A security expert built an unofficial Wikipedia for the dark web
By David Lumb From engadget It’ll only be up for a few days, but the groundwork is there for an official version. Wikipedia is a nigh-essential source of information, but it’s usually so accessible in Western countries that users forget…
Andreessen Horowitz has a new, $450 million bio fund
By Connie Loizos From Techcrunch Almost exactly two years ago, the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz took the wraps off a $200 million “biofund” that aimed to invest at the intersection of biology and engineering and was being led by its…
19 Dec Weather In Cayman
19 Dec Tue 2017 Weather In Cayman Synopsis Fresh easterly winds and rough seas will continue across the Cayman area for the next 24 hours as an area of high pressure dominates the Western Caribbean. Radar images show isolated showers…
‘Supermalaria’ is on the way
By Janet Midega, Scientific America From Business Insider Scientists are worrying that a deadly strain of malaria is spreading quickly across the world from Southeast Asia. Simultaneously, Congress may cut 44% of malaria prevention funding which could lead to a…
California advises against keeping your phone in your pocket
By Jon Fingas From engadget Whether or not anyone accepts the advice is another matter. The jury is still out on whether or not cellphone radiation is bad for you, but California’s Department of Public Health isn’t taking any chances….
18 Dec Weather In Cayman
18 Dec Mon 2017 Weather In Cayman Synopsis Fresh easterly winds and rough seas will continue across the Cayman area for the next 24 hours as the pressure gradient across the Western Caribbean remains tight. Radar images show isolated showers…
Commissions celebrate the publication of the Cayman Islands Constitution in braille and audio formats
Last week the Constitutional Commission, together with the Human Rights Commission, launched audio and braille formats of the Cayman Islands Constitution Order, 2009 (the “Constitution”) for persons with sight or literacy impairments in Cayman. The project came about when a…
Oxford economists raise alarm at vanishing wealth of nature
Port of Spain, December 14, 2017 – The Caribbean needs to pay attention to findings by top economists which show that the decline of nature poses severe threats to continued national and global prosperity. New research from a team of…
Researchers use sperm to deliver cancer drugs to tumors
By Mallory Locklear From engadget It was done with bull sperm and a cancer cell line, not in humans just yet. Chemotherapy has a lot of terrible side effects and that’s partly because the drugs being used to fight cancer…
Mexico sees tourism bump after hurricanes devastate much of Caribbean
By Andrew O’Reilly From FOX NEWS Vacationers are rebooking vacations to Mexico as Caribbean tourist hotspots from Puerto Rico to the Virgin Islands struggle to rebuild after this fall’s devastating hurricanes, airline data shows. From October through March 2018, U.S….