In The News: College of Liberal Arts

Newswise

Psychedelic healing may sound like a fad from the Woodstock era, but it’s a field of study that’s gaining traction in the medical community as an effective treatment option for a growing number of mental health conditions.

EOS WETENSCHAP

Modern humans and Neanderthals not only share pieces of DNA, the composition of the microbiome in our gut is also very similar. "These bacteria were already present in the gut flora of our last common ancestor, at least 700,000 years ago."

rest of world

A few months before Taiwan’s local elections in 2018, a tropical storm hit the city of Chiayi, killing at least six people and displacing thousands of others. President Tsai Ing-wen traveled to Chiayi to show her support for the flood victims, but soon after, an innocuous photo of the president riding in an armored vehicle became a nationwide scandal. The image was cropped and cast in black and white, and a caption was added, falsely suggesting that she came with armed gunmen and was smiling cruelly at the misfortune of a nearby man biking through knee-high floodwaters.

Nevada Independent

Over the past few years many Nevadans have sought to pursue a better future by seriously reckoning with the state’s history of racial discrimination. Radio programs and public forums have held critical discussions surrounding the legacies of “sundown towns” in Northern Nevada and the problem of police brutality in Clark County’s recent past, alongside debates over the presence of Confederate symbols in a state once called the “Mississippi of the West.”

El Tiempo

The College of Southern Nevada (CSN) will host virtual events on women's history and important debates during the month of March. “Women's Empowerment Month (March) had its origins as a national celebration in 1981. During the month, in the community we celebrate the contributions women have made to the United States and recognize the specific accomplishments that women have made. throughout American history in a variety of fields, ”Ericka Avilés, a consultant for the public relations firm that bears her name and to which El Tiempo had access, highlighted in a statement.

LISTVERSE

The line between life and death is a fine one, and it is sometimes difficult to identify. Although one government has found it necessary to warn its citizens to refrain from playing doctor by trying to determine whether a family member has died, even physicians, nurses, paramedics, and other professionals sometimes have trouble pinpointing the cause of death or, indeed, even whether death has actually occurred. The thought that medical experts could pronounce living people dead may seem astounding, but this declaration actually happens much more often than we might think.

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Who am I and how should I act? These are questions multiracial children deal with on a daily basis.

The Dihedral

On January 9th 2021, We published a fun post titled Ask Carrot. Essentially it was just Carrot responding to questions from our readers. But one question went unanswered.

Travel Pulse

When Las Vegas began to come of age as a premier destination back in the 1950s and ‘60s, the popularity was fueled by the famed Sands Hotel and appearances by ‘The Rat Pack.’

Casino.Org

The Mob Museum in Las Vegas is celebrating 90 years of legal gambling in the Silver State with a two-part speaker series on the mobsters and others who built the casino industry.

Casino.Org

The Mob Museum in Las Vegas is celebrating 90 years of legal gambling in the Silver State with a two-part speaker series on the mobsters and others who built the casino industry.

Casino.Org

The Mob Museum in Las Vegas is celebrating 90 years of legal gambling in the Silver State with a two-part speaker series on the mobsters and others who built the casino industry.