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Shihoko Kojima poses, without a mask, outside Steger Hall's front entrance. Shihoko Kojima. Photo by Steven Mackay. That internal nagging feeling that drives you to seek sleep at night and wake in the morning to eat, work, and play, is, it turns out, genetic, and it’s not just in people. Nearly every living organism – from animals to plants as well as several microorganisms and fungi – has an internal body clock, or a circadian rhythm. Yet, scientists have been perplexed out how these genes operate. Now,  Virginia Tech scientists have taken a step closer to an answer thanks to the DNA ...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on Thursday recognise...

INT 188 students in mud flats Belfast, Maine — Registration is open for an innovative five-week college STEM research course for qualified high school students (grade 10–12) offered by the University of Maine, June 28–July 30, at the UMaine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.   Introduction to Integrated Science and Career Exploration (INT 188) will meet Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 8 a.m.–noon. High school students will earn three college credits upon completion of the course.   It is offered tuition free for qualified high school students. Students who pay to attend high school i...

Secondhand smoke heightens oral cancer risks Exposure could increase risk by 51 percent for individuals, report international researchers including BC Global Observatory on Pollution and Health Co-Director Kurt Straif, M.D. Image: Ralf Kunze | Pixabay Exposure to secondhand smoke could increase the risk of developing oral cancer by 51 percent for individuals, according to a new meta-analysis of prior cancer studies, published in the journal Tobacco Control by an international team of scientists, including Global Observatory on Pollution and Health Co-Director Kurt Straif, M.D. Previous studi...

Petrus Gumbs Social Share Students in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)and across the region are being guaranteed a safe, easy to use and beneficial platform to prepare for upcoming external examinations through STEM St Vincent and the Grenadines’ (STEM SVG) online educational institute. The local educational organisation has been making waves locally by offering simple robotics and information technology sessions to evacuated children at the Buccament Bay Secondary School.  But it also intends to assist children who are preparing for CSEC and CPEA – two external exams th...