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Monthly Archives: August, 2015

This one species of octopus plays with its food and has really weird sex

The larger Pacific striped octopus displays mating and hunting behavior unlike any other, suggesting that the routines we think of as being "normal" for an octopus might just be the only ones we've observed.

Roche expands Costa Rica operation with new service center

The pharmaceutical company hopes the expansion will allow it to increase exports by 50 percent over the next five years.

Casa Presidencial presents gay common-law marriage bill

The bill would reform several articles of the family code to formally recognize “stable" relationships of more than three years between two people, regardless of their “sex, identity, sexual orientation or choice” with all the personal and property protections of legal marriage.

Finance Ministry submits tax reform bills to Legislative Assembly

Business leaders and opposition party lawmakers have already voiced their opposition to the government's proposed tax reform bills.

Police detain suspect in Hatillo serial killer case

Costa Rica police arrested a suspected serial killer early Wednesday morning in Hatillo, a southern San José suburb. The man is suspected of killing seven homeless women since April.

Costa Rica head football coach Wanchope quits

“We’re all human and sometimes we can lose our senses,” Wanchope said at a news conference Wednesday. “And yesterday I lost my senses disgracefully.”

Costa Rica’s marginalized get chance to shine at Homeless World Cup

Costa Rica will take part in its seventh Homeless World Cup in Amsterdam next month thanks to the Listening to the Homeless Association.

Mother’s Day deals vary hugely around Costa Rica, survey finds

Most of surveyed businesses —81 percent— complied with consumer protection laws requirements, representing an improvement over the previous year when MEIC's study found a compliance of 72 percent.

VIDEO: Costa Rica head coach Paulo Wanchope brawls with security guard at Panama football stadium

Paulo "Busta-Chop" Wanchope was involved in a fight on Tuesday night at a Panamanian football stadium that could end up costing him his job.

Ad Astra’s deep space rocket moves into new testing phase with help from NASA

Costa Rican astronaut Franklin Chang’s company Ad Astra Rocket has finalized a $9 million contract with NASA to help push the company's VASIMR deep space engine one step closer to flight.

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