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These are the tiny drones that could save us if bees go extinct
By Mike Wehner From BGR As has been well documented in recent years, the population of many species of bees are in serious peril. The Trump administration is dragging its feet in adding some of the hardest-hit bees on the…
There are three awesome things happening in the sky tonight (Fri 10)
By Mike Wehner From BGR Usually a night with a comet or a lunar eclipse is reason enough to peel yourself away from the couch for a bit to gaze at the stars, but tonight is even better. It’s like…
Icelandic scientists just successfully drilled into a volcano’s belly
By Robin Andrews From IFL Science! Seeing into the hellish bowels of a volcano can be achieved in numerous, fantastical ways, from seismic surveys and thermal probes to even using particles produced during destructive cosmic ray interactions with our own…
Solar storms could be driving hundreds of whales to strand themselves in global die-off events
By Bec Crew, ScienceAlert From Business Insider NASA is investigating the force behind one of nature’s longest-standing mysteries — why perfectly healthy whales, dolphins, and porpoises appear to lose all sense of direction, and end up stranded on a beach…
Stanford students recreated a 5,000-year-old Chinese beer
By Derrick Rossignol It’s so old it took an archeologist to discover the recipe. Homebrewing is a niche hobby today, but before the industrialization of the industry, a lot of beer was made in people’s kitchens. Li Liu, a professor…
Infecting Aedes mosquitos with a type of bacteria could control dengue, other viral diseases
From Scroll In India is going to conduct a trial to check if this technology can be used to control dengue in the country. Mosquitoes infected with bacteria can limit the spread of dengue, studies in five countries have shown,…
Cayman Islands national energy policy consult begins
In 20 years 70 percent of electricity generated in the Cayman Islands could come from renewable sources states a new draft energy policy on which Government is seeking public feedback. The Planning Ministry today (Tuesday 7 February 2017) launched a…
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Caribbean – Hurricane Matthew Fact Sheet #18, Fiscal Year (FY) 2017
REPORT from US Agency for International Development HIGHLIGHTS Food security improves substantially in hurricane-affected areas, WFP reports USAID/OFDA partners assist more than 15,000 displaced people to return home USAID/OFDA provides additional $2.5 million for hurricane-affected families Number of suspected cholera…
NASA just captured some of the most amazing images of Saturn’s icy rings ever
By Peter Dockrill, ScienceAlert From Business Insider NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured some of the closest-ever views of Saturn’s rings, with new images revealing unprecedented levels of detail in the massive discs of icy particles orbiting the planet. The new…
Scientists are using satellites to spot whales from outer space
BY ARIEL BOGLE from Mashable A humpback whale may be a huge creature to the human eye, but they’re still tough to spot from space. Until recently, the necessary high-resolution satellite technology wasn’t readily available, but researchers in Western Australia…
