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Watch Live: Biden gives remarks on raising of debt ceiling after negotiations with GOP

Jun 2, 2023 Friday at 4pm
Foods classified as ultra-processed are those that have many added ingredients such as artificial coloring, added sugars, emulsifiers and preservatives. An apple may undergo minimal processing when it gets made into applesauce. But when it gets made into a shelf-stable apple pie or candy gummies with added sugars and coloring, these foods are considered ultra-processed.

What we know about the health risks of ultra-processed foods

May 25, 2023 The tasty snacks and frozen meals you grab when you're busy are often packed with sugar, fat and a list of unpronounceable ingredients. But how bad are they for you? Scientists are trying to find out.
The seven states in the Colorado River basin couldn't agree on a plan to conserve unprecedented amounts of water before a federal deadline. Meanwhile, grim projections for the future of water levels in Lake Mead have forced mandatory cuts to water for some users in the lower basin. Federal authorities are trying to prop up levels in the nation's largest reservoir before they dip too low to generate hydropower or allow the passage of water.

California, Arizona, Nevada offer landmark drought deal to use less Colorado River water — for now

May 22, 2023 The plan would conserve an additional 3 million acre-feet of water through 2026, when current guidelines for how the river is shared expire.
A visitor at the Connections Museum works the kind of switchboard system that first connected American phone users.

Remembering America's first social network: the landline telephone

May 10, 2023 Young tech nerds in Seattle are trying to preserve the mysterious machines — many of them almost lost forever — that made America's landline telephone system work before the age of computers.
An artist's impression of an aging star swelling up and beginning to engulf a planet, much like the Sun will do in about 5 billion years.

This star ate its own planet. Earth may share the same fate

May 4, 2023 For the first time, astronomers have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet, providing a glimpse into how the sun may eventually eat up Earth.
A canal carries water from the Colorado River to tribal land in Arizona.

EXPLAINER: What might Colorado River cuts mean for states?

Apr 15, 2023 In recent years, an imbalance between the river’s flows and how much water users are promised has forced federal officials to consider steps never taken before.
An image shows snailfish swimming around a baited camera more than 27,000 feet below the surface in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench off the coast of Japan.

Check out the deepest-swimming fish ever caught on camera

Apr 6, 2023 The unknown snailfish speicies, of the genus Pseudoliparis, was recorded swimming in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench near Japan at a depth of 8,336 meters - or more than 27,000 feet down.
Flowers, candles and letters lay in front of the Harshbarger building sign following the murder of Professor Thomas Meixner on Wed. Oct. 5, 2022 at the University of Arizona. Meixner was killed by a former student on campus.

The Buzz: What a UA report says about last year's deadly on-campus shooting

Mar 31, 2023 The report released earlier this week offers insights into where breakdowns happened and what can be done to prevent future failures.

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Live in Tucson

Mar 24, 2023 America's favorite quiz show is live from Centennial Hall.
The three tortoise babies — Dill, Gherkin, and Jalapeño — are the first offspring of their 90-year-old father, Mr. Pickles.

A 90-year-old tortoise named Mr. Pickles just became a father of 3. It's a big 'dill'

Mar 21, 2023 It’s significant, according to officials with the Houston Zoo, because the radiated tortoise is a critically endangered species whose numbers are in decline.
Pusch Ridge after a March snowstorm.

The Buzz: How snowmelt affects Arizona's water supply

Mar 17, 2023 How much will a wet winter improve drought conditions around the state?
Lambs can be very curious and inquistive, McLean said.

Lambs aren't white and fluffy and other lessons learned at this campus farm

Mar 8, 2023 When the spring-only course starts at the University of Maryland, the sheep are pregnant and students wait for the call that their sheep is going into labor.
New homes under construction in the desert west of Phoenix.

Here's why Arizona says it can keep growing despite historic megadrought

Feb 28, 2023 Arizona has some of the lowest priority rights to the river water of any of the seven basin states.
The bric-a-brac-stacked shelves of the Tiny Desk.

Want to play your own Tiny Desk concert? The 2023 Contest is now open for entries

Feb 10, 2023 The Tiny Desk Contest, NPR Music's annual search for the next great undiscovered artist, is back!
United States Capitol Building

WATCH LIVE: President Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address

Feb 7, 2023 Tuesday at 7pm
These screenshots show deployed service members that Wove worked with to design engagement rings while they are away from home. The rings in the photos are replicas that the service members received so they would have a sense of what the actual ones would be like.

These combat vets want to help you design the perfect engagement ring

Feb 1, 2023 When Andrew Wolgemuth served in Afghanistan, his comrades in his special operations platoon came to depend on him for a particular skill set and base of knowledge: diamond engagement rings.

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