Mary Kay Duda, 75, hit a streak of bad luck when doctors found a large tumor growing on her pancreas. But she also got a few lucky breaks and beat the often deadly disease by undergoing a risky surgery called the “Whipple procedure.”
Science and Technology
There’s a growing distrust of driverless vehicles, according to a AAA national survey set for release Tuesday.
Local experts say Las Vegas’ startup scene is well-positioned for what some researchers are calling the “new era of technology.”
Scientists from the Desert Research Institute in Nevada have pioneered a way to pinpoint pivotal moments in Western civilization using ancient lead pollution trapped deep inside the Greenland ice sheet.
The owner for a New York City condominium is offering a trip to outer space included with the purchase of an $85 million dollar apartment.
Senate Democrats, joined by three Republicans, pushed through a measure Wednesday intended to revive Obama-era internet rules that ensured equal treatment for all web traffic, though opposition in the House and the White House seems insurmountable.
Nuclear scientist for Los Alamos National Laboratory helped plan more than 300 nuclear explosions beneath the desert northwest of Las Vegas beginning in the 1960s.
A coalition of government agencies and civic groups are leading a volunteer clean-up at the Great Unconformity Interpretive Site at the base of Frenchman Mountain just off Lake Mead Boulevard.
The Saline Valley Warm Springs are just like any other attraction you might find inside a national park. Except for all the naked people. And the illegal airstrip. And the pushy gang of wild burros.
While in Stockholm, Samuel Ingalls paused at the sight of passengers swiping passes and phones to board a subway. The technology looked familiar. Then he realized — a similar device to read passes was at McCarran International Airport.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife wrapped up its popular internet broadcast of a Reno great horned owl nest Monday with a happy ending fans are sure to love.
Every day at 4 a.m. and 4 p.m., a National Weather Service staffer in Las Vegas office launches a weather balloon into the sky, providing a vertical snapshot of the atmosphere that meteorologists can’t get from instruments on the ground.
Lyft passengers now have the option of hailing a self-driving car for a trip to the Las Vegas Strip or other high-demand locations.
Twitter is advising all users to change their passwords.
When NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba was out doing a spacewalk during a recent trip to the International Space Station, he held on tight. That’s because Acaba is afraid of heights.
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