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A Comet From the Far Reaches of the Solar System Wiped Out the Dinosaurs, Recent Study Says
66 million years ago, a huge celestial object fell off the coast of what is now Mexico, causing a catastrophic "impact winter" that wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth, including dinosaurs. A pair of astronomers at Harvard University...
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The Canton of Liberia would be the Headquarters of the Costa Rican Space Agency
This center will have complementary training services for international experts, exhibitions, a museum that offers additional services to tourism that visits that region and that generates a productive chain.
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Cellular Network Most Used in 2020
2020 came with changes for Costa Rica after the sale of Telefónica's operations to Millicom. With this acquisition, Tigo managed to enter the mobile market, gain 2.4 million mobile clients and become a convergent service operator.Thus, Costa Rica prepared...
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Pulling Back the Curtain to Reach the Stars: From the Hood to Jupiter
For this week’s blog I interviewed LeRoy Davis Larry Jr. with whom I had the privilege of doing a presentation with at the recent Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC) hosted annually by Space Center Houston.This year the 3...
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Why 3 Missions From Different Countries Seek to Reach Mars Almost at the Same Time
The historic first mission of the United Arab Emirates to Mars took off from Japan in July last year. And the success of the maneuver to enter orbit was announced live on television
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Family Encouragement is Essential for Girls to Get Closer to Science
in order to achieve access and full and equitable participation in science for women and girls.
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The First “Christie RealLaser” Film Projector in Costa Rica is Installed
The CCM Cinemas exhibition chain has already equipped itself with the first pure RGB laser projector installed in Costa Rica.
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This is how Science Explains the Strong Earthquakes Felt in the Southern Part of Costa Rica
The South Zone of Costa Rica reported episodes of major earthquakes in recent years, generally followed by others and of high intensity. This past Friday, for example, 5 tremors were registered in less than 2 hours, whose intensities reached...
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Did NASA Achieve Long-Distance Quantum Teleportation?
"With this demonstration, we are beginning to lay the groundwork for the construction of a metropolitan quantum network in the Chicago area,"
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International Personal Data Protection Day: Many Challenges, Few Advances
As every year, the past January 28th we commemorated the International Day for the Protection of Personal Data, for having signed on this date, 40 years ago, Convention 108 of the European Union, the only international treaty on the...
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Costa Rican Hotels Project 66% Occupancy for this July Vacations
Hotels in Costa Rica project an average occupancy rate of 66% during the mid-season holidays. This period is between...