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Costa Rica hosting Math + X symposium with renowned researchers

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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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

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The team built an algorithm from an archive of more than 60,000 cervical images collected from Costa Rica.
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Costa Rica’s Jícaro Reef Dies: Climate Change and Tourism Take Their Toll

The Jícaro reef, located in Culebra Bay, Guanacaste, has died. According to records from the Center for Marine Science and Limnology Research (Cimar-UCR), which...
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Tragic Migrant Boat Capsizes Near Panama in Reverse Migration Crisis

A boat carrying 19 South American migrants blocked from entering the United States sank off the coast of Panama as they returned to their...
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Costa Rica Long Tailed Weasel Hunting and Dance Mysteries

Today we meet the long-tailed weasel, a high-energy predator that may be dancing for two very different reasons.The long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) is known...
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