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On Oct. 9, an unusually narrow and staggering bright jet of energy swept through our solar system. A series of research papers this month focused on the event, a gamma ray burst called GRB 221009A and nicknamed the BOAT, or “brightest of all time.” It’s raising a lot of questions.
March 30, 2023
People concerned with the trend of cutting illicit drugs with the deadly sedative nicknamed “tranq” will soon have a reliable way to test for it.
March 29, 2023
The Chandler City Council, along with both the Maricopa Association of Governments and Airspace Link have approved a limited pilot program to test drone delivery capabilities for medical supplies in west Chandler.
March 29, 2023
The chief means of suicide in the U.S. is firearms, and drinking increases the likelihood of gun-related suicides. But does the amount a person drinks affect those odds? A paper in the journal JAMA Network Open has the latest.
March 29, 2023
Eating disorders are growing more prevalent in the U.S., but researchers still struggle to find funding, and patients still wrangle with treatment that’s stigmatized, narrowly focused and hard to access. Meanwhile, the picture of these serious and often fatal illnesses continues to evolve.
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March 29, 2023
Looking at the screen time report on your phone can be jarring. But Alex Holte, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, found one way that could help cut down on screen time: switching your phone to black and white.
March 28, 2023
New research is helping to explain how the fungus that causes Valley fever ended up in south-central Washington state.
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March 28, 2023
The U.S. Postal Service announced its latest stamp honoring the OSIRIS-REx space mission. In 2016, the mission began as a joint effort between NASA, the University of Arizona and Lockheed Martin to study and map the asteroid Bennu.
March 26, 2023
A Korean battery maker with plans to spend a billion-plus dollars on a plant in Queen Creek says it will nearly quadruple the investment.
March 24, 2023
Tax season is upon us, and the IRS is updating its questions regarding digital assets like cryptocurrency.
March 24, 2023
An estimated 2,000 Arizonans currently living in Mohave County suffered the effects of radiation exposure from nuclear testing during the Cold War. Yet, the U.S. government doesn’t recognize them as victims. The Downwinders Parity Act introduced last month by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is the latest in a long line of bipartisan attempts to compensate them.
March 24, 2023
When President Joe Biden took office, his administration acted quickly to unpublish an environmental report that gave the green light to a proposed copper mine in the Oak Flat area of Tonto National Forest. But it may soon republish the report.
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March 23, 2023
Nesting and hatching season is an exciting time for birds and bird watchers. But what’s the right thing to do when spring winds knock baby birds or nests to the ground? Liberty Wildlife has some answers.
March 23, 2023
The state health department has reported several cases of an ailment that is causing severe illnesses in hospitals across the U.S. and resists many common drugs. And, no, it’s not MRSA.
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March 23, 2023
Cameras have captured a mountain lion wandering the Tavasci Marsh trails of Tuzigoot National Monument. One ranger offers his recommendations for those visiting the area.
March 22, 2023
A recently published study found that a new type of treatment for multiple myeloma could mean better quality of life for patients. It is a cancer of the plasma cells, and roughly 47,000 people are diagnosed each year.
March 22, 2023
Maricopa County Environmental Services is warning of the increased potential this year for West Nile and and St. Louis encephalitis cases due to mosquitos from the wetter-than-normal winter.
March 22, 2023
It’s hard to say what happens to our souls after we die. But it’s a little more straightforward to know what happens to our bodies. Some people now have a new option that’s seen as more environmentally friendly.
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March 20, 2023
Hotter and drier conditions caused by climate change are helping lead to more severe wildfires across the West. Those more severe wildfires are hurting the forests’ ability to regrow after the fires are out.
March 16, 2023
Parts of California are under water, the Rocky Mountains are bracing for more snow, flood warnings are in place in Nevada, and water is being released from some Arizona reservoirs to make room for an expected bountiful spring runoff.
March 16, 2023
