25-year-old woman helped bring apollo astronauts back
This amazing 25-year-old woman helped bring apollo astronauts back from the moon By Jessica Orwig From Business Insider Dec. 24 is the 46th anniversary of Apollo 8’s lunar orbit — the first manned mission to travel to the moon and…
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“Not Guilty of murder” says jury in Cayman Islands trial over killing of Swiss banker Leonard Antonio Ebanks was unanimously found not guilty of murder but guilty of an accessory after the fact by a jury on Monday (8). Ebanks…
Pharmaceutical technology ‘in embryonic stage’
From Tribune 242 The Bahamas is in its “embryonic stage” when it comes to pharmaceutical technology, Philip Gray, pharmacist and chairman of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) revealed. His comments came while speaking to The Tribune at the Atlantis resort…
Heart surgery breakthrough: lifesaver for seniors
By John Bachman and Nick Tate From Newsmax William O’Neill, M.D., knew that his 79-year-old heart patient was running out of options. She desperately needed a new heart valve but was too frail for conventional surgery. In a world-first, Dr….
Researchers fight cancer with immune system boost
From Caribbean360 The American research team is working on safely and effectively firing up the body’s immune system so it will attack cancer. PHILADELPHIA, United States, – Turning the power of the human immune system against cancer is a field…
Caribbean gorgonian corals highly resistant to ocean acidification
From Frontiers Recently a group of coral scientists found that Caribbean gorgonian corals could calcify and grow under future ocean acidification scenarios. The finding, just published in the online first version of the journal Coral Reefs, has important implications for…
Nasa’s Orion spaceship makes splashdown
By Jonathan Amos Science From BBC News The US space agency’s new Orion crew capsule has completed its maiden, unmanned voyage with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico. Drone video sighted the ship descending gently on its parachutes,…
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Ferguson shooting: Darren Wilson quits police force From BBC Darren Wilson insists he acted in accordance with the law US police officer Darren Wilson – who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, triggering nationwide riots – has resigned, his…
How the Navy’s latest anti-submarine aircraft sees under the waves
By Pierre Bienaimé Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon has been a part of the US Navy for a year this month. The converted airliner brings the latest in anti-submarine capabilities, reaching greater altitude and speed than its predecessor (without the nausea factor…
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Cayman Islands Premier headed to Joint Ministerial Council meeting GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin will leave the Cayman Islands Friday to travel to London to attend the annual Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in London…