NEWS
Science news by students in UNR’s Reynolds School of Journalism. If you are interested in writing for the Hitchcock Project or if you have a news story you would like us to cover, please contact Kelsey Fitzgerald, kmfitzgerald@unr.edu.
A new bill could help to fight back against America's mounting e-waste issue.
Nevada is predicted to keep getting drier.
The Dixie Valley Toad lives in one location in the entire world - a small spring-fed wetland near Fallon, Nevada. Ormat Technologies Inc., has proposed a geothermal project in that exact location, threatening to make the toad extinct.
Some Nevada tribes and environmentalists are concerned that clearing these woodlands may harm ecosystems that we haven't fully studied yet.
Nevada ranks the worst for mental health in the United States, but service dogs can help provide emotional support to people experiencing PTSD, suicidal thoughts, drug and alcohol abuse, and other mental health issues.
Many geothermal hot spots may never break through the Earth’s surface. The drones can fly over vast Nevada terrain carrying magnetic sensing equipment that can identify geological areas ripe for geothermal.
For the past seven months, Nevada's Covid test positivity rate has been far too high.
One of the most impressive river canyons in the world, a kayaking trip down the Grand Canyon of the Colorado is like taking a trip through geologic history.
Nope, gender reveal parties aren't the main culprit in causing massive wildfires in California.
