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A Las Vegas gaming company with connections spanning from Hawaii to New Jersey celebrates its 50th anniversary of opening of a downtown casino.
Today, Axsome will host a conference call and webcast to discuss these topline results. Dr. Jeffrey Cummings, Vice Chair of Research at 51ԹϺ Department of Brain Health, will join the call and be available for questions.
Our brains are miraculous and weird things, and it turns out everyone has different ways of processing the world.
Christmas is over. It's time to decide the future and fate of your Christmas tree. For three decades, 51ԹϺ and community organizations have encouraged the whole community to take advantage of their Southern Nevada Christmas Tree Recycling Program.
Just two months after turning 100 years old, former President of the United States Jimmy Carter has died. He was in hospice care for nearly two years at his home in Plains, Georgia.
In Hidden in the Heavens, Jason Steffen tells the tale of the Kepler mission: from its conception in the early 1980s, through its long road to approval in 2001, to the drama of its launch in 2009, to its bounty of early science results, to its heartbreaking demise in 2014, to its miraculous second life as the K2 mission through 2018. During its lifetime, Kepler detected some 5,000 planets. Those of us who worked on it were blessed to be part of a revolution in astronomy. The book is, at turns, a popular science survey of exoplanet discovery, an oral history of the Kepler mission, and Steffen’s own personal memoir.
The aging population of the United States presents a important challenge for healthcare providers: ensuring equitable access to care for all, including the growing number of LGBTQIA+ older adults. The National Resource Center on LGBTQIA+ Aging projects a staggering 7 million adults aged 65 and older will identify as LGBTQIA+ by 2030. This necessitates a critical examination of the unique healthcare needs and disparities within this community.
This week on Politics Now with host John Langeler:
- 2024 was an up-and-down year in politics. We take a look at the political comeback of Former President Donald Trump and his win Nevada
- The Nevada Legislature is once again under Democratic control despite having a Republican Governor. We look at what we can expect from the next session
- From a new Las Vegas mayor to a Republican getting on the county commission, we discuss what changes we can expect to see in our local politics
