Formal sex education is in decline in the United States.

In the wake of the headlines being made across the country and in Nevada about sexual harassment and discrimination, UNLV professor Michael Green looks back at some of the most famous sex scandals in Nevada’s political history.

Can you feel at home in 120 square feet? The tiny home movement has caught on in a big way, with people taking up residence not just in small versions of traditional homes but even in yurts and converted shipping containers.

A Chinese-exclusion case from the 1880s set a precedent that haunts the legal fight over Trump’s travel ban.

While many of marriage's fundamental elements have evolved over the years – the freedom to separate, the legalisation of same-sex marriage in numerous countries and prenuptial agreements –one thing that has been slow to evolve is the changing of surnames in heterosexual unions. But things are beginning to change, with a number of men deciding to take on their wives' surnames in some form.

Dean Heller claims he’s the only barrier between Nevadans and the revival of Yucca Mountain as a repository for nuclear waste. The question is whether he can be that bulwark during a difficult re-election campaign.

What do horror icon Michael Myers, Marvel superhero Blade, Batman ally Nightwing, post-apocalyptic antihero Snake Plissken and alien Ferengi Quark have in common? They’re all stars of local Las Vegas productions, part of the burgeoning subculture of fan films, amateur movies and web series featuring big-name pop-culture characters, produced without the permission (or, often, knowledge) of the corporate ownership.

These days many women keep their own name when they marry, and couples are increasingly opting for a double-barrelled or merged name. But men who take their wife's surname are still quite rare. Kirstie Brewer spoke to three.