Caribbean hoteliers, tourism officials seek Zika antidote
By BRIAN MAJOR From Travel Pulse With the 2016 summer travel season waning, Caribbean tourism officials hope for some moderation in the Zika virus’ increasingly apparent toll on visitor arrivals. But with infection numbers continuing to grow in regional destinations,…
Human brains are structurally the same as non-human primate brains
ByBen Taub From IFL SCIENCE Scientists may have figured out why humans are so much smarter than other primates, after disproving one of the leading theories regarding the evolution of our intelligence. Until now, it had been widely believed that…
Virtual art gallery mimics and defies reality
By Jon Fingas From engadget Artists can showcase outer-worldly work in a realistic space. Digital artists don’t typically have many choices for where they can exhibit their work: they either have to ground their pieces in the real world or…
Mars’ veins were created by vanishing ancient lakes
By Jon Fingas From engadget Another sign that Mars once had a lot of water. Scientists just produced stronger evidence that Mars once had water lakes that might have nurtured life. After combing over Curiosity rover data, the researchers determined that…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
3 Possible systems forming in Atlantic From Mike’s Weather Page It appears we are entering a busy couple weeks in the Tropics. Both the GFS/EURO show three possible systems in the Atlantic coming up. Invest 98 images and more…
iNews Briefs & Community Events
Wave moves into the Southeast Caribbean…. Off the coast of Africa By Mike Buresh From NEWS 104.5 WOKV The Atlantic Basin remains pretty quiet. A weak tropical wave is moving into the far Southeast Caribbean, but its low…
Jupiter is humongous
Jupiter is humongous, and this photo of its hellish moon proves it Dave Mosher From Business Insider You’d be right to doubt whether or not Jupiter actually orbits the sun, or if you could survive the planet’s sickening radiation belt,…
CDC adds Cayman Islands to interim travel guidance related to Zika virus
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with other public health officials to monitor for ongoing Zika virus transmission. Today, CDC posted a Zika virus travel notice for Cayman Islands. CDC has issued travel notices (level 2, “practice…
I spent five minutes inside the quietest room in the world and almost lost my mind
By Matt Weinberger From Business Insider Hidden deep within Building 88 on the Microsoft campus lies what’s officially certified to be the quietest room in the world. Really — the company recently won the Guinness World Record for it. While…
Best space photographs
Here are 31 of the best space photographs of the year BY DUSTIN DRANKOSKI AND MIRIAM KRAMER From Mashable Bright green auroras dance above a Norwegian lake in just one of dozens of new photos shortlisted for a 2016 astrophotography…










