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“The greatest lesson I learnt from the pandemic is that life changes in the blink of an eye…so we need to love…be flexible…and be our brother’s keeper.” These words from Deanna Gomez-Peyrefitte, an entrepreneur from Belize, echo throughout the Caribbean. Deanna is...
Sit back and join me on the lesser beaten path – of how Astronomy at the University of the West Indies (UWI) has engaged the world and uplifts our Trinidadian society. How is that even possible, you ask? How can one possibly contribute to a field that begs big...
Trinidad and Tobago is a biologist’s paradise. The sheer number of species we share these islands with is mind-blowing, and the list is growing each year as we find new species on our doorstep. Only last year a new species of Trinbagonian bat was recorded, bringing...
The history of commercially processed pet food began with the advent of the Industrial Revolution. It then increased in the middle class during the 19th century, which led to keeping dogs and cats as companions instead of working animals. English businessman James...
Treating infectious diseases is currently a major challenge globally because of the high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among pathogenic microorganisms. The discovery of penicillin from a fungus in the late 1920s led to the development and widespread use of...
Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean are hotspots for terrestrial and marine biological diversity. Taxonomic studies or the ability to tell species apart are key to understanding biological diversity. In the same way that we can distinguish between hummingbird...
