Planet’s new Explorer Beta lets anyone time travel through geospatial images
By Darrell Etherington From TechCrunch Planet, the global imaging company that recently acquired Google’s Terra Bella satellite imaging business, is introducing a new tool called Planet Explorer Beta that allows its users to view how its image captures of Earth…
15 Mar 2017 Weather in Cayman
Mar 15 Wednesday Synopsis Not available. See Weather Forecast TOP RIGHT of website Sunshine just makes the day a little better, but it can also cause sunburns. Check the UV Report below to be prepared Humidity: 76% (DOWN from yesterday)…
Sir Richard Branson dives with Dr. Guy Harvey to generate awareness of endangered Nassau Groupers
Annually after a full moon Nassau Groupers gather off the Little Cayman coast to spawn LITTLE CAYMAN, Cayman Islands (March 14, 2017) – Sir Richard Branson says witnessing a massive spawning aggregation of Nassau groupers was “like being in the…
Global health innovations can be game-changers at home, too
By AIKATERINI MANTZAVINOU, BRYAN J. RANGER, EMMA COSTA, SAMUEL RODRIQUES, HOK HEI TAM, RAJARSHI BANERJEE, and LINDSAY BROWNELL From STAT NEWS Rich and poor countries used to struggle with different sets of health issues: obesity in one versus malnutrition in…
Undercurrents: Caribbean Territories to be part of next National Climate Assessment
By Bernetia Akin From St Thomas Source A regular Source column, Undercurrents explores issues, ideas and events developing beneath the surface in the Virgin Islands community. Ignored completely or underplayed in previous reports, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands…
Chowbotics raises $5 million for salad-making robots named Sally, of course
by Lora Kolodny From TechCrunch Chowbotics Inc. has landed $5 million in a Series A round of venture funding to develop what it’s calling food service robots. These are machines designed to prepare food in restaurants, cafeterias and hotels, as well as…
Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales
By Mallory Locklear From New Scientist In a mysterious change to their normal behaviour, humpback whales are forming massive groups of up to 200 animals. Humpbacks aren’t normally considered to be terribly social. They are mostly found alone, in pairs,…
Barbados Health Ministry denies Whatsapp story
From Caribbean News Service BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 26 2017 – The Ministry of Health has dismissed as untrue a report being relayed via WhatsApp that a 10-year-old Barbadian boy was infected with HIV after eating pineapple purchased from a vendor…
Volkswagen’s latest concept car is a self-driving, robot assistant
By Danielle Muoio From Business Insider Volkswagen Group has unveiled a concept car that’s more of a robot assistant than a vehicle. Called Sedric, the concept car is the very first built by Volkswagen Group, the parent company of Volkswagen,…
First-ever footage of one of the world’s rarest whales
BY MARIA GALLUCCI From Mashable A rare whale species has finally made its cinematic debut. Science students captured two True’s beaked whales on camera during an expedition in Portugal’s Azores Islands. Their video is the first-ever recording of these elusive…