Arizona Science Desk
Arizona has six major proving grounds where miles of track are carefully curated to test car handling in the desert heat.
Sept. 12, 2017
U.S. Geological Survey research found that 82 percent of watersheds in western America will see significant sediment increase by 2050.
Sept. 11, 2017
Flagstaff is sending a message to Congress calling for climate change action. And council members hope other Arizona cities will follow suit.
Sept. 11, 2017
The Arizona Department of Health’s HIV Prevention Program wrapped up a pilot project that provided free home HIV test kits.
Sept. 11, 2017
The number of people dying from strokes has leveled off in Arizona – after years being on the decline.
Sept. 11, 2017
People with HIV are getting treatment and living longer in Arizona, but more people are being diagnosed with the disease.
Sept. 11, 2017
A program that serves tens of thousands of women in Maricopa county is taking big budget hits. The Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) supplemental nutrition program has seen its numbers drop over the past several years. There are 15 clinics in the Valley and as KJZZ’s Tiara Vian reports, WIC is closing two of them in Mesa and Avondale.
Sept. 11, 2017
Crews fighting wildfires in 11 Western states are shifting tactics, trying to avoid lifeless, unstable trees killed over the past years by bark beetles, disease and other infestations.
Sept. 7, 2017
After months of work, Arizona health officials have issued a broad set of recommendations to Gov. Doug Ducey on how to combat the opioid epidemic.
Sept. 7, 2017
In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about the psychology of pronouns, determiners, conjunctions and prepositions, and why it's so hard for us to change them.
Sept. 6, 2017
Some Arizona and California farms growing leafy greens have met new compliance measures required for food safety - six months ahead of a federal deadline.
Sept. 5, 2017
Beer is made from four primary ingredients: grain, hops, yeast and water, but many craft brewers experiment. A group of Arizona breweries recently took on an ingredient most people have never tasted.
Sept. 5, 2017
When Hurricane Harvey rolled through Houston, it semi-submerged tens of thousands of homes in water. Among those living there when it hit were the health care providers who treat Houston's cancer patients.
Sept. 4, 2017
A Food and Drug Administration ban on over-the-counter antiseptic soaps and cosmetics containing certain active ingredients goes into effect Sept. 6. But it’s up to consumers to avoid products the ban doesn’t cover.
Sept. 4, 2017
When NASA’s Cassini spacecraft takes its fatal dive into Saturn, Sept. 15, a University of Arizona scientist’s instrument will be the last to provide images of the ringed planet.
Sept. 4, 2017
Hurricane Harvey is wreaking havoc on oil operations in the Gulf Coast, and even states far from the storm’s path are feeling its impact on the energy industry.
Sept. 1, 2017
As the Trump administration weighs the fate of nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program, a new study reveals the program’s effects on their children.
Aug. 31, 2017
How will we live in 20 years? Or 50? Or 100? A one-of-a-kind, only-in-LA plot at the very end of Mulholland Highway inspired some of the world's best designers to think hard about the home of the future, in Los Angeles and beyond.
Aug. 31, 2017
Some of the major buildings that make up the downtown Phoenix skyline are all cooled by the biggest version of an air conditioner you've ever heard of, and it's right under the street.
Aug. 31, 2017
As Arizona grapples with an opioid epidemic, a band of volunteers in Phoenix works under the radar to get those who are addicted clean syringes and medical care. They believe one of the biggest barriers to curbing the death toll is stigma and isolation.
Aug. 31, 2017
