Wikimedia Commons San Juan, Jun 6 (EFE).- A U.S. radio telescope has captured images of an enormous lava lake on the surface of Io, one of the moons orbiting the planet Jupiter, the Puerto Rico Astronomy Society, or PRAS, reported. "The new images clearly show an enormous lake of lava, fed from the subsoil and which exists permanently," PRAS vice president, professor and scientist Armando C...

Meteorite El Chaco. Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, May 31 (EFE).- Police foiled an attempt to steal 215 meteorites weighing 1,500 kilos (1.65 tons) when they stopped a truck at a checkpoint in northern Argentina and arrested four suspects, the Gendarmerie said. Three Argentines and a Paraguayan were arrested on Saturday for stealing the meteorites, the law enforcement agency said in a stat...

Pixabay Commons Allegations of an improper sexual tryst between a high school teacher and a student are shaking up the Country Day School (CDS) community, a prestigious private academy in Costa Rica where children of well-to-do expats and powerful Ticos are predominantly enrolled. According to a report by Ariel Chaves Gonzalez of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the United States Embassy and more t...

Wilmington, NC (PRWEB) May 29, 2015 – Sea Turtle Camp, a leading marine biology camp for teens ages 14-17, is offering a summer camp program in Costa Rica from July 6-19, 2015. Sea turtles abound in Costa Rica with six of the world’s seven species found here. The beaches and waters are full of turtle observing opportunities, and campers will take full advantage. Costa Rica is considered one of ...

Wikimedia Commons Washington, May 27 (EFE).- NASA has taken the first step on a mission that will try to determine whether Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, has the conditions for life. Nine instruments and sensors have been selected for the spacecraft that will try to determine if a briny ocean is hidden under Europa's frozen crust and whether temperatures on the mysterious moon would allow some...

Scarlet Macaw PRLog - May 25, 2015 - ROCHESTER, Mich. -- For 10 days in late April and early May, a group of 14 Oakland University biology students left the classroom behind to explore the vast wilds of Costa Rica. The excursion was part of a tropical field ecology course that brought students into a world of diverse landscapes with untold varieties of animals and plants. Under the supervis...

"John Forbes Nash, Jr. by Peter Badge" by Peter Badge / Typos1 - OTRS submission by way of Jimmy Wales. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons New York, May 24 (EFE).- Mathematician John Nash, who won the Nobel Prize in 1994 and was the inspiration for the film "A Beautiful Mind," died on the weekend along with his wife in a New Jersey taxi accident, local media reported. He was 86....

Wikimedia Commons By David Blanco Bonilla Lima, May 18 (EFE).- A team of Peruvian archaeologists led by Walter Alva, who discovered the famous Lord of Sipan, is working to unveil the mysteries surrounding the origins of the Mochica culture, considered one of ancient Peru's most complex and developed cultures. Archaeologists found a temple decorated with about 30 drawings and graffiti wit...

LOS ANGELES, May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Its aisles packed with readers and boasting a host of successful book presentations and cultural performances, LeaLA wrapped up its fourth edition on a positive note, consolidating its position as the only Spanish-language book fair in the United States and as the event dedicated to reading in Spanish and Latin American culture. On the third day of acti...

By Beatriz Pascual Macias Washington, May 12 (EFE).- Hispanics living in the United States are becoming more fluent in English and speak less Spanish at home, according to a Pew Research Center report published Tuesday in Washington. As Hispanics' command of English grows - 68 percent now speak it easily - the percentage of Latinos who choose Spanish for their conversations at home diminishe...

(Alpha Galileo Press Release) – As the world population, economy and consumption grows, a complex and multi-dimensional approach is needed to manage a rising tide of solid waste, researchers say in a study published in the journal Waste Management. The research by Lilliana Abarca-Guerrero, now at the Costa Rica Institute of Technology, along with colleagues at the Eindhoven University of Techno...

Jurassic footprints. Source: Wikimedia Commons Madrid, Apr 28 (EFE).- The newly discovered Chilesaurus diegosuarezi, a 145-million-year-old dinosaur and the first from the Jurassic period discovered in Chile, is "one of the strangest found so far" and amounts to an "evolutionary puzzle," one of the researchers who found the dinosaur's fossil told Efe. The discovery is described in the lates...

Garcia Marquez. Source: Flickr Commons By Gustavo Borges Mexico City, Apr 27 (EFE).- If Colombia's Gabriel Garcia Marquez had never written "One Hundred Years of Solitude" or any other novel, it might have been necessary to award him the Nobel Prize in Literature for his short stories, the part of his work that is much less known. That is what leading Mexican writers think about the perf...

