Just four months after receiving tax abatements from the state, the site of a Google data center in Henderson is beginning to take shape.
Science and Technology
A climate scientist who popularized the term “global warming” has died. Wallace Smith Broecker was 87.
If you don’t make time for anything else this weekend, make sure to set aside some time to go outside and catch the lunar eclipse.
Technology-driven smart cities are just over the horizon, and Gov. Brian Sandoval believes Nevada is positioned to be a leader in smart-city innovations.
The European Union fined Google a record $5 billion Wednesday for forcing cellphone makers that use the company’s hugely popular Android operating system to install Google apps.
Astronomers are still finding moons at Jupiter, 400 years after Galileo used his spyglass to spot the first ones.
If it lives up to Apple’s promise, the iPhone’s next operating system will automatically deliver quicker and more reliable information pinpointing the location of 911 calls to about 6,300 emergency response centers in the U.S.
The Kilopower project, currently undergoing testing at the Nevada National Security Site, aims to develop a small, safe and reliable source of electricity for extended stays on the red planet or unmanned scientific missions in deep space.
Hyperloop One, the company behind an experimental mode of travel, announced a new speed milestone at its test track near North Las Vegas.
Las Vegas’ busiest day for some cyber attackers appears to have been Dec. 1, according to data recently released by Florida-based Enigma Software Group.
Twitter has begun enforcing stricter policies on violent and abusive content like hateful images or symbols, including those attached to user profiles.
Where does the heart of an artist lie? Atop 1.7 million pounds of fiery thrust, galloping toward — then beyond — the speed of sound.
Kyle Canyon residents are being warned about their drinking water after elevated levels of lead turned up in samples collected from a handful of homes on Mount Charleston.
A new network of high-speed internet connections to 14 Nevada hospitals aims to narrow the state’s rural-urban health-care gap that is largely blamed on a shortage of doctors.
Sure, Jim Gianoulakis could have stayed in Las Vegas, where the so-called “Great American Eclipse” will peak at about 10:27 a.m. with the moon covering about 72 percent of the sun. But there’s nothing quite like the other-worldly experience of momentary darkness in the middle of the day.