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Jamaica media condemn attack on French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo From Caribbean360 CMC – The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) Wednesday condemned the attack on the building housing the Paris-based satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo that left at least 12 people,…
Scientists discover cosmic factory for making building blocks of life
From Phys.org Scientists have discovered a ‘cosmic factory’ for producing the building blocks of life, amino acids, in research published today [Sep 15 2013] in the journal Nature Geoscience. The team from Imperial College London, the University of Kent and…
Researchers discover how and where imagination occurs in human brains
From medicalxpress Philosophers and scientists have long puzzled over where human imagination comes from. In other words, what makes humans able to create art, invent tools, think scientifically and perform other incredibly diverse behaviors? The answer, Dartmouth researchers conclude in…
Eminent scientist warns of global contamination risks
From Phys.org (Phys.org)—Eighty-three thousand man-made chemicals now circulate freely around the Earth, in water, soil, air, wildlife, food and manufactured goods and people, posing unquantified but genuine hazards to human and environmental health. The warning comes from one of Australia’s…
Caribbean apps we look forward to in 2015
By Mariana Leytón From yoGobierno.org As part of their EPIC (Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean) program, InfoDev supports mobile and web developers with ideas that are worth expanding due the their potential impact. Today we talk about three…
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Taylor Swift spotted in Cayman Islands Super duper star singer songwriter Taylor Swift was seen enjoying a meal in a restaurant in East End on Grand Cayman last Monday (5). She arrived by private jet but it was only a…
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DART unveils a 10 year plan for development in Cayman Islands Dart Realty has unveiled a ten year plan to develop Camana Bay and Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman. The plans call for Camana Bay to be linked to…
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New Year’s Day triplets for Cayman family Caymanians, Mark and Sheena Thompson, have three additions to their family when triplets were born, Alexa, Jenna and Emma. The babies weighed in at only 3lbs. 12ozs, 3lbs. 7ozs, and 3lbs 2ozs, respectively…
Cayman Islands College observatory continues to reach for the stars
Since its opening in February 2012, the UCCI Observatory has been an active site on campus. Hundreds of school students, from pre-K to seniors, have toured the Observatory and been impressed with images taken through the various telescopes. A number…
Atom smasher will renew hunt for strange particles in 2015
By Charles Q. Choi LiveScience From Fox News In 2015, the world’s most powerful atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, will restart. The particle accelerator has already discovered the Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle,” and when it comes back…