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The Big Sort: What To Do With Two Million Tons of Fire Debris

It's Northern California's biggest cleanup job since the 1906 Earthquake -- but what to do with it all?

We'll Find A Planet Like Earth in the Next Decade, Say Astronomers

New telescopes will soon show us details about the planets beyond our solar system — details about the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

To Lose Weight, What You Eat is More Important Than How Much, Study Finds

Counting calories obsessively is not the key to trimming your waistline, according to a new Stanford study published Tuesday in JAMA. What did matter was the type of carbohydrates or fats consumed.

California's Other Drought: A Major Earthquake Is Overdue

The earthquake situation in California is actually more dire than people who aren’t seismologists may realize.

Flurry of Exoplanets Found Outside the Milky Way: You Won't Believe How Many or How Far

Researchers have detected multitudes of exoplanets in a galaxy 3.8 billion light years away.

First Friday Family Night at CuriOdyssey

On the first Friday of every month, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., parents and kids celebrate together at CuriOdyssey. Dance to live music including soul, funk and jazz of the '60s and '70s. Purchase dinner from Fletch’s and beer or wine at a cash bar. Come together as a family, meet at CuriOdyssey in San Mateo, or visit early and stay late.

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Support for KQED Science is provided by the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation, the Vadasz Family Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Fuhs Family Foundation Fund and the members of KQED.