Scientists not amused by endangered monk seal with eel in its nose
By Laura Goldman from Care2 Could it be the seal equivalent of human teens eating Tide pods? Maybe you’ve seen the photo of a juvenile Hawaiian monk seal with an eel stuck up its nose. Believe it or not, this wasn’t…
AI reveals hidden objects in the dark
By Jon Fingas From engadget It could lead to safer medical scans and other breakthroughs. You might not see most objects in near-total darkness, but AI can. MIT scientists have developed a technique that uses a deep neural network to spot objects…
Your eyes may signal your mental stress level
By IANS From Suryaa New York : With demands of work productivity shooting up stress levels, researchers have discovered that a person’s eyes may offer a solution. The study showed that the pupil dilation — widening of the pupils of…
Reuters: J&J knew for decades of asbestos in baby powder
From Newsmax Darlene Coker knew she was dying. She just wanted to know why. She knew that her cancer, mesothelioma, arose in the delicate membrane surrounding her lungs and other organs. She knew it was as rare as it was…
16 Dec Weather in Cayman
16 Dec Sun 2018 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS A pre-frontal trough ahead of a stationary front over extreme northwest Caribbean will support some showers over the Cayman area during the next 24 hours as it linger and weaken over the…
15 Dec Weather in Cayman
d 15 Dec Sat 2018 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Not available. See weather forecast top right of website Humidity: 72% (Same as yesterday) UV: 6.9 HIGH (UP from yesterday) Temperature: Today’s current temperature – See weather forecast top right of…
14 Dec Weather in Cayman
14 Dec Fri 2018 Weather in Cayman SYNOPSIS Moderate southeasterly winds and seas will continue to across the Cayman area for the next 24 hours as a high pressure system moves over the western Atlantic Ocean. Further north, a cold…
The etiology of white pox, a lethal disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata
By Kathryn L. Patterson, James W. Porter, Kim B. Ritchie, Shawn W. Polson, Erich Mueller,Esther C. Peters, Deborah L. Santavy, and Garriet W. SmithPNAS June 25, 2002 99 (13) 8725-8730; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.092260099 Communicated by Eugene P. Odum, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (received for review December 12, 2001) Abstract Populations of the…
Lift Aircraft’s passenger drone is all about fun flights
By Saqib Shah From engadget The 18-rotor aircraft can be manned without a pilot’s license. While the likes of Uber, Airbus and Porsche tinker away on their respective passenger and transportation drones, a lesser-known startup is taking an altogether different approach. Instead of getting mired in…
‘A huge mess’: Failure at COP24 climate talks would be ‘suicidal’
By John D. Sutter From CNN Katowice, Poland (CNN)The heads of state for some of the main countries causing climate change — the United States, the UK, Germany, China, Canada and India among them — are not present here in…