Fracking operation in North Dakota. Wikimedia Commons Washington, Apr 24 (EFE).- Earthquakes triggered by man-made practices have risen sharply in the United States since 2009, especially in the central part of the country, prompting the U.S. Geological Survey to outline a preliminary set of models to forecast the frequency and severity of future temblors. Oklahoma has been the state hardes...

Source: OneSeed Newswise — Stella Liu wanted to solve a problem. She knew that her peers were passionate about local organic food and curious about growing their own fruits and vegetables. But many of them had no gardening experience, lived in apartments or were intimidated by massive home improvement stores, with their endless options for soil, fertilizer and tools. That’s where OneSeed co...

Source: Presidencia Costa Rica At the 2015 Summit of the Americas in Panama, President Barack Obama of the United States called a special Civil Society Forum, to which only President Luis Guillermo Solís of Costa Rica and Tabaré Vásquez were invited. The topics discussed included: Education, support for the development of small businesses, technical support for the production of clean energy, ...

Night vision photograph of the Turrialba eruption. Source: OVSICORI Do you love the smell of sulfur in the morning? It smells like... geology. This morning, residents and tourists in various neighborhoods of the Greater San Jose Metropolitan Area (Spanish initials: GAM) in Costa Rica awoke to an acrid and pungent aroma, which is a common occurrence for the farming communities that lie on the s...

On April 4th, 1885, the international Red Cross and Red Crescent movement formally inaugurated operations in Costa Rica. On this Holy Saturday, Red Cross staff and volunteers in Costa Rica would certainly like to take a moment to celebrate their 130th anniversary of providing a most noble service in our country; alas, they are very busy rendering emergency medical service to residents and visitors...

By Sara Gomez Armas. Havana, Apr 2 (EFE).- Cuba recently opened its first free public Wi-Fi hotspot, a "gift" to his people from artist Alexis Leyva that offers many young people the chance to surf the Web for the first time in their lives. At a time when babies in other parts of the world are seemingly born with a smartphone or tablet under their arm, Pedro, a 17-year-old student, checked o...

The Arenal volcano in 2006. Wikimedia Commons (EUREKALERT) An international research team, led by a Virginia Tech geoscientist, has revealed information about how continents were generated on Earth more than 2.5 billion years ago -- and how those processes have continued within the last 70 million years to profoundly affect the planet's life and climate. Published online today in Nature Geo...

Wall surrounding a temple in the magnificent Tihuanaco, Bolivia. Wikimidia Commons La Paz, Mar 27 (EFE).- The government of Bolivia announced it will start exploratory excavations this year at the ancient fortress of Tiahuanaco after a buried pyramid was detected. Ludwing Cayo, director of the Tiahuanaco Archeological Research Center, told Efe that the formation is located in the area of Ka...

ISS. Source: Wikimedia Commons Washington, Mar 28 (EFE).- The Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft arrived successfully at the International Space Station, or ISS, with three astronauts aboard, two Russians and an American, on a mission that makes history because two of its crew will join the very few who have stayed the longest time in space. The spacecraft blasted off at 1942 GMT from the cosmodrome ...

Wikimedia Commons Charlotte, North Carolina, Mar 26 (EFE).- The Aztec empire was not as powerful as previously thought and did not enjoy total domination of its central Mexican heartland, according to a study published by the Journal of Archaeological Science. "The Geopolitics of Obsidian Supply in Postclassic Tlaxcallan" is the product of a collaboration among researchers from North Caroli...

Livox app developer and his family honored by the UN Sao Paulo, Mar 24 (EFE).- Inspired by his daughter afflicted with cerebral palsy, Brazilian inventor Carlos Edmar Pereira created the Livox app, which allows people with motor and audiovisual impairments to express emotions via a mobile device. Pereira told Efe that to improve communication with 7-year-old Clara he created an interface in...

Jairo Zelaya - Pixabay Commons By Beatriz Pascual Macias   Washington, Mar 24 (EFE).- Six out of every 10 Hispanics in the United States speak English or are bilingual, though adults born to an immigrant family are most likely to communicate easily in both English and Spanish, according to a new study published Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.   The center found that 3...

Army Maj. Marielos Vega listens to Sherry Moore’s heart while Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) James Watts looks on in the cardiology department at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, March 17, 2015. U.S. Army photo by Robert T. Shields By Elaine Sanchez Brooke Army Medical Center JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, March 18, 2015 – When Marielos Vega was a child living on a coffee p...

