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Budweiser shares plan to put beer on Mars

“Not only will the research offer insights on steps to creating beer on the Red Planet, but it could also provide valuable information on the production of barley and the larger agricultural community here on Earth,” Anheuser-Busch said in a news release last week.

Henderson student’s Geeks for Seniors provides tech support

Henderson resident Hudson Root created Geeks for Seniors as a community service project while he was a high school freshman. The free service provides technology support for senior citizens.

Uber paid hackers to cover up breach affecting 57M riders, drivers

Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack that stole personal information about more than 57 million of the beleaguered ride-hailing service’s customers and drivers.

Obama-era ‘net neutrality’ rules under attack by FCC chairman

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission set out Tuesday to scrap rules around open internet access, a move that would allow giant cable and telecom companies to throttle broadband speeds and favor their own services if they wish.

 
Nevada senator calls for tax money for ‘smart’ vehicle projects

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., on Tuesday said President Donald Trump’s tax reform plan should set aside 5 percent of funding for transportation projects and infrastructure that will accommodate the next generation of “smart” vehicles.

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Fireball lights up Finnish skies with ‘glow of 100 full moons’

A blazing fireball lit up the dark skies of Arctic Finland for five seconds, giving off what scientists said was “the glow of 100 full moons” and igniting hurried attempts to find the reported meteorite.

Nevada hot spring may offer clues about life on other planets

Scientists led by UNLV researcher Brian Hedlund are studying the microorganisms in a near-200-degree environment in search of clues about life on Earth and elsewhere, bolstered by a new $900,000 grant from NASA.

Phone companies get new tools to give robocalls the boot

Phone companies will have greater authority to block unwanted calls from reaching customers as regulators adopted new rules to combat automated messages known as robocalls.

Graffiti in active volcano at Death Valley erased by park service

National Park Service employees had to roll out about 600 feet of hose to erase the latest graffiti at Death Valley: large letters and symbols scratched into the mud bottom of Ubehebe Crater at the northern end of the national park.

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