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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…
Management plan [St Croix] for invasive lionfish open for public comment
By Joy Blackburn From Virgin Islands Daily News ST. CROIX – Several years after the predatory, invasive Pacific lionfish showed up in territorial waters, a task force of federal agencies has developed a draft National Invasive Lionfish Prevention and Management…
World’s smallest pacemaker can be implanted without surgery
Susan Young for MIT Technology Review From Mashable Pacemaker surgery typically requires a doctor to make an incision above a patient’s heart, dig a cavity into which they can implant the heartbeat-regulating device, and then connect the pulse generator to…
North Carolina abortion ultrasound rule violates first amendment, court says
By Mike Sacks, From The National Law Journal A federal appeals court Monday struck down a key provision of North Carolina’s abortion regulations as a violation of doctors’ First Amendment right to free speech. “Abortion may well be a special…
Worst ‘coral bleaching’ in nearly 20 years may be underway, scientists warn
By Andrew Freedman From Mashable In 1998, one of the most powerful El Niño events on record sent Pacific Ocean temperatures soaring to such heights that almost 20% of the world’s coral reefs experienced significant bleaching. Some of the reefs…
The Big Picture: Catching an intense solar flare in action
From engadget The X1.8 solar flare in ultraviolet light It’s no longer rare to hear reports of solar flares that could affect Earth, but seeing them in vivid detail? That’s another matter. Thankfully, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory recently captured a…