Podcasts de kqedscience

Stanford Investigates the Hits that Cause Concussions

It's no secret that concussions are endemic in American football at every level, from peewees to...

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Scientists More Outspoken on Exteme Weather-Climate Links

One of the giants of climate science talks about extreme weather...and trashes California's plan...

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California Prepares First Fracking Regulations

The controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing has created an oil and gas...

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With Large Oil Reserve, California Faces Fracking Debate

The new oil-and-gas boom that’s sweeping the country may be coming to California. With it comes...

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Growing Pains for California's Electric Car Charging Network

KQED Science explores the growing pains of building an electric car charging network and the...

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What Are Richmond Residents Breathing?

Chevron's Aug. 6 fire re-ignited questions many Richmond residents have asked for years. What...

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Cap-and-Trade 101: How California's Carbon Market Works

This week, California rolls out the heavy artillery in its attack on climate change with a...

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Looming Trade War Shakes Up U.S. Solar Industry

Federal officials have put trade tariffs on Chinese solar panels. American solar companies are...

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In Livermore, Still Waiting on Nuclear Fusion

The National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, has been called a modern-day moon-shot,...

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China Tries Greening from the Ground Up

Green building and sustainable design are a trend in California, but nowhere is the urgency...

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Can Meditation Ease PTSD in Combat Vets?

The crisis of mental disorders such as PTSD has forced the military to rediscover therapies that...

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Century-Old Battle Over Yosemite's 'Second Valley' Heats Up

One of California's oldest environmental battles is on the San Francisco ballot. Hetch Hetchy...

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Counting Climate-Challenged Pikas

A group of West Oakland students treks up to the Sierra to try to help a small mammal that may be...

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Water Banks: A Hedge Against Shrinking Supplies in a Changing Climate

For years, farms and cities have pumped water out to meet their needs. But now, as water supplies...

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A Cure for AIDS: Scientists Say It's 'On the Horizon'

Thirty years since the AIDS epidemic broke out, we're closer than ever to finding a cure. And Bay...

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Would You Eat Artificial Shark Fin Soup?

A San Francisco biotech startup wants to make synthetic shark fin soup out of microbes.

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Millions of Americans Use Medical Devices That May Be Vulnerable to Hacking

The Food and Drug Administration last Friday advised U.S. medical facilities to stop using a pump...

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The Generation That Survived a Death Sentence—Three Times

Many people with the rare blood disorder hemophilia never expected to be alive today. But many...

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Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies

UCSF scientists are on a mission to understand why black kids suffer from asthma much worse than...

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Do Alternative Treatments for Autism Work?

There is some evidence showing unorthodox treatments like diets and supplements help, but the...

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