It’s been said that the first Mars explorers will have to be prepared to take one for humanity. As various studies have shown, they risk permanent neural damage as well as an increased risk of leukemia and Alzheimer’s disease. And now, scientists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas have added to this list with a new study that shows how a deep-space mission to Mars could double astronauts’ risk of getting cancer.

Nevada remains close to the bottom of the rankings for overall child well-being, at 47th in the nation - the same as last year - according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The Las Vegas “Old Timers” Media Group, featuring many current and former print, radio and TV journalists, has shut down after 18 years. Toward the end, the club had an email list of nearly 200 locals, some of whom met monthly to discuss Las Vegas history and swap stories. The club, co-founded in 1999 by former Las Vegas Review-Journal photographer Frank Mitrani and former Las Vegas Sun photographer Ken Jones, began meeting out of Jones’ house after the friends met at another friend’s funeral.

A team of scientists has discovered a new crystal form of DDT that is more effective against insects than the existing one. Its research, which appears in the journal Angewandte Chemie, points to the possibility of developing a new version of solid DDT—a pesticide that has historically been linked to human-health afflictions and environmental degradation—that can be administered in smaller amounts while reducing environmental impact.

The next generation of entrepreneurs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' Lee Business School is learning to work at a global level.

The Las Vegas economy is in the midst of a major change. We have created one of the most advantageous policy environments for entrepreneurs, our economy is becoming more diverse, and industries built around innovation are beginning to emerge. According to a recent analysis released in May by the Kauffman Foundation, Las Vegas ranks fifth in the nation for business startup activity, behind only Miami; Austin, Texas; Los Angeles and San Diego.

UNLV is widely known as a commuter school, but students pump the brakes when it comes to parking at the university.

Liz Groesbeck is following her one true love — the brain — to medical school. But she’s open to developing a new relationship. “I don’t have much experience with things that aren’t brains,” said Groesbeck, who graduated in May from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a master’s degree in neuroscience. “But I might fall in love with another organ system.”

New research from scientists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) shows that the cancer risk for astronauts undertaking long-term missions to Mars or any other destination beyond Earth’s magnetic field is actually twice what we previously thought.