When it comes to the word education, what comes to mind? Maybe days as a child on the playground.

Rogue planets are the drifters of the galaxy, wandering interstellar space alone. Now it turns out they could have company in the form of moons — and perhaps even sustain life that hitched a ride on them.

We can only hope their self-esteem wore protective helmets and body armor. Now, now — with that said, we don’t mean to be Negative Nellies, OK? After all, this was a fun and funny Shark Tank-style competition in the heart of the Strip, lending a business confab a glamorous sheen.

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A line of students and locals wrapped through UNLV’s campus winding up to the Performing Arts Center box office. This swath of Las Vegans camped out in the hopes getting tickets to see acclaimed Mexican filmmaker and Academy Award-winner Guillermo Del Toro speak about his life and work on October 17.

There are two kinds of sleepers in this world. Night owls who have energy well into the evening and go to bed late. And early birds, the ones who subscribe to the early-to-bed-early-to-rise regimen. You probably have a good idea of which category you fall into most of the time, but you might not know why or how to switch over into the other camp. Or even if you should.

Think about the so-called "story problems" you studied in algebra and other math classes. How many of them dealt with, say, two trains which, no matter how far they traveled, could never catch your attention? Were you the kid that asked (or silently wondered) "When am I ever going to use this stuff in real life?" Did you ever get the answer to that question, or were you left pondering it while trying to solve confusing, seemingly irrelevant problems?

Remember when low-fat diets were the rage? Now fats — or some of them, anyway — are considered crucial to a healthy diet. The fact is that recent years have seen dramatic changes in which foods dietary science considers good for you and which it doesn’t.