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As four astronauts head toward the Moon in a module about the size of a small bedroom, Professor Mike Pravica joins us to break down the science behind NASA’s Artemis II mission. From what the crew will experience to the technology making it possible, we take a closer look at this next step in returning humans to the Moon.
E-devices linked to more than 130 incidents as officials push for safety measures
Attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada, ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project and UNLV’s Immigration Clinic filed the class-action lawsuit in late October.
When our grandmothers were young, the entire point of being a woman was to become a perfect, happy little homemaker. To take care of the kids and the house, but ultimately, to take care of a husband, who deserved to end the day in a domain exactly fluffed to his liking. It’s a very specific nostalgia for that kind of energy that has fueled the #tradwife movement. The social media “trend” has pushed women to do things like cater to their husbands’ every need, spend all of their time and energy on the home and their family, and put themselves last. And a study published in Psychology of Women Quarterly has found that the men who most want a #tradwife... are also men who seem to view women the worst.
Las Vegas is hoping that rapid growth in high-tech businesses and logistics will offset its stagnant gaming industry.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal will no longer print its rival the Las Vegas Sun for the first time in decades, sharpening a longtime legal dispute between the southern Nevada newspapers
A study by the National Council on Problem Gambling found that states with legal gambling meet an average of 32 of 82 recommended player protection standards. Nevada met 24 of those benchmarks. Research from the University of Nevada Las Vegas International Gaming Institute reported that 15% of Nevada adults meet criteria for problem gambling, compared with a 2% national average cited by the council.
Digital connectivity has become so pervasive that we now expect it nearly everywhere — on busy city streets and faraway beaches, in stores and cars, and, increasingly, while traveling 40,000 feet in the sky.
UNLV historian Michael Green likes to refer to Nevada’s prominence in national politics in baseball terms. “If you consider politics a spectator sport, this is the seat right behind home plate — or even in the dugout,” he said. Green has quipped that so many presidential hopefuls make their rounds here that his familiarity with them makes him feel as if they’ve slept on his couch. He doesn’t expect that to change in the run-up to the 2028 election.