Your brain cells may be capable of outliving you—by a lot
Courtesy of PNAS and World Science staff Some brain cells of mammals can long outlive the animal to which they originally belonged, if transplanted into a different brain, new research suggests. The findings are raising scientists’ hopes that if they…
Google Street View visits Caribbean coral reefs
BY LIVESCIENCE With a mouse click, viewers anywhere can be transported to the serene underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef. Google Street View has partnered with scientists to create 360-degree panoramas of the world’s coral reefs, called Google Street…
Chimpanzees, Orangutans Can Swim and Dive, Biologists Prove
by Natali Anderson From Sci-news Two biologists reporting in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology say that they have documented for the first time the swimming and diving behavior in apes. For many years, zoos have used water moats to…
Dr. Kevin Bethel speaks at Rotary Club of Grand Bahama Sunrise on stem cell research
From Bahamaislandsinfo FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — The Bahamas may have missed the boat on being the first country with a stem cell research center. One was proposed for Grand Bahama but due to lack of proper legislation has delayed. Dr….
Archaeologists analyze carvings on Easter Island statue
by Sci-News.com Researchers at the University of Southampton have used the latest in digital imaging technology to analyze carvings on Hoa Hakananai’a, a moai (Easter Island statue) housed in the British Museum, London. The Easter Island statue Hoa Hakananai’a was…
Caribbean policymakers get climate adaptation tool
By SciDev.Net – Lisbeth Fog From Thomson Reuters Foundation A decision-support website has been launched to help policymakers in the Caribbean build resilience to the risks that climate change poses to activities such as tourism and agriculture. The Caribbean Climate…
NSU shark-tracking website helped viewers ‘dive into Shark Week’
From Bahama islandsinfo HOLLYWOOD, Florida — Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) helped shark enthusiasts take their “Shark Week 2013” to the next level with an interactive website that tracks four shark species (mako, tiger, oceanic white…
New shark species discovered off SC coast
By Sammy Fretwell — [email protected] From heraldonline Scientists have discovered a new species of shark in the ocean off South Carolina and have named it for the region where it was found. The “Carolina hammerhead,” thought to reach 11 feet…
Diver hypnotises shark, balances it on hand
By ninemsn staff 9News World Fascinating video has emerged of a scuba diver balancing a shark at a 90-degree angle on the palm of his hand during a dive in the Bahamas. Tourist Graham Gibson, 31, filmed the other diver…
Large Hadron Collider helps confirm ultra-rare particle decay
From ZeeNews London: Scientists have confirmed the ultra rare phenomena of decay in particle physics, which is found just thrice in every billion collisions at the LHC. The scientists made the observation of the rare transformation of one subatomic particle…
