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How the Mars Curiosity Rover Works

Amanda Wills, Mashable.com On a hopeful evening in August 2012, a roomful of NASA employees held their breath as they watched a rover named Curiosity attempt a landing that was no short of a miracle. After what they dubbed the…

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2013 Rotary Central Science Fair

The science fair is an annual event to foster an interest for Grand Cayman students in science, scientific method of problem solving and the sense of accomplishment and discovery that comes with preparing a science project. Though initiated and financially…

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More ice tales

  A History of Ice Falls Mysterious ice falls have been reported in many parts of the world for centuries – many before the invention of flying machines. Here are some of the most extraordinary examples of documented ice falls:…

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Superstorm Sandy and the importance of polar orbiting satellites in forecasting fore

by: Dr. Jeff Masters, Weather Underground On the 23rd of October, the 18th named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Tropical Storm Sandy, was born in the Central Caribbean. As is common for late-season storms in the Caribbean, Sandy…

Cayman Turtle Farm responds to WSPA criticism of independent review

The following is a statement from the Cayman Turtle Farm responding to criticism by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) of an independent review of CTF operations currently being carried out. Contrary to the WSPA’s statement on…

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Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and broadcaster, dies aged 89

British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore has died, aged 89, his friends and colleagues have said. He “passed away peacefully at 12:25 this afternoon” at his home in Selsey, West Sussex, they said in a statement. Sir Patrick presented…

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Giant black hole in tiny galaxy confounds astronomers

By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Astronomers have spotted an enormous black hole – the second most massive ever – but it resides in a tiny galaxy. The galaxy NGC 1277, just a quarter the size of…

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Earth’s attic is on fire: Arctic sea ice bottoms out at a new record low

By Dr. Jeff Masters, Weather Underground The extraordinary decline in Arctic sea ice during 2012 is finally over. Sea ice extent bottomed out on September 16, announced scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) on Wednesday. The…

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Exoplanet around Alpha Centauri is nearest-ever

By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Astronomers have found the nearest planet outside our Solar System, circling one of the stars of Alpha Centauri just four light-years away. The planet has at minimum the same mass as…

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Monsanto Acquires ‘Gene Silencing’ Pharmaceutical Technology

From Care2 The Monsanto company has forged a new partnership with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company whose primary focus seems to be on figuring out how to best crack the genetic code so as to manipulate the way genes…