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Costa Rica Dog Kennel Hit by Meteorite Sells at Christie’s

The Tico Times -
Although you may not realize it, material from space is regularly falling from the sky. To such an extent that scientists estimate almost 50 tons a...
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Costa Rica and carbon neutrality

Eric Smith -
The year 2021 has seen climate change and carbon neutrality issues rise to the forefront of global consciousness. From the wildfires of the western United...
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Ancient footprints re-write humanity’s history in the Americas

AFP -
The footprints were left in mud on the banks of a long-since dried up lake, which is now part of a New Mexico desert.
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Synthetic biology makes ecologists dream … and tremble

AFP -
The film Jurassic Park (1993) made human beings dream of the possibility of resurrecting species.
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Some baby bats babble like human infants, scientists find in Costa Rica

AFP -
The babbling of 20 baby bats was recorded in Costa Rica and Panama between 2015 and 2016
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Bathing with vegetables: The Luffa gourd

The Tico Times -
With a few deft carvings with a knife, you can have an incredibly satisfying and exfoliating sponge for your shower.
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Costa Rica hosting Math + X symposium with renowned researchers

The Tico Times -
Costa Rica will welcome some of the world's top scientific minds when it hosts Math + X, a symposium organized by Rice University.
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Meteorite ‘of great scientific interest’ that landed in Costa Rica donated to Field Museum in Chicago

Alejandro Zúñiga -
This is the first time that Costa Rican scientists have had the opportunity to observe and analyze a meteorite recovered in the country.
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Costa Rica Turtle Study Provides New Insights into ‘Arribadas’

The Tico Times -
The findings suggest a "developmental difference between the eggs of arribada and non-arribada nesting females." 
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Epic Games, UCreativa reach first-of-its kind partnership in Central America

Alejandro Zúñiga -
Epic has been a leader in gaming and animation technologies for nearly 30 years. Their Unreal Engine powers popular games including Fortnite, Bioshock and Gears of War.
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Mysterious rock that fell in Costa Rica is a meteorite ‘of great scientific interest,’ UCR says

The Tico Times -
This is the first time that Costa Rican scientists have had the opportunity to observe and analyze a meteorite recovered in the country.
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Cancer-detecting AI created from Costa Rican image archive

Alejandro Zúñiga -
The team built an algorithm from an archive of more than 60,000 cervical images collected from Costa Rica.
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La Tica Polar: Costa Rican scientist pursues her Antarctic dreams

The Tico Times -
A Costa Rican marine scientist hits her stride as a leader.
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Costa Rican scientists find new type of bacteria

L. Arias -
Microbiologists found the bacteria on a tick in the Nicoya Peninsula, in the province of Guanacaste.
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1 Million Coral Embryos Return to a Costa Rica Reef in a National First

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Rents in Costa Rica Outpace Inflation Nearly 10 to 1 but Leases Cap the Hit

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