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Cayman Islands: Child Month “Snuggle & Read” Event The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is inviting families for an evening of snuggling and reading. Families can enjoy bedtime stories, drama and literacy fun on Thursday 19 May, 2016…
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Scientists are one step closer to creating a real Jurassic Park
By Chris Smith From BGR Some scientists have already created artificial intelligence capable of consistently beating humans at a game that’s too complex for ordinary computers, which has led some people to worry that we’re going to soon face a…
Big data’s big problem? Most companies don’t realize they’re already using it
By Matt Asay From TechRepublic Companies are already actively using big data. They just don’t call it that. While the phrase has problems, the technology is becoming more intrinsic to business. It turns out that no one knows what the…
Self-driving cars won the week at CES 2016
By Jason Hiner From Tech Republic AI and big data the unsung heroes Under pressure from Google, Tesla, and possibly even Apple, car manufacturers roared into CES and staked their claim for the autonomous vehicles of the future. By far,…
DNA commentary: Sun, Sand and Sexual Assault?!
By Branville McCartney DNA Leader From Bahama Islands Info For more than 40 years, the Bahamas has been praised as a world class destination; internationally famous for its Sun, Sand, Sea and all the water sports that accompany those elements….
Firm is awarded $5 million in malicious prosecution case
By Andrew Keshner, From New York Law Journal A judge has awarded $4.9 million in legal fees and costs to the attorneys for two men who won a $36 million jury verdict in a malicious prosecution case against Nassau County….
Groundbreaking study reveals the main reason behind most cases of cancer
By Will Dunham, Reuters From Business Insider Plain old bad luck plays a major role in determining who gets cancer and who does not, according to researchers who found that two-thirds of cancer incidence of various types can be blamed…
Evaluating the pharmacological activity of Caribbean sponges
BY TARA D From SMN Weekly In these organisms (Caribbean sponges) science have found different compounds to produce useful drugs in diseases such as cancer or tumors. That was the goal of the research conducted by Lina Marcela Blandon, Master…
Blood of the Irish
Blood of the Irish: What DNA tells us about the ancestry of people in Ireland From Hub Pages Blood of the Irish The Blood in Irish veins is Celtic, right? Well, not exactly. Although the history many Irish people were…
No, dummy, scientists didn’t find a stupidity virus
From Forbes Some rather alarming media accounts yesterday proclaimed the discovery of a virus that makes people stupid – though as far as I can tell, no actual scientist used the word stupid, which is not precise enough to qualify…
