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KVPR talks with U.C. Merced professor Crystal Kolden to learn how climate change is making wildfires in California more severe.
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A new children’s museum is opening to the public next month in Merced. It will be the first of its kind in the city’s history. To learn more about the…
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Yesterday, President Biden signed a bill to make June 19th, known as Juneteenth, a federal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when Union…
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As of this week, more than a half million San Joaquin Valley residents have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. For some, that means being able to…
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Temperatures are on the rise, wild flowers are in bloom, and many are feeling pulled to the great outdoors. Among them is Leigh Bernacchi, a researcher at…
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Even though COVID-19 has been the dominant public health threat for a year, first with a summer surge, then a winter surge, and now with the rollout of…
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This interview was originally broadcast during the January 15, 2021 episode of Science Friday. You can find the original piece here.Anna Antonowich is an…
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People tend to listen more when someone uses powerful, authoritative language regardless of whether the person talking is a man or a woman. At least…
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When wildfires burn in our national parks, we naturally worry about the forest. But what about the photographs, maps and documents that tell the stories…
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Images captured by photographer Ernest Lowe tell the story of Central Valley farmworkers and the activists who fought for improved conditions in the…