Supermassive black hole set a record for longest lunch ever
By Rob LeFebvre From engadget The feeding frenzy enriches our understanding of the universe. When a black hole eats a nearby star, the resulting X-rays typically fade within a year or so. That’s why astronomers are excited about a giant…
Hazard Management Cayman Islands 2017 Annual Hurricane Exercise Hurricane McCleary
The 2017 Annual Hurricane Exercise takes place on May 2nd and May 3rd. The hurricane exercise has been designed to refresh the use of the National Hurricane Plan for those involved in the national response mechanism. HMCI will simulate activation…
2 May 2017 Weather in Cayman
May 2 Tuesday 2017 Synopsis A slack pressure gradient across the Caribbean will continue to support light to moderate winds along with slight to moderate seas across the Cayman area over the next few days. Radar images show isolated showers…
Plastic smart cards raise $9M in pre-orders, won’t ever ship
By Laura Northrup From Consumerist A few years ago, universal payment cards were a mini-fad online. The idea was that you carried one “smart” card which stored the numbers of all of your other credit cards. The most popular was…
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Spectacular end is nigh for Cassini space probe
By Robin McKie From The Guardian UK Last week, the US space probe Cassini survived an encounter of the very closest – and riskiest – kind. In response to signals that had been transmitted to it across several hundred millions…
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Scientists search for Caribbean quake clues
A report by Kate Ravilious for London’s Guardian. From Repeating Islands By following the flow of seawater deep into the earth’s crust, researchers hope to understand the region’s instability Geologically speaking the Caribbean is a lively place. Recent reminders include the…
MIT fires a rocket motor made using 3D-printed plastic
By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s not as ludicrous as it sounds. f you’re going to 3D-print rocket parts, you’d want to make them out of metal to handle the stress, right? Not necessarily. MIT has successfully test-fired what it…
1 May 2017 Weather in Cayman
May 1 Monday 2017 Synopsis Light to moderate east to southeast winds and seas are expected to continue across the Cayman area as the high pressure system weakens and move north over the Central Atlantic. Radar images show scattered showers…
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Hundreds tour Hurricane Hunter in Cayman Islands
A huge crowd of eager residents toured a Hurricane Hunter aircraft at the Owen Roberts International Airport’s General Aviation Terminal yesterday (Wednesday, 26 April 2017), during a one day trip to promote hurricane readiness. Around 1,000 school students and members…
Cayman Islands General Registry launches CAP to service providers
Corporate administrators in the Cayman Islands have a new, more efficient online tool for submitting company information to the Registrar of Companies. With the introduction of the Corporate Administration Platform (CAP) on Wednesday, 19 April, Cayman-based companies can electronically submit…
