NASA responds to predictions of catastrophic asteroid impact and tsunami near Puerto Rico
From CARIBBEAN360 LONDON, England, Wednesday June 10, 2015 – End-of-time predictors have claimed that a massive asteroid hurtling towards Earth will destroy civilization as we know it in September. They are predicting a cataclysmic event that will trigger a major…
Saturn’s weirdest moon
Cassini spacecraft snaps new photos of Saturn’s weirdest moon By Miriam Kramer From Mashable This might just be the weirdest moon in the solar system. The Cassini spacecraft — which is winding down its time exploring Saturn and its many…
Why you should never drink whisky on the rocks
By Brad Cohen From BBC The Thirsty Explorer heads to the Scottish island of Islay where he learns the important differences between malt and whisky – and how to order it in a bar. The first time I tasted Scotch…
a glimpse at star birth
A red cloud of space gas is giving astronomers a glimpse at star birth By Miriam Kramer from Mashable A telescope in Chile recently captured a beautiful image of a star-forming region of the universe, where a red cloud of…
The doctor who got Ebola
By Helen Ouyang From New York Magazine Craig Spencer in May, seven months after contracting Ebola. Five months into West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, last September, a young New York emergency-room doctor named Craig Spencer headed to Guéckédou, Guinea, to volunteer…
NASA spacecraft detects impact glass on surface of Mars
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Though formed in the searing heat of a violent impact, such deposits might provide a delicate window into the…
New era in the war on cancer
By Sophie Borland, Health Correspondent For The Daily Mail In Chicago Revolutionary treatment that will save thousands hailed as ‘biggest breakthrough since chemotherapy’ Immunotherapy teaches body to attack cancer cells and destroy tumours The treatment will replace chemotherapy within five…
iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Cayman Islands Community Events TUE JUNE 9 Moonlight and Movies Summer Series The Moonlight and Movies Summer Series is Tuesday (9 Jun) at 7pm in Gardenia Court. The feature film will be Penguins of Madagascar. Sister Islands Community Underwater Clean…
iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Cayman Islands Community Events FRI JUNE 5 Estella Scott Roberts Foundation Gala In support of the Estella Scott Roberts Foundation grant program, the foundation will be hosting its annual fundraising event at the George Town Yacht Club on Friday June…
iNews Briefs, More & Community Events
Cayman Islands Community Events THU JUNE 4 Dart Realty Presentation The Chief Operating Officer of Dart Realty will be hosting a public presentation on the Dart group of companies’ upcoming real estate development plans on Thursday (4 Jun) at 5:30…