Making machines that walk
By Rain Noe From Core77 Advancing a new system of locomotion step by step (literally) Dutch artist Theo Jansen has been working on his Strandbeests, kinetic sculptures capable of locomotion, since the 1990s. As part of their development he’s devised…
Doctors think they have developed a successful penis-transplant procedure
By Tanya Lewis From Business Insider This entrepreneur wants to fix the transplant shortage by recycling human organs Doctors perform the world’s first penis transplant World’s first penis transplant patient to father a child Many of the soldiers returning from…
A giant asteroid will fly past earth on Christmas Eve
By Sarah Fecht From Popular Science It’s exactly what we asked Santa for This year we’re getting asteroids for all occasions. First the Halloween asteroid decided to swing by for some trick-or-treat action, and now a Christmas Eve asteroid wants…
CARPHA continues to battle Dengue and Chikungunya and prepares for Zika
By CARPHA PRESS RELEASE – Vector borne diseases, such as Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika, continue to emerge in the Caribbean, threatening health, tourism, social and economic development. According to Dr. Joy St. John, Director of Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control…
US Justices to review chemical testing of suspected drunk drivers
By Marcia Coyle, From The National Law Journal Case tests laws criminalizing refusals, absent a warrant, to take alcohol tests. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether states can impose criminal penalties on someone who, in the…
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Cayman Islands government announce applications open for medical specialization scholarships
The Ministry of Education and the Health Services Authority are pleased to announce that the scholarship application process for the doctors’ specialisation program is now open and will run through January 31, 2016. As was recently announced in the media,…
NOAA awards more than $8 million for coral reef conservation
From NOAA December 10, 2015 NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program is awarding more than $8.4 million in grants and cooperative agreements, this year, to support conservation projects and scientific studies that benefit coral reef management across seven U.S. states and…
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Managing our most important resource: The Caribbean Sea
By Shereen Ali from T&T guardian The Caribbean Sea is in fact a single large marine ecosystem, but we’re not managing it well. A World Wildlife Fund report released April this year conservatively valued world ocean assets at US$24 trillion—with…
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Disparities in hypertension among black Caribbean populations
Disparities in hypertension among black Caribbean populations: a scoping review By the U.S. Caribbean Alliance for Health Disparities Research Group (USCAHDR) Aurelian Bidulescu , Damian K. Francis, Trevor S. Ferguson, Nadia R. Bennett, Anselm J. M. Hennis, Rainford Wilks, Eon…
NASA’s version of ‘Shark Tank’
NASA’s version of ‘Shark Tank’ results in six aviation moonshots By Mona Lalwani From engadget NASA wants to change the way planes fly. As part of a new Convergent Aeronautics Solutions project, the agency’s innovators recently formed teams to pitch…
