Arizona Science Desk
City lights drive back the night a little more each year, disrupting ecological cycles. Now, energy-efficient lights could be making light pollution worse.
Nov. 27, 2017
There is a major date producer in Yuma, called Bard Valley, helping fund a study to develop new pesticides for the weevil.
Nov. 27, 2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded almost $600,000 in grants to an Arizona university for bug research. About $330,000 is going to study how a soil steaming device could lower the use of pesticides on lettuce crops.
Nov. 24, 2017
The trend of above-average temperatures could continue into the winter if predictions from the Climate Prediction Center hold steady.
Nov. 23, 2017
One in four Arizona teenagers admits to using prescription painkillers without a doctor’s consent. That’s according to a new survey by Dignity Health on teen opioid use.
Nov. 21, 2017
The illegal killing of a cow elk in a rural part of Central Arizona has the Arizona Game and Fish Department asking the public for help.
Nov. 21, 2017
Despite a few sprinkles here and there around the Valley on Friday morning, the official rain gauge at Sky Harbor Airport hasn’t seen precipitation since late August.
Nov. 20, 2017
Hikers exploring the Superstition Mountains are being warned to watch out for rabid wild animals.
Nov. 20, 2017
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey declared October “Arizona Manufacturers Month." Now in November, one aerospace company that serves the industry’s manufacturers said its economic contributions are fairly unrecognized.
Nov. 20, 2017
In a new poll, Native Americans say a major problem they face is “institutional discrimination.” In Indian Country they call it environmental racism. During World War II and the Cold War, mining companies blasted 30 million tons of uranium out of Navajo land, abandoning more than 500 mines. Since then, many Navajo have died of conditions linked to contamination.
Nov. 20, 2017
The University of Arizona’s College of Medicine in Tucson has reached its 50th anniversary and is looking ahead to the next half-century of training doctors to serve the state.
Nov. 17, 2017
The percentage of Americans carrying sexually transmitted diseases is at an all-time high, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Nov. 17, 2017
Coconino County Health officials confirmed their first case of hantavirus this year.
Nov. 17, 2017
The Arizona Supreme Court on Friday morning upheld the legality of an assessment on hospitals that helps pay for health care for 400,000 Arizonans.
Nov. 17, 2017
East of downtown Phoenix on 24th and Van Buren streets some of Arizona’s most seriously mentally ill live and receive treatment.
Nov. 17, 2017
Power has shifted from the state to the county on monitoring dust and air quality around Tonopah near the giant Hickmans egg-laying facility. This comes after years of locals fighting for more control.
Nov. 17, 2017
Grand Canyon University and the Arizona Cyber Warfare Range opened a new range on campus. And what is a cyber warfare range stocked with but laptops, and people willing to learn.
Nov. 16, 2017
Arizonans were treated to an unusual spectacle Tuesday night as a fireball flashed across the sky around 8:30 p.m. The American Meteor Society received reports from six states describing the object, which flashed brighter than the full moon.
Nov. 15, 2017
Despite an especially snowy season last year, Arizona Snowbowl has delayed the opening of this ski season in the midst of an unusually dry and warm fall.
Nov. 15, 2017
A new survey out Wednesday morning shows most Americans believe birth control is an essential part of health care.
Nov. 15, 2017
