A resonant basin mode observed in the Caribbean Sea
Geophysical Research Letters From AGU Publications A Rossby Whistle: A resonant basin mode observed in the Caribbean Sea† Authors Chris W. Hughes, Joanne Williams, Angela Hibbert, Carmen Boening, James Oram Abstract We show that an important source of coastal sea…
Guyana, Caribbean Airlines resolve dumping of duty free purchases; CJI Airport lifts threat to ban airline
By Denis Chabro From Demerara Waves Officials of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the Chairman and Executive Management of Caribbean Airlines and representatives from the Civil Aviation Authorities of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago met in Guyana today to explore solutions…
All the rooms in this futuristic ‘drone hotel’ can fly away
By Leanna Garfield, Tech Insider From Business Insider When you travel, you usually don’t want to spend a lot of time in your hotel room – you want to explore. But a new futuristic hotel concept called Driftscape would make…
As expected, robots are taking over call center jobs
By Laura Northrup From Consumerist Instead of talking to customer service representatives who adhere to scripts in a robotic manner, soon we might be talking and chatting with customer service employees that are actual robots. While industry experts say that…
Labour market policies in Latin America must be reoriented to protect social achievements and address productivity gaps
LIMA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) has urged Latin American countries to carry out a “strategic reorientation” of their labour market policies in order to increase productivity and to address rising unemployment and informality resulting from the…
Indiana man, 18, arrested on terrorism charges, accused of attempting to join ISIS
BY GREG MARGASON From FOX 59 BROWNSBURG, Ind. – A former Brownsburg High School student was arrested Tuesday on federal terrorism charges after allegedly attempting to provide support to ISIS and travel overseas to join the terrorism organization. FBI agents…
Huckle is not the only perpetrator
From Walk Free Two weeks ago, Richard Huckle – a British man – was given 22 life sentences for 71 charges of child sexual exploitation perpetrated against children in Malaysia.[1] These children were aged between six months to 12 years…
Olwomen story of the week
10 Creepy Science Myths That Aren’t True By Jenny Smith From Olwomen Folk wisdom is usually baseless and comprises more often than not misconceptions that have actually no scientific background. Even though we don’t know their exact relation with science,…
ISS installs networking tech that may soon connect the whole Solar System
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch When you really need to get a signal in from Pluto, a direct connection isn’t always possible. Oh sure, when it’s a big project like New Horizons, you can make sure the line is clear…
New Cayman passport
Cayman Islands launch new passport design The Cayman Islands Department of Immigration wishes to advise the general public that as of 14th June 2016 Cayman Islands British overseas territories citizens received a new design of passport. This is the very…
