What is love? Scientists explain it in terms of the body’s release of adrenaline, dopamine and serotonin; cynics refute its existence by citing ancient philosophy. The Greeks had six words to describe it, whereas Merriam Webster offers a simple definition. More recently, a Hallmark card asserted that love is when you find “the sprinkled donut in a sea of glazed.”

The month of February comes again, and the crowds come again about whether Indonesians should celebrate the so-called "Valentine's Day". Regardless of the choice of dear readers, let's look at a number of facts about this world-wide Western tradition.

This is how the West is run: In the 13 westernmost U.S. states, one party controls both the executive and legislative branches.

When it comes to the Golden Age of Hollywood, Clara Bow and Rex Bell were at the very top.

Nevada hit ten straight billion-dollar months—a streak that continues to grow.

Nevada hit ten straight billion-dollar months—a streak that continues to grow.

Goodr Jasmine Crowe was pitching her startup, which works to end food waste, to an investor when she mentioned that she attended an HBCU, or a historically black college and university.

The nearly 400 UNLV freshmen in the College of Liberal Arts who were enrolled the course — an introductory class to ease their academic and social transition to college life — received a free online textbook thanks to a new program within the college.

UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute has a new executive director who’ll start on the job June 1.

It’s risky business, messing with the memory of Abraham Lincoln. For some, our 16th president is a secular saint, revered for ending slavery and guiding the nation through the Civil War and becoming not just a paragon of virtue to generations of American schoolchildren but co-honoree of a national holiday that arrives in just a few weeks.

As the nation faces ongoing threats of white supremacist violence and voter suppression legislation, more than 200 scholars of U.S. history have signed an open letter urging school districts to devote more time and resources to teaching the Reconstruction era in upper elementary, middle, and high school U.S. history and civics courses.

As a 22-year-old, amateur boxer, Bradley Donohue always burned out before the third round. As his muscles tightened, his mind would go into overdrive as he tried to plan his next move and guess his opponent's. Between rounds one day, a watching sports psychologist told him, essentially, he needed to chill: "The ring is your playground. Your playground. It's simple, hit. Hit and don't be hit."