- Sat, November 7 - Wonderfest - Festival of Science - Stanford University
- Sun, November 8 - Wonderfest - Festival of Science- UC Berkeley
- Sun, November 15 - Exploratorium's 40th Anniversary - Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up - A Conversation with Author K.C
- Mon, November 16 - Do Not Go So Gently - The Biology of Aging
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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.
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.
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Nov 06, 2009
When Will Lake Mead Go Dry?
Handicapping the demise of Lake Mead has made for lively debate among scientists and engineers in recent years. Ten years of drought on the Colorado River may be offering an unsettling glimpse of the future for a major source of California's water.
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Nov 03, 2009
Yosemite's Fiery Future
New research attempts to quantify the increased wildfire risk from climate change, using Yosemite National Park as a laboratory. As you might expect, the numbers are sobering.
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Engineering | Nov 06, 2009
Reporter's Notes: Getting Paid to Go Solar
Posted by Amy Standen
To go solar or not to go solar? Homeowners looking to save money on their energy bills have a number of factor to consider.
Astronomy | Nov 06, 2009
Oakland Teachers Scope Out What Galileo Saw
Posted by Ben Burress
Oakland teachers receive Galileoscopes, enabling them to share with their students the Universe as Galileo first saw it.
Education | Nov 06, 2009
Science Event Pick: Exploratorium turns 40!
Posted by Kishore Hari
The Exploratorium is turning 40 and celebrating the only way they know how: with great science, art, and it's all free! Start
with Exploratorium After Dark on Thursday, watch an ice block be cut into one by a motorcycle on Saturday, and conclude with
a never told story of Frank Oppenheimer's founding of this San Francisco institution.
Engineering | Nov 02, 2009
50 Years Later, Still Plenty of Room at the Bottom
Posted by Christopher Smallwood
50 years ago, eminent physicist Richard Feynman gave a gave a prophetic speech at Caltech entitled, "There's Plenty of Room
at the Bottom." The speech described a rich world of possibilities that could arise if we only applied ourselves toward controlling
matter on smaller and smaller scales.
Environment | Oct 31, 2009
Reporter's Notes: Saving Our Parks
Posted by Andrea Kissack
Henry Coe State Park won't be experiencing any part-time closures, but it will reduce trash and restroom service and has shuttered
a new visitor center off the Pacheco Pass.
So you want to reserve that primo camping spot at your favorite California State Park? You might just have to take your chances.
Most state parks are [...]
