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Oxford neuroscientist Susan Greenfield argues that we need to snap out of our complacency and look at the unprecedented impacts of new technology on our brains.It is not unusual, these days, for children to spend five hours a day...

The BYU men’s soccer team kicked off their 10-day preseason international tour Friday when they boarded a plane for Costa Rica.“This trip is huge,” junior midfielder Antonio Niccoli said. “This is my third international trip so I know how...

“It was in Africa that the first tool was invented, the first fire lit by a human hand, the first crop planted, the first village established, the first language spoken,” says E. Thomas Lawson in “Religions of Africa.” And...

Popular hotel chain Riu Hotels & Resorts is planning to open four new hotels in Mexico, Caribbean and Costa Rica and overhaul four more in the two years.“Apple Vacations has had a long and successful partnership with Riu Hotels,”...

Racism and a legacy of colonialism are preventing the West from recognizing the potential of African innovation.Affordable technology is helping people all over Africa propel an economic revolution. Investment is pouring in from India, China, and other emerging markets....

I sit at a walk-in picnic site overlooking the swollen stream. A steady flow of people goes by on the pedestrian park road—runners, bikers, walkers, and the occasional rollerblader. Intensely observing the movement of thought/emotion with no more interference...

From Tico Times - The Inter-American Development Bank (BID) approved $670 million in loans to finance the Reventazón Hydroelectric Dam – the most complex hydroelectric project ever built in Costa Rica – near the Caribbean slope town of Siquirres.The...

Most people’s ingrained perceptions of Puntarenas in the past were negative.  I must admit when I was heading on the bus from San Jose to this Central Pacific port town I was prepared for the worst.  I was told...

Feminist theorist and author Elisabeth Badinter argues women are being shackled by expectations of what it takes to be a good mother.Women once again need to start talking frankly to each other about what it means to be a...

April 27, 2012, San José, Costa Rica – In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, Nature Air is offering $5 flights for travel during the month of June 2012. Travellers can book a domestic flight to any of Nature Air’s...