Scientists reject claims of lab-grown mini human brain
From New Scientist Almost fully-formed brain grown in a lab. Woah: Scientists grow first nearly fully-formed human brain. Boffins raise five-week-old fetal human brain in the lab for experimentation. On Tuesday, all the above appeared as headlines for one particular…
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NASA begins to build satellite mission to improve hurricane forecasting
From NASA Engineers begin construction of the first of eight microsatellites for NASA’s CYGNSS mission Ten years after Hurricane Katrina formed in the Atlantic, construction of NASA’s next-generation hurricane-observing satellite mission now is underway in Texas. NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation…
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Community Events Grand Court Jurors Report Date Changed The Grand Court jury report date has been changed. Grand Court Jurors who are in the 1 July – 6 October 2015 session, the report date of Monday, 31 August, 2015 has…
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Smithsonian scientists find new goby species in Caribbean deep reefs
By Daniel Kelly From Fishsens Magazine Using a manned submersible vehicle privately owned by the Substation Curacao, researchers with the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a new goby species. The fish was found off the coast of Curacao, a small island…
Sally Edwards on health and climate change in the Caribbean
By Carley Chavara “It’s a Very Complex Web” “The relationship between human health…and environmental changes is extremely complex,” says Sally Edwards, advisor for sustainable development and environmental health of the Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization office for the eastern Caribbean…
MIT figures out how to give a robot the reflexes of a human
By Rain Noe From Core 77 Short answer: Mind-meld the robot to a human If I shove you, you might sway for a second, but your body will automatically correct the imbalance and right you. If you don’t believe me,…
Discovery of a salamander in amber sheds light on evolution of Caribbean islands
From OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY CORVALLIS, Ore. – More than 20 million years ago, a short struggle took place in what is now the Dominican Republic, resulting in one animal getting its leg bitten off by a predator just before it…
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iNews Briefs, More & Community Events Community Events Immigration Department closure on Friday 21st August 2015 The Department of Immigration Headquarters, including Passport & Corporate Services, Visa Office and Front Counter, will be closed to the public for all but…
Amazing red aurora
Amazing red aurora captured by Space Station astronaut By Miriam Kramer From Mashable A NASA astronaut spending a full year in space has captured yet another amazing photo of auroras dancing above Earth. One-year International Space Station crewmember Scott Kelly…
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Caribbean seeks funding for renewable energy mix
By Desmond Brown From Caribbean Life FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, (IPS) – A leading geothermal expert warns that the small island states in the Caribbean face “a ticking time bomb” due to the effects of global warming and suggests a shift away…
