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Apple’s $349 HomePod will leave a ring on your wooden table

People who bought the just-released $349 internet-connected speaker from Apple, dubbed the HomePod, are reporting that it leaves a white ring on the surfaces of wooden furniture.

EPA prepares to shutter its lab in Las Vegas

The agency’s research branch has confirmed plans to vacate its lab on the UNLV campus and pull out of the Las Vegas Valley altogether by Sept. 30.

Uber, Waymo settle self-driving car lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has settled a lawsuit alleging that it ripped off self-driving car technology from Google’s autonomous vehicle division.

Miami releases millions of modified mosquitoes to stop Zika outbreak

Mosquitoes are a year-round downside to living in subtropical Miami, but millions of bacteria-infected mosquitoes flying in a suburban neighborhood are being hailed as an innovation that may kill off more bugs that spread of Zika and other viruses.

 
SpaceX new rocket blasts off with red Tesla on board

SpaceX’s big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars.

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Super blue blood moon over Las Vegas — PHOTOS

Moon-gazers across the Las Vegas Valley were not disappointed by Wednesday morning’s celestial event. A cloudless sky with the temperature hovering around 50 made for a perfect night of viewing the super blue blood moon.

 
Ice age fossils return to Las Vegas after decades in California museum

A crew from UNLV and the Las Vegas Natural History Museum returned from Redlands, California, Saturday night with four vehicles packed full of fossils collected from the upper Las Vegas Wash over past 20 years or so.

 
Solar array to power Wynn’s Paradise Park in Las Vegas

A dedicated solar array 375 miles away near Fallon will supply renewable energy to power the $1.5 billion development soon to begin construction on the site of the former Desert Inn Golf Club, just east of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore.

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