Topic: science

Several organisations on-island provide scholarships to assist Caymanians in pursuing careers in science. Here, recipients relate their chosen field and aspirations for the future.

Some 12,000 years ago, with the invention of farming, humans started a war against weeds – and the weeds are still a step ahead.

New advances in technology could make the nuclear option a viable alternative for the Cayman Islands’ future energy needs, students at the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math conference heard. Jeffrey Hausaman said nuclear could potentially provide a stable source of low-cost energy to the islands.

Hundreds of students filtered through Sir Vassel Johnson Hall Friday afternoon for the conclusion of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Carib Conference at the University College of the Cayman Islands. Some of the most popular events in the Family Fun Afternoon session included robotics displays, observatory tours and virtual reality demonstrations.

To the students participating in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math conference at the University College of the Cayman Islands, here is the crucial takeaway: Not only is the sky not falling — but education and progress are opening up entirely new vistas for future exploration.

A week ago, Proxima b itself was fiction. Now that we know it is real, the fictional speculation moves on to what it would to be like to go there.

Of all living things, why do humans alone create advanced technology?

If scientists were free to use the world as their laboratory, unbound by pesky ethics committees and institutional review boards, some would inject sulfur compounds into the upper atmosphere to see if they fought global warming.

An upcoming visit from the Cayman Islands Astronomy Society will give young stargazers on the Brac a welcome new instrument to scan the heavens.

Yes, science is fallible. Scientists are only human and science is not a synonym for truth. It’s a bumpy, meandering road that heads in that general direction.

Like many homo sapiens on planet Earth, I was thrilled by this month’s announcement of the first direct detection of gravitational waves. This finding surely ranks with the greatest scientific discoveries of the past 200 years.