The ancient people of western Utah’s Danger Cave lived well. They ate freshwater fish, ducks and other small game, according to detritus they left behind. They had a lush lakeside view with cattails, bulrushes and water-loving willows adorning the marshlands.

Boarded-up casinos. Little to no traffic. Hardly any pedestrians. The Strip was throwing off some serious post-apocalyptic vibes. Images like that, broadcast around the world, could have broken a lesser city’s spirit.

NASA has selected another UNLV professor to join the team of scientists working on the Mars 2020 mission.

A local professor has been chosen to join a mission to Mars. UNLV Geoscientist Arya Udry was selected out of 119 applicants by NASA.

A local professor has been chosen to join a mission to Mars. UNLV Geoscientist Arya Udry was selected out of 119 applicants by NASA.

A UNLV scientist will help NASA with its Mars mission by studying rocks collected from the red planet. The mars rover will recover the rocks from the planets surface.

A second UNLV geoscientist has been tapped to join the research team for NASA's Mars 2020 Mission.

A UNLV scientist will help NASA with its Mars mission by studying rocks collected from the red planet. The mars rover will recover the rocks from the planets surface.

As a researcher studying magmatic rocks, UNLV geoscience professor Arya Udry has had to rely on meteorites catapulting through the solar system and surviving their descent through Earth’s atmosphere to make her work possible.

It was a down-in-the-mud presidential campaign, but the dirtiest part comes on Inauguration Day.

A UNLV scientist will help NASA with its Mars mission by studying rocks collected from the red planet.

It was a down-in-the-mud presidential campaign, but the dirtiest part comes on Inauguration Day.