Astronomical Society invites public to view transit of Venus at Camana Bay on Tuesday 5 June
Cayman Islands residents and visitors will have the extremely rare chance to watch the planet Venus transit across the face of the Sun in the late afternoon of Tuesday 5 June. This opportunity will not occur again for 105 years….
‘Ring of fire’ eclipse wows sky-gazers
AFP) – Millions of sky-gazers got the spectacle of a lifetime as a “ring of fire” solar eclipse crossed the Pacific from Asia to the United States, where it triggered whoops at festive viewing parties. The annular eclipse was visible…
Greening Cayman
GIS Spotlight airs today (Friday, 11 May) and Saturday (12 May). This week’s show highlights how to live green and takes you somewhere outside the frenetic pace of Island life. It also pays tribute to a notable Caymanian lady. First,…
Cyber Rays Robotics Team win at First Lego League World Invitational Tournament in Lakeland, FL
The Cayman Prep High School robotics team, and the only Robotics team in the Cayman Islands, the Cyber Rays, returned recently from Lakeland, FL, where they competed in the First Lego League World Invitational tournament. The tournament, held between May…
Paralysed woman completes London Marathon in robot suit
Claire Lomas suffered a T4 spinal injury in a 2007 horse riding accident that left her paralysed from the chest down. In 2012, she completed the London Marathon. What happened in between was the development of a robotic suit that…
Cayman Islands compete in Lego Competition
The “Brainy Bunch,” a First Lego League (FLL) team of six Kilmer Middle School students, won second place overall in the research category last weekend at the FLL World Invitational Open hosted by the University of South Florida and Legoland….
“Jumping the Gun on the Wipeout Gene”
Another story on Oxitec’s “just to see what happens” release of sterile mosquitos in the Cayman Islands This story appeared on the www.greenerideal.com website and reinforces the comments Georgina Wilcox made in iNews Cayman’s article on the same subject. by…
‘SUPERMOON’ fills up the Cayman skies
If you thought the moon was looking bigger and brighter than usual this weekend, you were right. Earth’s satellite is as close as it ever gets to us at the moment, making it look up to 14 per cent larger…
Tragedy on Grand Cayman May 3 2008: Blue Anniversary
Peter Harrison (www.thetwentyfirstfloor.com) For the last few years, the 3rd of May has been a sad and angry day for me. This is a quick anniversary piece about a conservation tragedy that occurred on Grand Cayman 4 years ago, one…
Cayman Island’s Green Anole
Jonathan Losos reporting for “Anole Annals” This fella (see pics) was caught a week and a half ago near North Side fire station, Grand Cayman. It’s the first green anole found outside the capital, George Town. The question: what is…
