UK Government axes Caribbean catering college
By Poppy Brady, in the West Midlands From The Voice Kajans was set up under free school legislation but Department for Education (DfE) says pupil numbers are ‘too low’ ANGRY parents and members of the community refused to let Government…
China has the fastest supercomputer in the world — again
By Lance Ulanoff From Mashable Zipping along at 33.86 petaflops (quadrillions of calculations per second), China’s Tianhe-2 is the world’s fastest computer for the third year in a row, according to Top500, a twice yearly compilation of the fastest computers…
MaplesFS helps Cayman Heart Fund reduce cardiovascular disease locally
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands: The MaplesFS Community Service Committee on behalf of MaplesFS clients recently donated CI$30,000 to the Cayman Heart Fund to support the organisations’ fundraising efforts towards a new cardiac probe for the George Town Hospital children’s ward….
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Divetech’s FOCUS GRAND CAYMAN event offers over $15k in prizes
From http://www.divenewswire.com Divetech is hosting the 6th annual FOCUS GRAND CAYMAN, an annual event that brings together underwater photographers, ocean conservationists and rebreather enthusiasts, at Cobalt Coast Dive Resort in Grand Cayman between the 30th August and the 6th September…
Trinidad attorney Seetahal was victim of organized crime “hit” – US official
From Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Wednesday June 25, 2014, CMC – A senior United States official says prominent attorney Dana Seetahal was murdered earlier this year in a “well planned and orchestrated hit” by an international “player” with a crime organization…
Astronauts may suffer artery damage on long missions
By Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor for Space.com From Mashable At least some astronauts who spend six months aboard the International Space Station come back to Earth with stiffer arteries than before their flights, a new study reveals. Stiff arteries in…
Greenhouse gas ruling gives EPA leeway to regulate
Marcia Coyle, from supreme court brief Five years ago, environmentalists endured their worst term in decades, suffering a stunning 0-5 outcome in the U.S. Supreme Court. This term, they are 2-1 and victorious on the most pressing of their issues:…
Lab mice get addicted to sun exposure, you might too
By Deborah Netburn From LA Times A new study helps explain why we can’t stop sunbathing, even when we know it’s bad for us. The biology of sunbathing. Why does it feel so good? Does basking in the sun make…
Cuba could be the ‘Hong Kong of Caribbean’
By Harry Alford From The Philadelphia Tribune We first visited Cuba in 2000. There was so much to see that we visited twice that year (August and November). The nation showed so much promise with its health-care system, education standards,…
Salamanders hold clues to how humans could regrow limbs
By Max Yun, Research Fellow at University College London for The Conversation UK From Mashable Humans have some regenerative abilities but compared to creatures like the salamander, which has an amazing ability to regenerate after injury, we’re pretty limited. Not…
