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.
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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 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?
On Sunday, the U.S. government will open nationwide enrollment to 1 million people for an ambitious experiment.
Facebook is adding a “sleep” mode to its Messenger Kids service to let parents limit when their kids can use it.
The European Space Agency has released the first image taken by its Trace Gas Orbiter showing the ice-covered edge of a vast Martian crater.
Las Vegas Science and Technology Festival, featuring 45 events over nine days, is proving a hot ticket in its eighth year.
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.
At a specialized lab, UNLV researchers use microscopic volcano debris to solve prehistoric mysteries.
A Nevada business is one of 14 in the U.S. to receive approval to operate drones for commercial use further than ever before.
Jason Steffen, a member of the Kepler Science Team and an associate professor of physics and astronomy at UNLV, will participate in a new NASA mission to study planets and stars beyond Earth’s solar system.
Divers at Devils Hole found fewer endangered pupfish than expected during their latest count.
When these caterpillars pitch their tents, spring has sprung in the Mojave Desert.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority offered tours Saturday at its new low-lake-level pumping station under construction at Lake Mead.
Voice-activated technology and better data analysis is giving the struggling radio industry something to cheer about.