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Martinique conference addresses challenges of “Open Access” to data in the Caribbean
From Repeating Islands CARBICA—an association that brings together archivists from the English-, French- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean (n close partnership with the departmental archives of Martinique)—held its tenth quadrennial conference from December 2 to 5, 2014, at the Departmental Archives of…
Evaluating the pharmacological activity of Caribbean sponges
BY TARA D From SMN Weekly In these organisms (Caribbean sponges) science have found different compounds to produce useful drugs in diseases such as cancer or tumors. That was the goal of the research conducted by Lina Marcela Blandon, Master…
Geothermal energy can boost C’bbean economies, says World Bank
From Jamaica Observer WASHINGTON, USA (CMC) –The World Bank says a multi-donor initiative, led by its Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP), has mobilised US$235 million through the Clean Technology Fund towards scaling up geothermal energy in developing countries, including…
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Things that matter: Our history, culture and the museum journal
By Sir Henry Fraser From Barbados Advocate “What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?” (C.L.R.James, famous Trinidadian intellectual and writer) In Beyond a boundary, that great book by C.L.R. James, which every West Indian should read, his…
Nicaragua’s Grand Canal: The other side of the story
By Mark Burton and Chuck Kaufman from Liberation Nicaragua’s Grand Canal: The other side of the story Nicaragua is on the verge of beginning construction of a trans-isthmus canal, a dream that goes back to the colonial era. The canal…
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Cubans picked up at sea by U.S. Coast Guard rises nearly 75% By Christine Armario – AP From Clash Daily The flood gates are opening. What do you think about this increase? Is it good… bad… or ugly? MIAMI (AP)…
How beer created civilization
By Dina Spector From Business Insider What led early humans to begin cultivating grain some 10,000 years ago? It was beer — not bread — a growing body of research shows. Archaeologists have long hinted that Neolithic, or Stone Age,…
Research indicates fungus could control mosquitoes
From Caribbean360 SWANSEA, Wales,– A team of researchers at Swansea University’s department of bioscience says a fungus could be the key to controlling mosquitoes and initial trials have been very promising. The fungus Metarhizium anisopliae kills a wide range of…
Worst ‘coral bleaching’ in nearly 20 years may be underway, scientists warn
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable In 1998, one of the most powerful El Niño events on record sent Pacific Ocean temperatures soaring to such heights that almost 20% of the world’s coral reefs experienced significant bleaching. Some of the reefs…
The Big Picture: Catching an intense solar flare in action
From engadget The X1.8 solar flare in ultraviolet light It’s no longer rare to hear reports of solar flares that could affect Earth, but seeing them in vivid detail? That’s another matter. Thankfully, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recently captured a…
