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We talk with Dr. Richard Pettigrew of the Eugene-based Archeological Legacy Institute about the possible resting place of Amelia Earhart's plane and their plan to go to the atoll where the object may be. We also talk with KLCC GM, Jim Rondeau, about congressional cuts to public media and impacts to the station.
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Hear from Dan Hellin, the director of Pacwave, an Oregon State entity providing testing facilities to organizations building wave energy technologies to harness wave-generated electricity.
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The National Weather Service is suspending some weather balloon launches because of staffing shortages.
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Last fall, we reported on two varieties of heatless habanero peppers that were developed at Oregon State University. If you're hot to grow them, there's good news: They're available for home gardeners to grow this year.
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A new grant project will expand broadband access to about 1,900 Lane and Douglas county households that have poor, or no internet connection next year.
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The Springfield Utility Board says there’s been a lot of interest for their new pilot program that offers zero-interest loans to help customers buy an electric generator or transfer switch.
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Central Oregon’s Newberry Volcano region has been a hot spot for geothermal power experiments for decades.
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An Oregon State University scientist has predicted a volcanic eruption in 2025. But at about one mile under the ocean, the volcano isn’t considered a threat.
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Since May, the Eugene Police Department has been employing drones on certain emergency calls. According to the department, they’ve sent the uncrewed aircraft out to 445 calls for service and logged 15 captures of suspects.
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A conversation with Ryan Haas of OPB about how bots and AI took over a shuttered Oregon newspaper and a talk with OSU researcher, John Sy about the link between loneliness and insomnia.
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Oregon State University’s marine energy research got a boost this week, with federal funding for three projects.
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There's some very sophisticated technology being used to try to understand how migrating salmon and steelhead are re-inhabiting the river, now that four hydroelectric dams have been removed. Then there are other research methods that are as much art as science.