One of the most important mining operations in the world is just an hour's drive from Las Vegas.

There’s a question out there related to climate change that everyone asks but no one seems to have a good answer for: When will climate change reach the point of no return? Read the news, and timelines range from 18 months to 12 years to 40 years. UNLV geology professor Matt Lachniet explained it is not about an exact drop-dead moment.

That slight chill in the 110-degree air can only mean one thing: It’s almost football season.

About 3,000 new and returning UNLV students are slated to move into campus residence halls.

Are women really at a disadvantage compared to men when they run for elected office? In new research, Rebecca D. Gill and Kate Eugenis look at how women fare when they run for state supreme court judgeships. Using over 15 years’ worth of election data across the states, they find that women are seven percentage points more likely than men to win elections against incumbents, and that they do no better or worse than men when they are incumbents themselves or run in open seat races.

Clark County school administrators are preparing to take steps to keep public schools open in the event of a teachers strike, set for Sept. 10.

Students move into dormitories at UNLV Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019. Classes begin on Monday, Aug. 26.

It's a challenging time to be a home buyer in the U.S.—and let's be honest, that's putting it mildly. Tightfisted lenders and super-high home prices aren't helping matters. But despite all of that, the allure of certain markets is still strong enough to motivate people to pull up stakes and move to a different state altogether.

UNLV announced an interim dean for its School of Medicine.