Did drought doom the Mayan Empire? New evidence from Belize’s ‘Blue Hole’
By Tia Ghose, Livescience.com From The Christian Science Monitor Minerals taken from lagoons reveal a century-long drought occurred between A.D. 800 and A.D. 900, right when the Mayan civilization disintegrated. SAN FRANCISCO — Drought may have driven the ancient Mayan…
CARICOM must fully implement “bold” strategic plan – Christie
From CARIBBEAN360 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Monday January 5, 2014, CMC – Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie says it’s important for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to fully implement the five-year strategic plan that has been endorsed by regional leaders for deepening the…
Anglican Church faces falling membership and deep divisions
By Joe Friesen Demographics Reporter — The Globe and Mail More than 15,000 packed Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens. Crowds thronged the lobby of the Royal York Hotel. Two hundred reporters scrambled for news and The Globe and Mail splashed the story on…
The 16 best “bends”
The 16 best “bends” from this week’s photo challenge By Megan Ranney From Mashable TOP IMAGE: PAUL BICA Snow Gently curling autumn leaves, winding winter roads and the delicate curves of city buildings: Bends can be truly beautiful. Last week,…
Researchers discover how and where imagination occurs in human brains
From medicalxpress Philosophers and scientists have long puzzled over where human imagination comes from. In other words, what makes humans able to create art, invent tools, think scientifically and perform other incredibly diverse behaviors? The answer, Dartmouth researchers conclude in…
World’s richest add $92bn to their wealth in 2014
From The Irish Times Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma was the biggest winner adding $25bn to his fortune Billionaire Jack Ma, the 50-year-old founder of China’s biggest e-commerce company Alibaba, saw added $25bn to his fortune. (Photograph: Ashley Pon/Bloomberg) The richest…
The world’s biggest ship – for 53 days
By Justin Parkinson BBC News Magazine The world’s largest container ship, the Globe, is docking in Britain for the first time as it continues its maiden voyage. But how vast and powerful is it and how long until it’s superseded?…
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Eminent scientist warns of global contamination risks
From Phys.org (Phys.org)—Eighty-three thousand man-made chemicals now circulate freely around the Earth, in water, soil, air, wildlife, food and manufactured goods and people, posing unquantified but genuine hazards to human and environmental health. The warning comes from one of Australia’s…
Four Jamaicans among top Caribbean Examinations Council performers
From Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Four Jamaicans are among 17 secondary students from across the region who topped the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) external tests for the 2013/14 academic year. The four are: Ricardo Nugent, William Knibb Memorial…
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Caribbean apps we look forward to in 2015
By Mariana Leytón From yoGobierno.org As part of their EPIC (Entrepreneurship Program for Innovation in the Caribbean) program, InfoDev supports mobile and web developers with ideas that are worth expanding due the their potential impact. Today we talk about three…
