Scientist figures out how those big-ass ‘sailing stones’ move themselves across Death Valley
Posted by hipstomp / Rain Noe From Core77 “Racetrack Playa” sounds like the screenname of an online teenager you’re competing against in Need for Speed, but scientists recognize it as the name of a dried-up lake in Death Valley. For…
Cuban Tree Frog’s croaking disturbs other animals, study says
From Nature World The loud croaking of the Cuban tree frog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) can disrupt communication of other frogs in the area, a new study has found. Cuban tree frogs are an invasive species in Florida and have threatened the…
Alice Kober: Unsung heroine who helped decode Linear B
By Alex Gallafent From BBC PRI’s The World Linear B is an ancient European Bronze Age script, dating back 3,500 years. When a British architect finally cracked it in the 1950s, he was hailed as a genius – but he…
‘Ice hovercraft’ tracks seen on Mars
BBC Long thin grooves – called gullies – on the surface of Mars may have been made not by water but by blocks of frozen carbon dioxide – dry ice. These blocks seem to have flowed down Martian sand dunes…
Simply Science: Saving Little Cayman from the lionfish
By Laura Betker From KARE11 STILLWATER, Minn. – The emerald ash borer and zebra mussels are invasive species here in Minnesota. But in the Caribbean, it’s the red lionfish. In this week’s Simply Science we meet a group of local…
Greenville researcher opens clinic in Cayman Islands
By Bill Poovey GSA Business A Greenville biomedical researcher who has worked for years developing a radiation- and chemotherapy-free cancer treatment has opened a clinic in the Cayman Islands. Thomas Wagner, Ph.D., said the offshore location is the best available…
First double leg-transplant patient has legs amputated
BBC The world’s first double leg-transplant patient has had his legs amputated, a Spanish hospital has confirmed. The amputation was carried out after an unrelated illness forced the man to stop taking anti-rejection drugs, according to Valencia’s Hospital La Fe….
Remora fish studied for glue
From Cayman Islands Department of Environment DID YOU KNOW? Remora fish are helping researchers with a sticky situation! Remoras (from the family Echeneidae) are fish that attach themselves to a host, usually large free-swimming fish such as sharks and mantas,…
Complex algorithm auto-writes books, could transform science
By Adam Popescu, Mashable Could a sophisticated algorithm be the future of science? One innovative economist thinks so. Phil Parker, who holds a doctorate in business economics from the Wharton School, has built an algorithm that auto-writes books. Now he’s…
Bahamian students participate in shark research expedition
From Bahama islands info NASSAU, Bahamas — From May 7 until June 15, Stony Brook University’s Institute for Ocean Conservation Science School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the Cape Eleuthera Institute are tracking the movements of three species of…
