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Costa Rican surf experts will have their own Surf Cup. The event will take place next June 2nd at Playa Hermosa, in Jaco. The tournament will also serve as a pre-selection process to define the surfers who will make...

This week, at least 125 million people are watching the Eurovision Song Contest, an annual competition of singers from 56 countries across Europe and parts of the former Soviet Union. This year’s contest is hosted by Azerbaijan, a country...

A well-known principle at the quantum level in physics is that an object being observed is affected by the very act of observing it. It’s called the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and it has tremendous psychological implications.Though the Heisenberg Uncertainty...

The Ecological and Political Movement, “Partido Verde Ecologista” (Ecological Green Party), is working to build a group which will fight for our environment, and in that way be a green option for the 2014 election.That is the reason why...

Celebrity sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer points to an alarming increase in the rate of sexually transmitted diseases among older patients, saying a change in awareness – and attitude – is needed.As a teenage sniper in the Haganah, fighting for...

According to the World Health Organization, global obesity rates have more than doubled since 1980. For the first time in history, being overweight is killing more people than being underweight. At least 2.8 million adults around the world die...

The creek is as high and voluminous as I’ve ever seen it, a frothing brown torrent racing from the mountains to the ocean. I sit on the bank above my usual sitting spot, which is completely under water.For the...

The last few years have shown an increase in Costa Rican film production, with titles like “El regreso”, “El sanatorio” and “A ojos cerrados” becoming box office hits and earning warm responses from audiences and national critics alike; however,...