Mosquitoes could carry new troubles to Arizona. Dengue Fever and a second disease, Chikungunya, have started to crop up in areas surrounding Arizona, putting researchers on high alert about the looming threat the diseases could pose to the state. Both of these viruses are known as vector-borne diseases, carried and passed by mosquitoes. One particular…
J.J. Hernández and his father enjoy sitting on their porch in front of their pink Tucson house, surrounded by yellow and orange wildflowers and bright green shrubs that J.J.’s mother planted around the yard. Their house sits in stark contrast to many of the homes in southern Tucson, where few yards have thriving plants growing…
An Arizona scientist is leading a team that has gotten one step closer to finding the ingredients for life in outer space. Ian Crossfield, an astronomer at the University of Arizona, is leading a group of scientists from around the world who, last month, discovered a small planet that is in the right zone around…
