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KFPR Redding (including our Dunsmuir, Burney, and Hayfork translators) will be off the air on Monday, November 2, 2026, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM due to planned PG&E maintenance in the area. Service should be restored by 5 p.m. We appreciate your patience. Due to unforeseen circumstances, NSPR will no longer be able to broadcast Hearts of Space.

We all need sleep. Even spiders

New research suggests that spiders reach an active REM-like sleep state, similar to humans.

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Nathan (Nate) Rott is a correspondent on NPR’s Science Desk, where he reports on the natural world and humanity’s relationship to it.