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From The Newsroom: Breathing In Space; Facebook And Depression

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The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: We’ll hear how a team at UT-Arlington is tackling the challenge of breathing in space by applying the process of photosynthesis.

Also, a new study from the University of Houston looks at how Facebook may trigger depressive symptoms.

You can listen to local stories weekdays at 8:20 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.