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Las Vegas airport says it’s a technology incubator

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.

Las Vegas weather forecasting not full of hot air, but helium

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.

Astronaut says space travel for citizens closer than we think

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.

Interior unveils plans to roll back sage grouse protections

The Interior Department released revised planning documents Wednesday formalizing the Trump administration’s push to relax protections for the greater sage grouse in Nevada and 10 other states.

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New space-age nuclear reactor passes Nevada test

Reasearchers announced Wednesday that the Kilopower fission reactor performed better than expected during a 28-hour, full-power test completed on March 21 inside a vacuum chamber at the Nevada National Security Site.

 
NASA to send robotic geologist to Mars for deep digging

Six years after last landing on Mars, NASA is sending a robotic geologist to dig deeper than ever before to take the planet’s temperature.

 
Facebook announces new dating feature

Facebook doesn’t think hookups are meaningful and doesn’t want you to date your friends — but it’s known for a long time that its vast map of human connections could help people find long-term partners. At least that’s the takeaway from a new dating feature the social networking giant is launching because, well, why not?

Poll shows privacy scandal has changed how many use Facebook

A new poll shows that 7 out of 10 of online adults who’ve heard of the scandal — revelations that a data mining firm might have accessed the private information of some 87 million Facebook users to influence elections — have unfollowed accounts, deleted their profiles or made other changes in how they use social media.

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