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City Cast Las Vegas

On this week’s Friday news round up, the team laments over some of our small city’s big problems. Lead producer Sonja Cho Swanson wonders how the demographics of our city could change, after reading a UNLV study that says Las Vegas’ population will grow by over 1 million people by 2060.

OpenMind Magazine

Researchers are trying to boost people’s immunity to fake news using online games and other strategies. Can these efforts protect the wider population against disinformation?

Newswise

Many Americans go about their daily routines without fear of invasion or repercussions for acknowledging their own freedom. But an ocean away, that’s the reality for Taiwan, a small island off the coast of mainland China.

K.V.V.U. T.V. Fox 5

New funding opened a program at UNLV last year to attempt to make a dent in the teaching shortage at the Clark County School District. The first cohort graduated from the Professional Pathways Project this summer and are now teachers at the school district.

The Futures Archive

On the final episode of season 2 of The Futures Archive, Rachel Lehrer and Lee Moreau explore pleasure with a conversation about the vibrator and women's control over their bodies. With additional insights from Lynn Comella, Ti Chang, Jenny Winfield, and Mireille Miller-Young.

K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13

Clear, concise, and accurate messaging has always been key in the early days of a virus's spread, and experts in infectious diseases aimed to deliver that at a monkeypox town hall at the LGBTQ Center Thursday evening.

Advanced Science News

Researchers refute a hypothesis that the human brain shrank 3,000 years ago as a result of the transition to living in modern societies.

Inverse

A pandemic program could help reveal the true threat of antibiotic resistance to public health.

K.T.N.V. T.V. ABC 13

People looking for information regarding the latest monkeypox outbreak will have an opportunity to speak with health experts during an in-person town hall event hosted by the LGBTQ+ Center of Southern Nevada.

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