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Researchers are building a robotic lionfish exterminator
By Sean Buckley From engadget We joke around a lot about bringing about a horrific robot apocalypse, but let’s get real: sometimes, building a killer robot is just the right thing to do. Well, at least when those robots are being…
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Crème De La Crème at World Travel Awards
By Janet Silvera From Jamaica Gleaner WESTERN BUREAU: Aerialists pouring champagne from cloud rings and hoops welcomed tourism stakeholders to the Caribbean’s leading honeymoon resort, Sandals Ochi Beach Resort last Saturday (September 17). A stunning Remy Martin bar stood to one…
Weather Underground Update: Potential Trouble in Tropical Atlantic
By: Bob Henson and Jeff Masters From Weather Underground A tropical wave located a few hundred miles south-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands on Saturday morning was poorly organized, with only a limited amount of heavy thunderstorm activity and spin….
Elimination of Aedes aegypti mosquito critical in zika prevention, says entomologist
From Caribbean News Now BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) — Retired entomologist Dr Sam Rawlins in St Kitts and Nevis said that it is possible to reduce the prevalence of the zika-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito if all members of the community…
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Cayman Islands: Town Hall Meetings about Zika Virus Public Health is holding a series of town hall meetings to inform residents about the Zika virus and to address concerns, especially for pregnant women. The meetings will be attended by a…
Mars had liquid water a billion years longer than we even thought possible
By Bec Crew, ScienceAlert From Business Insider New evidence from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed that entire networks of lakes and streams fed by melting snow existed on Mars way later than anyone had thought possible. Based on new…
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Is another Zika brewing in the Caribbean?
By Kimberly Leonard From US News Researchers have identified an illness that is carried by mosquitoes and has never been seen in the Caribbean. Florida researchers have discovered a mosquito-borne virus called Mayaro in Haiti, where it had never been observed…
UFO hunter claims rare jellyfish sprite was an alien spaceship
By Johnthomas Didymus From Inquisitr UFO hunter claims rare jellyfish sprite spotted over Caribbean Sea was an alien spaceship, accuses scientists of covering up truth about ET phenomenon An enormous mushroom- or jellyfish-shaped flash of bright light that illuminated the…
Hybrid green/rock iguanas found on Little Cayman
Scientists didn’t think it was possible but they are wrong. The invasive green iguanas have successfully bred with the indigenous rock iguana on Little Cayman producing hybrids. In a release on Tuesday (20) the Cayman Islands Department of Environment said the…
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Caribbean countries to benefit from new global climate fund
From Jamaica Observer NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — Six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are seeking assistance for funding of climate related projects after the Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hub was launched here on Tuesday. The agreement for the new…
