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Little Cayman: CCMI partners with the Earthwatch Institute for new citizen science programme
The Central Caribbean Marine institute has partnered with the Earthwatch Institute to implement a new citizen science programme helping endangered coral species in Little Cayman. The Earthwatch Institute is an international non-profit organization founded in 1971 and is one of…
Facebook tests solar drones
Facebook test flies solar-powered drones over the UK in attempt to increase internet access By Lewis SmithFrom Independent UK A pilotless plane with a wingspan bigger than a Boeing 737 but weighing less than a car has been tested over…
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Community Events FRI 24 APRIL Models of Influence Book Signing As part of Fashion Week there will be a Models of Influence Book Signing by Nigel Barker on Friday (24 Apr) at 530pm at NKY Collections. Plastic In…
Scientists create first genetically modified human embryo
By Andrew Tarantola from engadget For the first time in history, a team of researchers have successfully edited the genes of a human embryo. The researchers from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou reportedly used the CRISPR/Cas9 technique to knock a…
Chile volcano erupts for first time in decades
AFP From Business Insider Santiago (AFP) – Southern Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in nearly half a century, spewing a giant funnel of ash 10 kilometers (six miles) into the sky and prompting authorities to declare a…
Scientists want to blast space debris with ******* lasers
By Andrew Tarantola From engadget To combat the increasingly dense layer of dead satellites and miscellaneous space debris that are enshrouding our planet, no idea — nets, lassos, even ballistic gas clouds — seems too far-fetched to avoid. Now, an…
Apple is leading the way on corporate environmentalism
By Jordan Golson From Tech Republic The iPhone-maker has released its 2015 Environmental Responsibility Report, outlining its progress in keeping green. As it has for the past several years, Apple this week released its 2015 Environmental Responsibility Report. It’s a…
Discovery could ‘boost immune system’s cancer fighting ability’
From NHS Scientists improved the immune system of mice The media is awash with news of a breakthrough that is “turbocharging the immune system to kill all cancers” (The Daily Telegraph) and a “game-changing new way to fight cancer” (The…
Mysterious disease kills Nigerian patients within a day
From AlJazeera The unknown disease has so far killed 17 people in a southeastern Nigerian town and officials have ruled out Ebola. A “mysterious” disease that kills patients within 24 hours has claimed at least 17 lives in a southeastern…
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Cayman Islands take ‘can’t beat ’em, eat ’em’ stance on lionfish
By Aileen Torres-Bennett / Reuters, from Taipei Times In a reef just off the popular USS Kittiwake dive site in Grand Cayman, hunters armed with spears seek out lionfish — an invasive species so destructive that authorities want them caught…
