Benjamin Edwards, a professor at William S. Boyd School of Law at University of Nevada in Las Vegas, discusses additional rewards necessary for an effective consumer protection in the payday lending industry.

There are nearly 20,000 mental health apps that will do everything from tracking a person’s suicidal thoughts to soothing someone experiencing a panic attack. A new online tool from researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center aims to help patients sort through the noise for almost 200 of them — and counting.

UNLV’s food pantry is getting a much-needed lifeline in the form of a $250,000 federal grant from the CARES Act.

UNLV's food pantry is getting a much-needed lifeline in the form of a $250,000 federal grant from the CARES Act.

The amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit a record high in May. That's because humanity kept emitting a prodigious amount of carbon, even through the worst pandemic in a century. But if civilization does begin to significantly cut emissions, global temperatures won't promptly start going down, like flipping a climate switch.

Some hoteliers have realized that one way to bring in business during the coronavirus crisis is to rent out their entire properties.

The next generation of dentists is entering a profession that suddenly has considerable risk associated with it—a fact already evident to the many dental students who recently graduated in virtual commencement ceremonies held using online platforms such as YouTube, Zoom and Facebook Live.

When Kansas State football players returned to campus the week of June 8, there was a brief feeling of optimism after months of uncertainty.

No city may be more vulnerable to the coronavirus than Las Vegas. Every year it was inviting 42 million people in for dinner. The city’s economy is dependent on those visitors, and Cal looks at the history of Las Vegas for a clue as to how the city might reinvent itself after the virus subsides. Entrepreneur Tom Breitling, author of the book Double or Nothing, and some of his friends explain why they’re betting on a big Vegas comeback. This podcast offers lessons in reinvention and hints at why Las Vegas may be the place to be in 2022.