First look at 2016 Hurricane Season: unusually big question marks
By Bob Henson From Weather Underground Even more than one might expect, the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up with both high- and low-end possibilities, based on preliminary thoughts released Thursday by a team at Colorado State University. The…
The truth about sex after 50/Why making love may help to fight dementia
The truth about sex after 50 From Reader’s Digest Judging from the images the popular media puts forth, you’d think sex was only for twenty somethings. Nothing is further from the truth. Sex at midlife and beyond is a subject…
Watching Coral in Little Cayman — and what It means for Caribbean reefs
From Caribbean Journal When sea temperatures rise, so-called coral bleaching can occur — that is, when corals turn pale or even white, threatening their existence. But a new project in Little Cayman in the Cayman Islands sought to explore how…
Blast from the past: Plant that once grew in Caribbean 45 MILLION years ago found in amber
By MARK WAGHORN From Daily Express UK AN extinct golden-coloured plant that grew on a Caribbean island up to 45 million years ago has been identified – trapped in amber. The fabulous flowers were intact when they were encased in…
Scientist: Caribbean whales speak with an accent, mon!
By GEOFFREY GILLER/HAKAI MAGAZINE From Virgin Islands Free Press If you want to know where someone comes from, you might listen to how they speak. Their accent or use of particular words may give you clues to their provenance. As…
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Cayman Islands Lab Manager appointed to CariPHLN
DEH Laboratory Manager Johnson appointed to Executive Committee of CariPHLN The Cayman Islands laboratory manager for the Department of Environmental Health has been tapped to sit on the seven-member Executive Committee of the Caribbean Public Health Laboratory Network. The goal of…
New Blood Pressure Guidelines Dangerous: Study
From Newsmax Scientists continue to debate when doctors should prescribe blood pressure medication for older Americans, with a new study saying delayed treatment puts people at greater risk of stroke. For people 60 and older, a U.S. panel in 2014…
Corals grown in labs help restore critically endangered reefs
By Samantha Mathewson From Nature World News For the first time, researchers have successfully raised laboratory-bred colonies of a Caribbean coral species to sexual maturity. The hope, they say, is to restore and repopulate threatened reefs. This revolutionary initiative was led…
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‘Walking fish with feet, toes and human nose’ found in Caribbean leaves experts baffled
By Jim Hardy From Daily Mirror UK ‘Walking fish with feet, toes and human nose’ found in Caribbean leaves experts baffled The alien-looking creature has been compared to “something out of a sci-fi horror film” by islanders A weird-looking creature…
Here’s how much work your brain can handle before needing a break
By Travis Bradberry, LinkedIn From Business Insider This post from LinkedIn Influencer Travis Bradberry appeared originally on LinkedIn. The 8-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work. If you want to be as productive as possible, you need…
