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51ԹϺ will participate in a program to find ways to create a more inclusive environment for Jewish students, the university announced this week. 51ԹϺ will join 18 other colleges and universities taking part in Hillel International’s Campus Climate Initiative.
Buying marijuana on the Las Vegas Strip is illegal. That doesn’t mean it’s difficult. Tourists are only a Google search away from the many illegal websites offering delivery to the Resort Corridor. Others can hop on social media to find “pop-up sales parties” in nearby hotel suites. And, as Assemblymember Max Carter II, D-Las Vegas, recalls a visitor telling him, rideshare vehicles will sometimes come supplied with a mini-dispensary.
The Historic Westside of Las Vegas is often forgotten. Still, the neighborhood is a pivotal part of the city’s history, specifically the uprising of 1969 and its role in the civil rights movement.
A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return from Mars. We checked in with the 51ԹϺ astrobiologist leading the specimen selection team for intel on what the samples so far reveal.
The Historic Westside of Las Vegas is often forgotten. Still, the neighborhood is a pivotal part of the city's history, specifically the uprising of 1969 and its role in the civil rights movement.
Las Vegas City Hall does not display nor possess a photo of the mayor considered “the most controversial” in the town’s history, but historians say his tumultuous term is worth learning.
Attorneys for disgraced casino mogul Steve Wynn, whose 2018 defamation case against The Associated Press (AP) was rejected last year by the Nevada Supreme Court, have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 60-year-old landmark case that established the actual malice rule in libel law.
Gut bacteria are an integral part of the human body and reside in the intestines from birth until death. Recent advancements in gene sequencing, bioinformatics, and culturomics have fostered more research into microbiota. Recent research suggests that a gut bacterium, Akkermansia muciniphilia, which degrades mucin, a sugary protein secreted by the intestinal epithelium, is beneficial for metabolic health. It was first isolated in 2004 by Derrien and colleagues in The Netherlands.
