Most Americans aren’t ready to evolve into ‘transhumans,’ study says
BY ADARIO STRANGE From Mashable Despite the mainstreaming of science and technology-powered fitness and health initiatives in recent years, a new survey indicates there’s a limit to what we’ll accept in the race to become “superhuman.” Specifically, the survey, conducted…
Chinese government has ordered online news sites to stop producing original reporting
By Elian Peltier, VICE News From Business Insider It’s the latest step in a gradual crackdown on the media that has been taking place since President Xi Jinping came into power. Reuters When floods killed at least 154 people in…
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Cayman Islands’ Passport2Success Graduates its 20th cohort
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – Seventeen young men and women celebrated their success in the Passport2Success programme at a graduation ceremony last week. The event was a culmination of 12 weeks of classes, internships, site visits, community service, guest speakers…
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An unusual way to deliver drugs could be a $29 billion market by 2030
By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider A next generation of implantable eye treatments could change the way we treat eye conditions. And, according to a new report by Citi GPS, this experimental way to deliver eye care could turn into…
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815-million-year-old “Time Capsule” reveals atmosphere breathed by earth’s very first animals
From IFL Science Around 600 million years ago, the planet’s multicellular lifeforms began to emerge and diversify. Known as “eukaryotes,” these initial forms would evolve into all the plants and animals we see around the world today. Although they first…
Reach your customers through the subconscious
By Liraz Margalit From techcrunch Consider a scene that happens a billion times a day, at a billion computers across the globe. A man is searching online for new running shoes, or a woman is clicking through e-commerce sites on the…
Scientists made an online calculator that tells you your ‘fitness age,’ and you can try it right now
By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider Aging is an inevitable fact of life. But if you exercise pretty frequently and eat right, then you might be a lot younger than you think — at least as far as something called…
New programme to empower Caribbean communities to better service at-risk youth
From Creative Associates International Family support networks and government agencies in 10 Caribbean countries that provide violence prevention services to at-risk youth will receive training and other resources through a new program, Creative Associates International announced. The four-year program—called Community,…
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Cayman Islands Business Licensing Counter to close early on Tuesday (26) The Department of Commerce and Investment’s (DCI) Business Licensing Counter will close at 3pm tomorrow (Tuesday, 26 July), for a staff training event. The counter will resume its…
This might be the most detailed map of the human brain we’ve ever seen
By Erin Brodwin From Business Insider Imagine that the first map you ever saw of the United States was simply a rough outline of the country’s borders with only about half the state boundaries penciled in. That’s essentially the type of diagram…
