Sun flares & its magnetic field
From The Voice of Russia, RIA Third strong flare in 5 days unleashed by same sunspot Photo: © www.nasa.gov Sunspot AR1890, located close to the center of the solar disk, has unleashed its third X-class flare in 5 days. The…
Brighter than the sun:
Brighter than the sun: stunning new details on the meteor that exploded over Russia By Katie Drummond From The Verge Thanks largely to eyewitnesses and video footage, researchers have documented Chelyabinsk with incredible detail It was the blast felt around…
Scientists inch closer to banishing baldness
A joint UK and US team has developed a technique to grow human hair from tissue samples in a laboratory. LONDON, England, Friday November 1, 2013 – A joint British and American research team has developed a technique with the…
No turtles for the pirates
The Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF) has announced there will be no release of baby and juvenile Green Sea Turtles during the annual Pirates Week Festival on Grand Cayman this month. One hundred and fifty turtles were released into the wild…
Prehistoric-looking invasive turtle found in Oregon lake
By Scott Sutherland From Geek Quinox The discovery of an alligator snapping turtle in an Oregon lake has biologists there worried about potential ecological damage due to this invasive species. Invasive species are a big problem in the world, as…
Asteroid could collide with Earth in 19 years
By Alex Mallin, Courtesy of Newsy.com From wpxi.com Amid all the government shutdowns, fiscal crises and other worldly problems, it’s easy to forget the everyday dangers floating around us. By us, we mean Earth. And by dangers, we mean massive…
Viruses associated with coral epidemic of ‘white plague’
From e! Science News Photo courtesy of Oregon State University They call it the “white plague,” and like its black counterpart from the Middle Ages, it conjures up visions of catastrophic death, with a cause that was at first uncertain…
NASA says Voyager 1 has left the solar system, for real this time
By Ryan Whitman, From Stumbleupon.com It has taken 36 years, but Voyager 1 has finally left the solar system, according to NASA. The past few years have been peppered with claims from various researchers that the space probe had finally…
Coral spawning in the Cayman Islands
Coral spawning: a rare natural wonder that fascinates and draws divers to the Cayman Islands Reef corals spend all year pretending to be rocks, but for a few special minutes each September, late at night, they explode into effervescent life…
WSPA releases “Stop Sea Turtle Farming” infographic
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has issued an infographic in their fight to stop sea turtle farming aimed at the Cayman Islands Turtle Farm – see attached. Under a heading, “Change needed for sea turtles” they…
