This frog’s slime can destroy flu viruses
BY MARIA GALLUCCI From Mashable Flu virus, meet frog slime. A component of mucus — yum — from the skin of South Indian frogs can destroy the H1 variety of influenza viruses, a new study found. Defensive compounds in frogs’…
20 Apr 2017 Weather in Cayman
Apr 20 Thursday 2017 Synopsis Scattered showers and thunder are expected for the next 24 hours as an inverted trough supported by an upper level trough lingers over the Cayman area. Radar images show scattered showers in and around the…
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Cayman Islands invites green iguana contractor registration
The Department of Environment is inviting eligible Caymanians and businesses to register as contractors for this year’s green iguana cull. Registration will begin Wednesday 19th April, at the Department of Environment, North Sound Road, and will be open that day…
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Egypt discovers 3,000-year-old tomb of nobleman
Reuters From Yahoo News LUXOR, Egypt (Reuters) – Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of a nobleman from more than 3,000 years ago, the latest in a series of major discoveries of ancient relics that Egypt hopes will revive a…
Sulphur-powered giant shipworm unearthed in Philippines
AFP From Yahoo News Manila (AFP) – An enormous black worm that lives in the mud of the sea floor and survives on the remnants of noxious gases digested by bacteria has been unveiled by scientists for the first time….
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Congress is trying to fight a $289 billion preventable epidemic that’s killing Americans
By Robert Donachie, Daily Caller News Foundation From Business Insider Non-adherence to prescription drugs poses a greater and more costly threat to our health than any of the most common diseases currently plaguing millions of Americans. The phenomenon currently takes…
Losing our religion: Your guide to a godless future
By Graham Lawton From New Scientist The human mind is primed to believe in god, so why are so many people abandoning religion – and should we be worried about living in an atheist world? ON AN unseasonably warm Sunday…
Crime ‘threatens nearly half the world’s natural heritage sites’
By Matt McGrath From BBC News Poaching, illegal logging and fishing are threatening endangered species in some of the world’s most iconic natural sites, according to a report. Conservation charity WWF says almost half of the world’s 200 designated natural…
19 Apr 2017 Weather in Cayman
Apr 19 Wednesday 2017 Synopsis Satellite pictures indicate that the extensive coverage of high level clouds over the Cayman Islands is associated with a broad upper level trough over the Gulf of Mexico which is expected to continue to spread…
M=5.6 earthquake shakes Caribbean
By David Jacobson, From Temblor At 1:23 a.m. local time, a M=5.6 earthquake shook the eastern rim of the Caribbean near Antigua and Barbuda. Several aftershocks were also recorded, including a M=4.8 approximately one hour after the mainshock. Fortunately, this…
