Thousands of Arizonans are diagnosed with Valley fever every year. Scientists are working on a new, faster way to make that diagnosis. And, using public art to throw shade — and protect hot cities from extreme heat. That and more on The Show.
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Phoenix Office of Arts and CulturePalm Springs Post reporter Kendall Balchan joined The Show to talk about public art — and turning it into functioning shade. In another hot city not too far from here, they’re calling it “beautiful shade.” -
Stuart Simpson, Henry Holt and Co.Neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod has a saying: “demography is not destiny.” She came up with it to counter what she says is a misconception: that people’s ideologies are shaped by their cultural identities. -
Mark Brodie/KJZZWe are in the midst of, it seems, something called "Boots-Only Summer." It’s a trend that started, as so many of them seem to these days, on TikTok, and involves people wearing soccer cleats, or boots, in places that are definitely not soccer fields. -
Pooja Gandhi/Centers for Disease Control and PreventionResearchers at Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic are working on a new, faster way to find out if a patient has Valley fever, and the result has been licensed by a company called Cactus Bio. -
Mariana Dale/KJZZMycorrhizal fungi are a vital part of ecosystems around the world — including to climate-threatened saguaros here in the Sonoran Desert. Researchers are trying to find out if they could be a key in helping protect the iconic cactuses in a warmer future.
