Science & Technology

Private Chats in Askfm Initiated By Users from Costa Rica

The Askfm app conducted a survey on what features users are looking forward to the most, and the residents of Costa Rica said that they would like to chat anonymously with each other. After half a year, the functions...

The New Battle for Space Tourism

The battle has begun. While the recent 'visit' to space by British billionaire Richard Branson is the latest chapter in the new plot of commercial space tourism, it seems clear that the next few months, even years, the topic...

Ticos Will be Able to Participate in Nasa’s Space Apps Challenge 2021

Space Apps Challenge 2021 is a contest in which participants must solve 26 global challenges of the planet and for the development of their proposal they can use technology and open resources from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

Requirements for being a Digital Nomad in Costa Rica

As a solution to economic reactivation, on August 11th, the “Law to attract workers and remote service providers of an international nature” (No. 10,008) was approved, with the aim that tourists can telecommute from anywhere in the world. In...

Data, Algorithms and “Artificial” Intelligence: What Is The Problem?

Data, algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) are topics with a constant presence in many regions of the world in debates that range from futuristic technologies such as autonomous vehicles, to everyday applications that negatively affect our communities. As feminist,...

To the Stars: Guatemala in Space Book Launch

Did you know that Guatemalans have been involved in missions to Mars and Jupiter and in many other exciting space missions?

One of Canada’s Top Cinematic Drone Pilots lands in Costa Rica

We Interviewed Canadian born drone racing pilot and drone teacher, Nick Iversen, who has recently moved to Costa Rica as a digital nomad content creator. He specializes in creating high quality cinematic video content with one of his many...

Costa Rican Economic Sectors Must Foster the Use of Technology to Create Profitable Food Systems

To create more competitiveness and profitability in food systems, the agriculture, fisheries and rural sectors must focus on fostering the use of scientific and technological advances. That was one of the conclusions of the last dialogue on Sustainable Food...

Digital Nomads Already Have a Legal Framework to Use Costa Rica as Their Workplace

The President of the Republic, Carlos Alvarado, and the minister in charge of the Tourism sector, Gustavo Segura, signed the Law last week to attract workers and remote service providers of an international nature (No. 22215), popularly known as...

NASA Essay Contest ‘Scientist for a Day’

On March 13th, 1781 William Herschel discovered Uranus with the telescope he had built. He later realized this was not a star, as it orbited around the Sun. In January 1986, Voyager 2 spacecraft reached the Uranus system and...
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 San José Municipality Cancels Zapote Fair Tender: Are Year-End Festivities at Risk?

The iconic year-end celebrations in San José, Costa Rica, face mounting uncertainty after the local government officially declared the...