Source: OVSICORI A new eruption of the Turrialba volcano on Wednesday afternoon did not stop officials from the Ministry of Education from resuming classes at 16 schools that were affected by volcanic activity last week. The most recent eruption occurred just after 1:30 pm on a sunny afternoon in Costa Rica; the volcanic matter expelled this time was mostly gases and steam. Personnel from the O...

Source: Hillside Sedona Sedona, AZ (PRWEB) March 16, 2015 – Hillside Sedona is pleased to announce that the Umbrella Project Event will take place on April 24, 25 and 26th and will benefit a underprivileged school in Costa Rica. Started in 1990 by Hilda Brown, the Umbrella Project is a 501c (3) nonprofit raising funds for various causes. In years past, proceeds from the sales of the umbrell...

Source: VIF International Elementary school teachers from Costa Rica who are proficient in the English language now have an option to work in the United States through a special international exchange program managed by VIF International Education. Interested teachers can apply to teach Spanish language arts at a Passport Global School mentored by VIF International.   The recruitmen...

Former President Mujica, right, shakes hands with former President Lula of Brazil By Rodrigo Garcia Melero. Montevideo, Mar 6 (EFE).- Former President Jose Mujica, who is now a senator, has opened an agricultural school for 60 youngsters next to his small farm on the outskirts of Montevideo as part of a personal project with Uruguay's Trades University, or UTU.   "We decided to d...

Source: Indiana State University For many students of colleges and universities in the United States, an ideal spring break vacation in Costa Rica should involve spending time at the beach, partying with friends, and drinking copious amounts of beer. For students of Indiana State University who choose to enroll in their Alternative Spring Break program, coming to Costa Rica will mean volunteer...

Source: TEAM Network FALLS CHURCH, Va., March 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- In their continuing effort to help teachers develop the next generation of scientists, Northrop Grumman Foundation and Conservation International (CI) announced that applications for the 2015 ECO Classroom experience are now being accepted through March 31. Four teams of four teachers will be selected for an all-expenses-pai...

Source: YourMathGuru.com Miami, Florida (PRWEB) March 03, 2015 - The math quizzing site known as YourMathGuru.com has recently announced its top 13 winners of all time. The establishment of the site dates back to 2012 and, along with Spanish-language sister site TuGuruDeMate.com, YourMathGuru.com has been awarding weekly prizes to winners of their various math contests ever since. The top 13 w...

Wikimedia Commons MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation™ announced today that it will begin accepting applications for its first ever scholarship program beginning Friday, Feb. 27. The program includes 33 scholarships totaling $600,000. The Gifted Scholarship Award and the Scholarship Tuition Assistance Award are the first financial assistance initiatives offered in 24 c...

Some of the pre-Columbian arhaeological pieces repatriated from France to Peru are put on display Tuesday in Lima, where officials held a ceremony to mark the return of cultural heritage items from Canada, Chile, Spain, the United States, France, Japan and Switzerland. EFE Lima, Feb 25 (EFE).- A total of 3,898 archaeological pieces will be repatriated this year to Peru from Argentina following...

Google's director for Latin America, Adriana Noreña. EFE/File Mexico City, Feb 26 (EFE).- Google will invest $1 million to support educational initiatives aimed at narrowing the "digital divide" in Latin America, company executive Adriana Noreña told Efe. Funds will go to three non-governmental organizations promoting digital education in Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, Noreña said by telep...

Source; EFE file photo By Emilio J. Lopez for EFE with additional reporting by The Costa Rica Star Miami, Feb 2015 (EFE).- Miami wants to augment its cultural offerings, leisure activities, sun and beaches by making itself - over the next few years - into an alternative technology zone to Silicon Valley, a plan that Miami Dade College is convinced can be achieved. Over the past five year...

Hummingbird Educational and scientific tourism are becoming very important  in the lucrative travel and hospitality sector in Costa Rica. To this end, it is not surprising to learn that a good number of university students from the United States make Costa Rica their first choice for study-abroad programs within the scientific curriculum. A good example of the type of educational and scient...

It has become almost fashionable to cite phenomena such as loss of habitat and climate change as the major causal agents for the extinction of certain wildlife species in Costa Rica. Such is the case of the golden toad as well as the harlequin frog and the hawksbill sea turtle (it is important to note, however, that biologists have recently observed a return of the latter two "Lazarus species" in ...

Source; ADTC A dance academy that specializes in summer camps for girls recently published a new video that explains their approach to dance instruction. The American Dance Training Camp features summer camp locations in seven different spot in the United States; its sole international location is Costa Rica, specifically in Playa Nosara. As it happens, the location in Costa Rica is very popul...