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Controversial Cayman Turtle releases should end says WAP
The Cayman Turtle Centre’s resumption of its controversial wild release programme is a clear and present danger for turtles across the world. December 19 – Leading global animal welfare charity World Animal Protection has condemned the Cayman Turtle Centre (formerly…
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Value of investment funds committed to selling off fossil fuel assets jumps to $5 trillion
By Damian Carrington, The Guardian From Business Insider The value of investment funds committed to selling off fossil fuel assets has jumped to $5.2tn, doubling in just over a year. The new total, published on Monday, was welcomed by the UN…
Questions about a man’s height could end up overturning his armed robbery conviction
By Maurice Chammah, The Marshall Project From Business Insider In June 2008, a man wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap entered a 7-Eleven store in Killeen, Texas, pointed a gun at the clerk, and demanded money. A string of similar…
It rains rubies and sapphires on this distant Jupiter-like planet
By George Dvorsky From Gizmodo A Jupiter-like planet located 1,000 light-years from Earth is exhibiting some rather strange meteorological behaviour. The clouds on this planet appear to be made from corundum — the same mineral that produces rubies and sapphires….
New blue iguana exhibit opens at WCS’s Bronx Zoo
By Raymond A. Edel , A new exhibit in the Reptile House at World Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo features the Grand Cayman iguana (Cyclura lewisi), also known as the blue iguana. The exhibit is now open to the public and…
Scientists copy climate change data in fear of a Trump crackdown
By Jon Fingas From engadget And the Energy Department is refusing Trump’s request to name climate change workers. Donald Trump’s incoming presidency won’t be kind to climate change science, and that’s making both scientists and government divisions nervous — to…
Cayman Islands: Twelve years since 6.8 M earthquake
It has been twelve years since the 6.8 magnitude earthquake which occurred twenty miles south of George Town on December 14, 2004. Since then, there was a 5.9 magnitude earthquake on January 19, 2010 and a number of other small…
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Obama signs bill to fund ‘Moonshot’ research to cure cancer
By Nicole Lee from engadget Several months after President Obama laid out his plans to cure cancer in his last State of the Union address, he is signing legislation to do just that. Known as the 21st Century Cures Act,…
Iran to work on nuclear-powered marine vessels after U.S. “violation” of nuke deal
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Shadia Nasralla From gCaptain BEIRUT/VIENNA, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Iran ordered its scientists on Tuesday to start developing systems for nuclear-powered marine vessels in response to what it calls a U.S. violation of its landmark 2015…
Dim red stars
Dim red stars that are nothing like the sun may be our best hope of finding aliens By Dave Mosher From Business Insider A group of dozens of astronomers have found evidence of a small, rocky, and potentially watery world…
