In The News: College of Liberal Arts

Heliox: Where Evidence Meets Empathy

She walks through the door. You already know this story. But here's what you don't: the femme fatale isn't a Hollywood invention — and she was never warning you about her. Heliox explores anthropologist William Jankowiak's landmark cross-cultural study of dangerous-woman folklore across 84 global societies, from the Igbo of West Nigeria to Aboriginal Australia to modern South Korean farms. The finding that changes everything? In 89% of those cultures, the man wasn't destroyed because he wanted a fling. He wanted to fall in love.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The barricades are up at Whiskey Pete’s, and same goes for Buffalo Bill’s, albeit with colorful banners fastened to its roadblocks that declare: “The Party is at Primm Valley.” With three hotel-casino properties in this remote spot outside Las Vegas, Primm Valley Resort is the only one still open. But the party, or what’s left of it, is about to end.

Fox News

Primm Valley Casino Resorts will close 624 hotel rooms when it shutters this summer

Fox News

Primm Valley Casino Resorts will close 624 hotel rooms when it shutters this summer

Fox News

Primm Valley Casino Resorts will close 624 hotel rooms when it shutters this summer

Wired

As more sex workers quit the industry, some are having to navigate tough questions around consent and the “afterlife” of work they no longer want to be associated with.

Medical Laboratory Observer

While Alzheimer’s remains a complex disease, recent clinical trials and research efforts have expanded, emphasizing biomarkers and better patient targeting to improve drug development success rates.

Gizmodo

An international team of researchers has discovered 13 fossil teeth in Ethiopia's Afar region that do not fit any known human species. The find suggests that multiple hominid lineages coexisted in Africa more than two million years ago, including one that science had not yet identified.

Yogonet

Industry observers cited multiple factors tied to the area’s decline, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nevada Independent

A federal wire charge conviction was wiped away by Trump’s pen. Could a clear primary win against three opponents help end her troubles with judicial overseers?

Live Science

Human brains have been shrinking since prehistoric times, some studies suggest. Whether this is true and why it has happened are debated.

Shoeleather Magazine

The men were lined up for X3 Expo, the largest adult content convention in the world. The two-day event features hundreds of adult content creators ready to meet and greet their fans, sex toy stands, and live screenings of adult films.