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Apr 14, 2024 | 
news.azpm.org | Tony Perkins
A traffic accident on Tucson's east side, at the intersection of Broadway and Wilmot. University of Arizona researchers are looking at traffic safety, and why some groups have more serious outcomes than others. It’s part of a comprehensive study of transportation use across the United States. U of A College of Engineering professor Alyssa Ryan found information showing women driver’s safety is often overlooked.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
news.azpm.org | Zac Ziegler |Danyelle Khmara |Tony Perkins
Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art form that was started over 450 years ago in response to the oppression of Africans who were brought to Brazil as slaves, has gained in popularity here in Tucson. We visit Capoeira Mandinga Tucson, where masters from Brazil, and the US recently convened for a week-long event highlighting this unique cultural tradition. (Download MP3) Your browser does not support the audio element. Sports can be a way for people of different cultures to unite.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
azpm.org | Tony Perkins
Home AZPM | Southern Arizona's PBS and NPR Affiliate The Geometry of Sound Researchers say people perceive sound based on where they are when they hear it.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
news.azpm.org | Tony Perkins |Zac Ziegler |Summer Hom
Jared Flanders of Higley Haymakers plays in the first annual Haymaker Fest baseball tournament in Gilbert, AZ. February 24, 2024 (Download MP3) Your browser does not support the audio element. Wildcat fans have been well-known for their turnout at games outside of Tucson's McKale Center. As UA prepares to enter a new conference, head to two such events to hear how fans feel about traveling for games in new locations. Then, we head back in time, sort of.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
azpm.org | Tony Perkins
The start of spring means the monsoon and mosquito season are a few months away. University of Arizona Entomology professor Michael Riehle is leading a research group aiming to find a new way to fight the mosquito population, by focusing on the chemicals inside the insect’s gut at the larval stage.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
news.azpm.org | Zac Ziegler |Tony Perkins
(Download MP3) Your browser does not support the audio element. On this episode, we start by meeting one of the students on the University of Arizona's collegiate rodeo team. Then we learn about the rivalry between two northern Arizona rodeos who claim spots at the sport's genesis. And last, we head to the final games for UA basketball in the Pac 12 conference.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
news.azpm.org | Zac Ziegler |Tony Perkins
(Download MP3) Your browser does not support the audio element. On this episode, we start by meeting one of the students on the University of Arizona's collegiate rodeo team. Then we learn about the rivalry between two northern Arizona rodeos who claim spots at the sport's genesis. And last, we head to the final games for UA basketball in the Pac 12 conference.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
news.azpm.org | Tony Perkins
NASA is offering to send the names of those who apply into space later this year on its first robotic Moon rover called VIPER, short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover. Names that are submitted will be included in a microchip on VIPER and participants will be issued a ceremonial ["boarding pass"] (https://www3.nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-viper/#user-information) to commemorate their role in the event.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
news.azpm.org | Zac Ziegler |Danyelle Khmara |Tony Perkins
(Download MP3) Your browser does not support the audio element. On this episode, two stories about mountain biking in Arizona. We head to a 24-hour relay mountain biking race that brings a temporary town of 4,000 to the Pinal County desert each year. Then we talk to some of the people behind a film that documents efforts to grow the sport on the Navajo Nation, and why some see it as an important sport for reconnecting people with the land.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
azpm.org | Tony Perkins
Home AZPM | Southern Arizona's PBS and NPR Affiliate Exploring space with balloon-borne telescopes. The best way to observe the universe is with a telescope above the Earth’s atmosphere, and the least expensive way to get there is using a stratospheric balloon.
