decades amateur rocket builders, or "rocketeers," have been trying to reach space. Now with advances in materials and technology, they're able to do it. QUEST travels to rocket launches in fallowed fields and barren deserts to learn more about this addictive hobby and to meet a group of passionate high school rocketeers.…

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Science on the SPOT: New Hope for Heart Repair 6:02

vor 13 Jahren6:02

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Scientists in San Francisco have coaxed mouse hearts to repair themselves from within. The breakthrough could lead to treatments for the 5 million people in the United States living with a damaged heart.Von KQED

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Science on the SPOT: Monarch Meetup 6:06

vor 13 Jahren6:06

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Monarch Butterflies migrate from all over the western United States to overwinter along the California coast. Conservation Biologist Stu Weiss uses specialized photographic equipment to study what makes good Monarch overwintering habitat.Von KQED

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New Research into Disappearing Bees 7:24

vor 14 Jahren7:24

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In 2006, the world learned that honeybees in America and Canada were dying in large numbers, and hives were becoming defunct. Five years later, what have scientists learned about the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder?Von KQED

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Why I Do Science: Kandis Elliot 2:15

vor 14 Jahren2:15

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Kandis Elliot is on the Botany Department staff at the University of Wisconsin, but she's not a scientist or professor. Elliot is an artist and transforms mere photographs of plants into lush, painterly artworks that educate as well as captivate.Von KQED

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Science on the SPOT: National Wildlife Health Center Investigates 6:40

vor 14 Jahren6:40

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The USGS National Wildlife Health Center investigates animal die-offs and threats to endangered species through on-site investigation and necropsies--animal autopsy--at its headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.Von KQED

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Why I Do Science: Danielle Reed 2:15

vor 14 Jahren2:15

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If you can't abide Brussels sprouts and broccoli, your genes may be to blame. Geneticist Danielle Reed of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia studies differences in our perception of taste and smell. A small blip in DNA might determine if you're bitter blind or have a sweet tooth.Von KQED

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Exoskeletons Walk Forward 10:03

vor 14 Jahren10:03

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An exoskeleton suit may seem like science fiction, turning ordinary humans into super heroes, but wearable robots are moving forward into reality.Von KQED

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Growing Skin 10:50

vor 14 Jahren10:50

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Biomedical researchers are investigating ways to 'grow' new skin in hopes that healing burns can be quicker, safer and more complete.Von KQED

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Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct: Big Fixes for Big Quakes 11:04

vor 14 Jahren11:04

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The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is hard at work on a $4.6 billion, decade-long construction project to overhaul the Hetch Hetchy water system, which delivers water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park and five local reservoirs to 2.5 million residents in the Bay Area.…

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Your Photos on QUEST: Mike Forsberg 2:15

vor 14 Jahren2:15

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Mike Forsberg, a nationally renowned photographer, conservationist, and author from Nebraska, spent four years traveling 100,000 miles across the Great Plains—from North Dakota to Texas—to create a portrait of under-appreciated species and habitats of what many consider "flyover country."Von KQED

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The Night Sky: Past and Present 9:55

vor 14 Jahren9:55

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For over one hundred and fifty years, scientists have captured images of celestial objects scattered across the night sky. The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute in North Carolina is attempting to save those historical records before they vanish into a black hole.Von KQED

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Science on the SPOT: Resurrecting the Dead 7:09

vor 14 Jahren7:09

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QUEST travels to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to meet Dr. Spurlock, an anatomist and forensic reconstruction artist who uses clay to re-construct the faces of ancient humans in order to show what they looked like when alive. She also sketches more recently deceased individuals using only their remains in order to help law enforcement sol…

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