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Arizona’s bright days and balmy nights have lured generations of Americans. But will our ever-hotter and longer summers spoil the party? In the final feature of our Five Cs series, we explore ways people are trying to cool our cities and harness the power of our climate.

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According to U.S. News & World Report, Arizona State University is leading the nation in innovation – ahead of Stanford, MIT and every other U.S. institution of higher learning. Not bad for a former No. 1 “party school.”

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Once the state’s top crop, drought-sensitive cotton faces an uncertain future in Arizona. In this installment of PHOENIX magazine’s Five Cs series, we weave together the past, present and future of the fluffy fiber that built Goodyear, helped win two world wars and – somewhere along the line – became the fabric of our lives.