Culture & Lifestyle
‘Chepe se baña’ homeless project emulates Obamacare
Have you ever stepped into a homeless person and felt bad for them? We can't help thinking that we could do better, but we've got our own lives so we move on. Life is hard to deal with sometimes...
Culture & Lifestyle
Pro-LGBTI Politics Move Forward in Costa Rica
Society evolves, either by accepting new behaviors promoted by minority groups or adapting to recent events. The process is slow, maybe too slow for these times where technology makes people think that everything can happen at google-speed. Science pushes...
Entertainment
‘Atrás Hay Relámpagos’ Film Takes the Netherlands by Surprise
Whenever we watch a movie, the first thing we think about is summer blockbusters. Those Marvel superhero movies that gather all the attention - and rightly so, they're good - of the public. Granted, every now and then seeing...
Culture & Lifestyle
Marijuana, sort of legal in Costa Rica
Juan is an average man living his mid 20's, he's got no stable job and likes smoking pot. On the other hand, there's José, he's 30 and uses medicinal cannabis for his anxiety treatment. The difference between these two...
Health
¿Does Costa Rica have the fountain of youth?
At the Raúl Blanco Cervantes Geriatric Hospital, the elderly seem to defy the cycle of life. As they live more healthy and, as result, longer than the rest of the population. The Nicoya Peninsula, where the geriatric hospital is,...
Culture & Lifestyle
Dario Chinchilla’s work seeks improvement in solar energy use
Science bases itself in evolution, and evolution brings development to society, whether is human or not. When we think of science, we think of Europe, Asia or North America. Costa Rica isn't exactly the name that comes to mind...
Culture & Lifestyle
7 Dishes of the Caribbean to Try Out
Most tourists focus solely on the west coast when it comes to finding their pipa-paradise in Costa Rica. Such a shame, since there are many delights to be found on the eastern shores of the country too. The immaculate...
Culture & Lifestyle
Gold in Osa Peninsula: a blessing or a damnation?
Few know it but Osa Peninsula concentrates the largest amount of gold in Costa Rica –especially in Corcovado National Park- which attracts a considerable number of local artisan miners. Yet even mining is prohibited within the Corcovado’s limits, its...
Culture & Lifestyle
A Gathering of Epic Uniqueness – Costa Rica’s “Envision Festival”
Costa Rica is not only home to some of the worlds most amazing and beautiful beaches, jungles, waterfalls, wildlife, and nature get-aways, it is also home to many highly progressive and consciousness-rising movements and events that attract brilliant minds...
Culture & Lifestyle
When A Man Doesn’t Love A Woman
Let's stop the BS. If a man does not call you, it's because he does not want to call you. If he doesn't invite you out, it's because he doesn't want to see you. If he treats you like...
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Discover the Latest Advancements in Supercomputing at the University of Costa Rica
Since the 1960s, the University of Costa Rica (UCR) has ventured into the use of computational tools for solving...