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KNAU Insider prEview – February 2nd, 2018
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Brain Food: Measuring Compassion and Empathy
We all react differently to seeing someone in distress. Some feel empathy. Some don’t. Some feel the pain so strongly they take it on as their own. Flagstaff social neuroscientist Chad Woodruff is trying to measure compassion and empathy by recording the activity of “mirror” or “social neurons” in the brain. Learn more at KNAU.org.
Earth Notes: The Laughing Jim Mushroom

The Colorado Plateau is rich in wild mushrooms. Many of these fabulous fungi are delicious to eat, if you know what you’re doing. Others taste bad, and some are highly toxic.Learn more at KNAU.org.
Southwestern Forest Managers Prepare for an Early Fire Season

The Southwest is experiencing one of the driest winters on record with only two significant storms to hit northern Arizona. It’s almost as if last year’s fire season never ended, and that’s got fire managers planning ahead. Learn more at KNAU.org.
The STAR School Wins Science Prize for Low-Cost Cooler Design
Summers on the Navajo Nation can be scorching, and many homes there don’t have air conditioners or swamp coolers. But a group of eighth grade students at The STAR School, near the edge of the Navajo Nation, has come up with a solution: a low-cost evaporative cooler they plan to give away to elders. Learn more at KNAU.org.
Bill Would Use State Funds to Pay Granite Mountain Hotshot Pensions
An Arizona lawmaker is sponsoring a bill that would use state funds to help pay the pensions of several wildland fire fighters from Prescott killed battling the Yarnell Hill Fire. Learn more at KNAU.org.