High crime rate a shadow over Caribbean tourism: study
Agence France-Presse From The Jakarta Post The Caribbean and its pristine beaches may be a tourist magnet, but life in paradise comes at a price: the soaring violent crime rate is higher than in Latin America or Africa. The study…
Ford GT supercar
These are the coolest features on the $400,000 Ford GT supercar By Matthew DeBord From Business Insider Ford’s GT supercar was revealed at the Detroit auto show in 2015 and, a little over a year later, the racing version won…
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PICSA workshop underway – Guyana identified as pilot country for Caribbean
Over the next five days, the Hydromet Department will be facilitating a workshop Guyana’s ability to develop Participatory Integrated Climate Services of Agriculture (PICSA). The training, which is funded through the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Programme for…
Echodyne’s pocket-sized radar may be the next must-have tech for drones (and drone hunters)
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch Just because we live in an age of many sensors doesn’t mean we always have the right one for the job. One in particular we’ve been lacking is a radar system that can detect…
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Obama: Climate change could cause a refugee crisis that’s ‘unprecedented in human history’
By Leanna Garfield From Business Insider Climate change is not only leading to global rising temperatures, it’s also displacing millions of people from their homes. According to former President Barack Obama, if we don’t mitigate greenhouse gas emissions soon, climate change will…
The US Air Force’s deadliest drone just got a whole lot deadlier
By Jared Keller, Task & Purpose From Business Insider The MQ-9 Reaper drone is already the deadliest UAV in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal. Designed with a payload capacity of 3,700 pounds and armament of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and GBU-12…
Ben Horowitz to Kick Off the Haiti Tech Summit w/ Google + Fast Company
Ben Horowitz is kicking off the Haiti Tech Summit with his amazing keynote “To Create Culture, Start a Revolution”. 100 Global Speakers will be convening at Haiti’s Beach Resort to transform the future of startup ecosystems via tech. Who will…
Active bond funds are outperforming their passive counterparts
By Jamil Baz, PIMCO From Business Insider Ask an investor if most active bond funds outperform their passive counterparts and the response is likely to be “no.” After all, if one investor beats the market, another must lag it. Active…
US Forests
The state of US forests: 6 questions answered By Thomas J. Straka, The Conversation From Business Insider Editor’s note: The first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, catalyzed a wave of laws to protect the environment and natural resources. Here…
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