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Costa Rican students turn larvae, crickets into nutritious meals to fight hunger

Larva patties and cricket crackers are projects that led two groups of students from the University of Costa Rica’s (UCR) Food Technology School to be selected as finalists in an international competition held by the U.S. Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).

Perplexing ‘platypus’ dinosaur discovered in Chile

It doesn't resemble a platypus, but the newest species of theropod -- the dinosaur group that included Velociraptor and Tyrannosaurus and evolved into modern birds -- is a similarly confusing hodgepodge of dino qualities.

Startup wants to make navigating Costa Rica’s public transportation an easy ride

Today, BusMaps Costa Rica has 36 routes mapped, covering 250 terminals, 2000 stops and 3,000 active daily users.

Will Saturday’s lunar eclipse herald the rapture?

One U.S. pastor, John Hagee, believes that the event could portend a world-changing event, including the return of Jesus Christ.

Ad Astra wins $10 million NASA contract for deep space rocket

The plasma engine could also be mounted on a rocket to deflect asteroids heading too close to the Earth and eventually deep space missions to Mars and beyond.

Early morning space shuttle launch

On Jan. 12, 1986, the space shuttle Columbia launched at 6:55 a.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center on the STS-61C mission. It was the...

Costa Rica’s erupting volcanoes may help slow global warming

The October eruption of the Turrialba Volcano may have implications beyond Costa Rica. According to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Review Letters last week, small volcanic eruptions like that of Turrialba may play a big role in slowing climate change.

Nearly 14,000 sickened banana workers to receive payment for pesticide exposure

After 13 years, Costa Rica finally has a regulation guaranteeing payment of physical and psychological damages for nearly 14,000 banana workers who were exposed to the banned pesticide Nemagon.

Partial solar eclipse sweeps across North America

WASHINGTON, D.C. A partial solar eclipse swept across much of North America on Thursday, triggering floods of blurry pictures of a crescent-shaped sun on Twitter...

‘Vaccinated’ mosquitoes released in Rio to combat dengue

RIO DE JANEIRO – Ten thousand mosquitoes immunized against dengue fever have been released in Brazil as part of an innovative attempt to curb the spread of the tropical viral sickness, biologists said Thursday.

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