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By Martin LeFevre, TheCostaRicaNews.com.As the term is normally used, ‘theory of mind’ refers to “the ability to attribute mental states—beliefs, desires, intents, knowledge, etc.—to others and to understand that others have beliefs, desires and intentions that are different from...

Sam realizes he's the only one who can restore things to their normal state, so he builds himself a team in order to escape the virtual world while fixing his Shakespearean papa problems and looking nice in neon accessories.

What is the meaning of this revolution for developing and developed countries alike? Have national governments and international institutions become secondary to organized social media? Finally, how is the UN, with its vast apparatus, going to respond to these developments?

After a fortnight of shilly shallying over the Egyptian crisis, the Obama Administration, having obtained the backing of the feckless Europeans, has come down firmly on the side of “gradual transition.” In other words, Mubarak and his minions will...

I drive through town to the semi-wilderness area just beyond this small city. Though a Friday with spring-like temperatures, college kids haven’t yet begun to stream into the townspeople’s sanctuary, a weekend playground for many of the students.It hasn’t...

A young Egyptian, his face covered in blood from the blows of security police batons in Mubarak’s police state, shouts with quiet fury but no vengeance: “This is all they have! This is all they have!”Amongst many remarkable things...

Taxi drivers in Puerto Viejo took action against poor road conditions. Tuesday, February 1, dozens of cabbies blocked all routes into and out of town.

A volunteer group, the Vicinos Naccion, has created and implemented a beach cleaning and protection education group for the three beaches of Ballena National Park: Playa Uvita, Playa Colonia, and Playa Pinuelas ecosystems.

It’s Saturday when people have more time to read. A puff piece with a serious title in the New York Times is the most popular article in America’s leading newspaper today. Its title? “How Meditation May Change the Brain.”It’s...