HyperSciences raises an untraditional $9.6M for its hypersonic drilling vision
By Taylor Hatmaker From TechCrunch We profiled HyperSciences in February, when the team had just successfully completed a launch milestone for a small business grant with NASA. The last time we checked in, the hypersonic drilling company had raised about $5 million…
St Kitts & Nevis Prime Minister Harris’ remarks to declare Diplomatic Week 2019 officially open
Address by Dr. the Hon. Timothy HarrisPrime Minister of St. Kitts and NevisOn the Occasion of the Opening of Diplomatic Week 2019Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 Your Excellency Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, our Distinguished Governor-General; Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs and…
1st black hole image
First ever black hole image released By Pallab Chosh From BBC Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy. It measures 40 billion km across – three million times the…
5 Coconut oil facts you should know
By Brian Syuki From Care2 Coconut oil is “pure poison”. Karin Michels Ph.D., a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, uttered those words. She went on to declare that coconut oil is one of the worst…
Violent cities
3 big reasons it’s so hard to tell just how violent the world’s most violent cities are By Christopher Woody From Business Insider Latin American countries are consistently among the most violent. Exactly how violent they are is harder to…
Swiss court orders historic referendum re-run
From BBC The result of a nationwide referendum has been overturned for the first time in modern Switzerland’s history. The poll, held in February 2016, asked the country’s voters whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax….
New drug approved to fight arthritis
From Newsmax Cimzia (certolizumab pegol) injection has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the first sanctioned treatment for adults with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA), a type of arthritis. Nr-axSpA causes inflammation in the spine, There is…
Cayman Islands: Camana Bay Corporate Volleyball League swings into high gear
Corporate teams hit the court at the Arc in Camana Bay on Wednesday, April 3rdand they ramped up their volleyball season into high gear with the first of three playoff games. With a total of 8 teams, the top 4…
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Smuggler caught attempting to transport over 750 tarantulas to the Philippines
By Mike Wehner From BGR Smuggling contraband into a country is a dirty business, especially when the goods being illegally transported are things like drugs or weapons. A man in the Philippines has been caught smuggling goods from Poland in…
Taiwan doctor finds four sweat bees living inside woman’s eye
From BBC A Taiwanese woman was found by doctors to have four small sweat bees living inside her eye, the first such incident on the island. The 28-year-old woman, identified only as Ms He, was pulling out weeds when the…
