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US Secretary of State mocks climate change doubters, calls them “insane” and compares then to “Flat-Earthers”

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:00:03 +0000

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has taken the U.S. administration’s criticism of climate change doubters to a new level, labeling those who reject mainstream climate science as “insane.”

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Telescope being built in Chile would be world’s largest

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:00:59 +0000

Construction on what is expected to be the world’s largest telescope began Wednesday in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The massive telescope, dubbed the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT), is slated to begin its early operations by 2021, according to a news release.

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How Panama is saving the world’s frogs (VIDEO)

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 10:00:55 +0000

Frogs are disappearing at an unprecedented rate around the world due to a fungus that is spreading fast. About a third of the world's amphibian species are in danger of extinction and around 40 percent of frog species have already been wiped out.

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Latin America’s vampire bats groom one another, reveal primate-like behavior

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:00:14 +0000

Vampire bats, which live in Latin America and feed at night on the blood of large animals like cows and deer, are surprisingly brainy and social creatures, engaging in certain behaviors such as social grooming that aren’t common outside of primates.

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Just so you know: Howler monkeys with deeper, louder voices have smaller testes and less sperm

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:00:02 +0000

Howler monkeys with lower calls have smaller testes, according to new research.

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Nobel chemistry prize awarded for advances in DNA repair

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 07:15:03 +0000

The Nobel Prize committee in Stockholm, Sweden, has awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three scientists for their work on human DNA repair, which can be used in treatment of cancer.

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Nobel Prize awarded for parasitic diseases treatment

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 08:00:45 +0000

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering drugs that led to the development of treatments for debilitating parasitic diseases, including malaria, river blindness and elephantiasis, the Nobel Committee announced Monday. Hundreds of millions of people around the world, mainly in developing countries, have these diseases, some of which are known as "neglected tropical diseases" that have begun to garner global attention only in the past decade.

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Scientists discover first ever glowing sea turtle (VIDEO)

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:00:37 +0000

Scientists diving near the Solomon Islands made an "illuminating discovery" recently: The first biofluorescent reptile ever recorded.

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NASA confirms flowing water found on Mars, raising hopes for the potential for life

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:00:58 +0000

NASA announced on Monday that liquid saltwater exists on the surface of Mars - a discovery that scientists say indicates the "potential" for life on the planet.

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Rare supermoon eclipse will be visible in Costa Rica Sunday night, won’t be seen again until 2033

Inside Costa Rica Staff — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:00:52 +0000

Sky gazers, get ready. A very rare celestial event will be visible in Costa Rica Sunday night, and it won't be seen again for the next 18 years.

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