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About KQED QUEST Community Science Blog

located in San Francisco

QUEST is a TV, radio, web, and education series by KQED that explores the most important trends and issues in science, environment and nature in Northern California. KQED's most ambitious local offering ever, QUEST includes a half-hour weekly HD television program, weekly radio segments, a community science blog, an innovative website and unique education guides. QUEST's geographic coverage spans from Mendocino to Monterey and from Sacramento to Santa Clara, and focuses on nine content areas: astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, environment, geology, health, physics and weather. http://www.kqed.org/quest The QUEST Community Science Blog writers come from local museums, zoos, science centers and research institutions, as well as KQED's TV and Radio producers covering stories in the field.

The Latest from KQED QUEST Community Science Blog

posted on
January 3rd, 2009
from
KQED QUEST Community Science Blog
based in
San Francisco

O Say Can You Cesium-133? The Leap Second of 2008

23 hours 59 minutes 60 seconds—this is what a leap second
looks like
Did you make good use of the extra second you received in 2008? A little extra sleep perhaps? Did you not ...

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posted on
January 2nd, 2009
from
KQED QUEST Community Science Blog
based in
San Francisco

Reporter's Notes: Last Minute Rules

The Bush Administration has recently passed dozens of so-called "read more about "Reporter's Notes: Last Minute Rules"

posted on
December 27th, 2008
from
KQED QUEST Community Science Blog
based in
San Francisco

Chu, Two and Btu

Bad for the Lab, Good for the Country

...

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posted on
December 22nd, 2008
from
KQED QUEST Community Science Blog
based in
San Francisco

Those Marvelous Mitochondria

This former free living bacterium now supplies our cells
their energy.
Current theories hold that life began on Earth around 3.5 billion years ago. About a billion years ago, a single ...

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posted on
December 19th, 2008
from
KQED QUEST Community Science Blog
based in
San Francisco

Snows of the Solar System

Terrestrial snow at Chabot on December 16, 2008
Photo by Craig Coryell
Driving to work today, I was amused to notice that the raindrops falling on my windshield were a bit grainy̵ ...

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