KQED Science Video Podcast

KQED Science
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  • NATURAL SCIENCES

KQED Science explores science and environment news, trends and events from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond with its award-winning features and reporting on television, radio and the Web.

  1. 03/03/2014 · VIDEO

    Predatory Plant: Lure of the Cobra Lily

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

    6 min

  2. 02/11/2014 · VIDEO

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

    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.

    7 min

  3. 12/03/2013 · VIDEO

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

    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 hours.

    7 min

  4. 10/31/2013 · VIDEO

    Fighting Food Waste

    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 Silicon Valley.

    6 min

  5. 10/31/2013 · VIDEO

    ZomBees: Flight of the Living Dead

    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.

    6 min

  6. 10/02/2013 · VIDEO

    Stanford Students Debut Solar-Powered Prefab Home

    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.

    3 min

  7. 09/13/2013 · VIDEO

    Chasing Pumas: Science on the SPOT

    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.

    6 min

  8. 05/07/2013 · VIDEO

    Next Meal: Engineering Food

    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.

    26 min
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KQED Science explores science and environment news, trends and events from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond with its award-winning features and reporting on television, radio and the Web.

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