Astronaut filmed elusive blue lightning aboard the ISS
By Mariella Moon, from engadget And the video is quite mesmerizing Some types of electrical discharge phenomena like blue jets and red sprites occur way above the altitudes where normal lightning occurs. That makes it tough to see them or…
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New solar roof technology from Panasonic could eventually end up in Tesla’s Model 3
By Yoni Heisler From BGR This past November, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter and floated the idea of offering a solar roof option for the Model 3. When asked outright if Tesla had plans to “embed solar panels in…
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New floral arranging competition at Cayman Islands’ Ag Show!
Eighteen ladies and one gentleman, from diverse backgrounds, are set to take part in an exciting addition to the 2017 Agriculture Show – a floral arranging competition. In preparation for this first-such event, entrants completed three evening floral arranging classes….
Fishermen spot a 16-foot manta ray while out at sea
BY BRIAN KOERBER From Mashable It’s a “sea monstah.”The Outcast Sport Fishing crew was chartering off the coast of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina when they came across a massive sea monster: a 16-foot manta ray, which is basically a…
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Climate change impacting credit ratings
From the Barbados Advocate Becoming weather and climate ready is extremely important to countries across the region, says Dr. David Farrell, Principal of the Caribbean Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). Addressing the launch of the Weather and Climate Ready…
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Caribbean warned to prepare for more severe storms
From Caribbean360 ROSEAU, Dominica, Friday February 24, 2017 – Organization of Eastern Caribbean (OECS) member states have been urged to prepare for more extreme weather conditions and natural disasters as a result of climate change. The warning came from Crispin d’Auvergne,…
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Finland is having so few kids, deaths just outnumbered births for the first time in 77 years
By Chris Weller From Business Insider For an innovative country like Finland, firsts are usually a sign of good things to come. But according to new data from the federal statistics bureau Statistics Finland, the small Nordic country saw its…
Shetland whale confirmed to be on holiday from Caribbean
by KIERAN BEATTIE From The Press and Journal A humpback whale from a breeding population in the eastern Caribbean sea has been recorded for the very first time in British waters. The enormous creature was captured displaying its tail flukes…
Moving the needle
By Paul McGowan The first really cool turntable and arm setup I had ever seen was made by Rabco. The local high-end aficionado, Norm, had a Rabco turntable and attached to it was a strange contraption, a Rabco SL-8 tangential…
There’s a troubling trend brewing in how medical diagnostics startups are funded
By Lydia Ramsey From Business Insider Diagnostic and medical tools companies are getting a lot of attention from tech investors lately. Companies looking for new ways to screen the body for certain diseases — such as Genalyte, Grailand Guardant — have raised a…
