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Costa Rica Allows Cryptocurrency Donations for Political Parties

Costa Rica's electoral authorities have approved a groundbreaking shift, letting political parties accept donations in select cryptocurrencies for the first time. This move, led...

SpaceX Starship, world’s biggest rocket, explodes during first flight test

SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded on Thursday during the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to...

Mariela Rojas-Quesada: From Alajuela to Developing Robots for the International Space Station

Mariela completed her elementary school studies at the Carrillos Alto de Poás School in Alajuela and high school at the Colegio Científico in San...

Pedro Morales’ Inspiring Journey from Cabecar Territory to NASA

I have met many teachers in Costa Rica and quite a few of them have inspired me in different ways. One of these teachers...

Twitter starts rolling out new paid subscription

Twitter began rolling out a controversial new paid subscription system on Saturday that the social network's unpredictable new owner, billionaire Elon Musk, ordered staff...

Uber Investigates Cyber-Attack by Young Hacker

Uber said Friday it was investigating a "cybersecurity incident" and declined to comment on reports that a young hacker had gained access to the...

Webb telescope captures new detail of Phantom Galaxy

The James Webb space telescope has revealed dazzling new detail of a previously known slice of the cosmos 32 million light-years away, in a...

Bonfire of Bitcoin: Why Crypto Assets are Tumbling

The lightning uptake of crypto assets like bitcoin had swelled a volatile sector to a valuation of roughly two trillion dollars recently. A week-long rout...

Amid NFT Boom, Artists Worry about Climate Costs

Digital art is nothing new to vonMash, who describes his blend of painting, video and sound as "afro-delic" -- a psychedelic twist on Afrofuturism. But...

Bitcoin use on rise to launder drug money, report says

Drug cartels in Mexico and Colombia are increasingly using cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin to launder money, the UN-linked International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said...

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

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...

‘Amazing milestone’ as NASA fully deploys Webb telescope in space

The most powerful space telescope ever built completed a tricky two-week-long deployment phase Saturday, unfolding its final golden mirror panel, as it readies to...

Bitcoin faces uncertain 2022 after record year

The price of bitcoin hit record highs in 2021 thanks to support from traditional finance, but cryptocurrency specialists are struggling to predict next year's...

James Webb telescope sets off on million-mile voyage

The world's most powerful space telescope on Saturday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres (930,000 miles) from Earth, after...
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Five Costa Rica Regions on Yellow Alert as Saturday Rain Hits Soaked Ground

If you live in or are traveling through the Central Valley, the Pacific coast or the Northern Zone, you are now under a yellow...

Costa Rica Removes Don Pepe Figueres Monument After Protest Vandalism

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Culture and Youth removed the bronze monument to former President José Figueres Ferrer from San José’s Plaza de la Democracia...

A Proposed 15% Tax Would Reach Costa Rica Residents’ Foreign Dividends and Interest

Costa Rica residents who earn interest, dividends, rent or capital gains outside the country would pay a 15% tax on that income under a...

Local Elections Drove Costa Rica’s CPTPP Reversal, Sources Say

Concerns about the 2028 municipal elections helped drive Costa Rica's decision to abandon its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific...