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20/02/2025

Rogue Theatre's "Marjorie Prime" creates a conversation about what it means to be human in the age of AI.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Understanding canyons on the moon; and more voices from The Class of 2024.

20/02/2025

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27 min
07/08/2024

A Crisis Fraught with Possibility: How a massive canal set Arizona up for growth

In the 1960s, Arizona was facing a crisis. Its aquifers were depleting and its ground was sinking. That issue prompted a major infrastructure project that would forever change what was possible in the state, a 336 mile system of canals that take a big part of the state's Colorado River water allocation and diverts it to Phoenix and Tucson, as well as farmland in Central Arizona. This week, we look at how the Central Arizona Project came to be, and what it means to the state.

07/08/2024

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23 min
09/01/2025

January 9, 2025

A controversial case comes to a sudden end; Arizona sends help to fire-scarred California; from the toilet to the tap-Tucson reaches a new level in recycling; and more...

09/01/2025

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9 min
06/04/2018

Our Lengthening Life Span is Outpacing the Biology of our Eyes' Lenses

Can we reverse vision loss with artificial lenses?

06/04/2018

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5 min
03/01/2025

January 3, 2025

A nationwide investigation has a new Arizona angle; a low-income housing project is filling up fast; the city has a use for your old Christmas tree; and more...

03/01/2025

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9 min
13/12/2024

Continuing research into the source of COVID-19

The fight against COVID-19 became part of our lives four years ago. Researchers are still working to find out how to it started. University of Arizona immunobiologist Michael Worobey discusses the latest findings and considers the possibilities of new pandemics brewing around the globe.

13/12/2024

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5 min
20/12/2024

How color evolved in the plant and animal kingdom

Plants and animals were not always as colorful as we see them today. University of Arizona evolutionary biologist John Wiens discusses the evolution of color for plant and animal species that developed hundreds of millions of years ago.

20/12/2024

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5 min
17/07/2024

Taming the Colorado

The Colorado River is the most dammed waterway in the US, but what was it like before? We go back to the battle over Parker Canyon Dam and how it changed Arizona's rights to the river's water forever.

17/07/2024

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23 min
22/08/2025

Go below decks with "Ship" at Live Theater Workshop, a quirky new play about a young woman charting a course to adulthood.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: "Weekend Edition Sunday" host Ayesha Rascoe on the current reality facing NPR; and storyteller Sharon Wysocki tells how her art project went viral way back in the '90s.

22/08/2025

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30 min
26/07/2024

What a new Democratic presidential ticket means for AZ and other swing states

What does President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race means for a swing state like Arizona? And will Arizona Senator Mark Kelly be Kamala Harris' vice-presidential pick?

26/07/2024

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28 min

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