Month: October 2025

125,000 years ago the Neanderthals ate bones to survive. Today we discovered that they were right

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In the police comedy Brooklyn 99during a party the detective Charles Boyle meets the gastronomic writer Vivian Ludley, with whom he talks about the last meal on earth. The policeman, in a clamor for his love of French food, chooses El Hortelano: a tiny French bird that eats a single bite, with skin, viscera and bones. “A challenge to God”, They call it. Vivian replies that the practice is illegal, But he confesses that he had academic permission to try one: “The peak was very crispy,” he recalls with fascination. The scene may seem eccentric, but opens a question that is not less: what is in the bones that makes them so valuable – at the same time so controversial – in the history of food? Western oblivion. For centuries, the bones were a natural part of the human diet. The neardentals They came to ride “Fats of fat” in places like Neumark-Nord (Germany), where 125,000 years ago they broke bones of deer, horses and cattle to extract marrow and heat fragments with water until obtainable lipids. It was not a whim: it was survival, a way to avoid the so -called starvation of the rabbit, caused by eating too much lean protein without sufficient fat. Later, many cultures continued with practice. In sub -Saharan Africa, for example, rural communities even chew long bones as part of the daily diet. In Asia it is common to eat flags and fins of fried fish until they are crispy. And in Europe, popular cuisine always turned to the thorns of canned sardines and anchovies, softened by sterilization. However, speaking today of what bones are as such, this practice of consuming them disappeared. Most meat reaches the clean, boneless plate, ready to avoid discomforts. The bone has been relegated to the secondary paper of the broth. As Chef Jennifer McLAGAN explains: “We no longer see bones as useful. People consider them a discomfort, something to get rid of.” But that perception begins to crack through The search for “superfood”and the bones are on the table again. What is inside the bones? The short response would be essential nutrients. But I will not be so simplistic, the bones are mainly formed by calcium and phosphorusin addition to containing iron, magnesium and potassium. In protein terms, up to a 25 and 33% of the content of an animal It corresponds to collagen, a key structural protein for bones, skin and joints. In my case, I discovered it by accident. After an injury doing crossfitthe traumatologist told me about the importance of collagen To recover fabrics. Beyond prescribing supplements – which also opened the door to the veal bone broths, rich in natural collagen. It was my first conscious contact with this part of the animal we usually throw without thinking. Science behind. In a National Geographic report describe how bones They are one of the denser tissues in nutrients: they provide collagen, fat marrow and minerals. But science clarifies. An article, Posted in Frontiers in Nutritionpoints out that the benefits are modest: some trials show minor improvements in skin and joints, although with methodological limitations. A meta -analysis in Orthopec Reviews It points positive effects on bone and articulating health, but insists on the need for broader and standardized studies. In addition, we are not designed to bite hard bones: they can splinter, damage teeth or pierce the digestive tract. And large animals bones tend to accumulate heavy metals such as lead or cadmium, which advise against consuming them in excess or un controlled dust, According to Healthline. The heat and pressure of the long broths allow to extract collagen and minerals safely, and some studies They suggest a certain benefit when ingesting collagen peptides. However, the reviews of the studies consulted coincide: Quality trials are missing, with standardized protocols and clear clinical markers. A new trend? The interest in bones does not happen in a vacuum. A couple of months ago, the “Carnivorous Diet” for Babies: families that offer ribs or cord to their children as part of the Baby-Led Weaning. Health and expert authorities They coincide in which to introduce meat from six months is recommended by its iron and zinc. But they warn that a strictly carnivorous diet in babies lacks fiber and vitamin C, essential nutrients for development. At the same time, startups in Europe and Asia experiment with powdered bone -based products: breads, sausages, patches or nuggets that incorporate calcium and collagen without bothering the consumer. According to National Geographicthe initial results are positive: when the bone appears as an invisible ingredient, acceptance is high. Collagen is more present. Korean cosmetics and social networks They have converted To the collagen in a global phenomenon, associated not only to joint or bone health, but above all to beauty and anti -aging. From facial creams to soluble coffee powders, the promise is to erase wrinkles, combat sagging and rejuvenate the skin. However, skeptical voices such as that of the surgeon Afshin mosahebi Remember that scientific evidence It is limited and that, by ingesting it, the collagen does not reach the dermis: it decomposes in amino acids like any other protein. The bone broth is a nutritious and comforting classic, but Not a guaranteed age. The real secret to aging well is still in basic habits: do not smoke, protect from the sun, maintain a balanced diet and sleep enough. An unexpected return. Of the “fat factories” Neanderthals to Korean cosmetics, bones have accompanied humanity in multiple forms. Today they return to the scene between broths and collagen powders. The difference is that, this time, they do not arrive as a resource of survival, but as a market as a product: what was previously thrown, is now sold as a trend. Image | Freepik Xataka | Boomers trust pills and supplement, generation Z in “functional snacks”: two ways to look for the same

The one that has a purpose and leaves you alone

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There is a type of object that we have almost forgotten that it can exist: technology that does one thing, does it well, and then leaves you alone. He took four years reading in a Kindle. I could use the mobile, which goes with me everywhere and is easier to handle. Or the tablet, which I already have and serves more things. But I don’t. Because the Kindle does not compete for my attention. Amazon has already won when I bought the book, you don’t need to return every five minutes. Is Unique purpose technology In a world of screens looking for our addiction. I recently bought an FM pocket radius. To batteries. The initial reason was practice: after the Dana and the blackout I understood what needed to have devices that work when everything else fails. Without Wi -Fi, without mobile data, without needing electricity. The radio simply works. But I discovered another use. In Mestalla, to follow the narration of the game without covering the ambient sound of the field. From the stands there are details that you do not capture, and the radio gives you that without getting out of the stadium. I tried to use live radio apps. Inviable, networks are saturated in the stadiums. And even if it works, the signal is late. The FM goes in real time because it does not go through servers. It is ancient technology being superior in context. There is the key: it is not nostalgia, only that a certain technology does its job without asking for anything in return. The smartphone business model is based on the engagement: The longer you use it, the more data they generate, the more ads come, the more subscriptions they sell. The electronic book reader cannot be so aggressive. A radio does not have what you hear. At the beginning of the year I went from Apple Watch to a Garmin. In addition to being superior for sports use, it is a casio come up, not an “smart watch.” Once you see certain metrics, there is nothing more to do with him. A principle similar to what made me Spotify to Apple Music. The first has a more fluid desktop application, but It has become an audio bazaar. Your cover competes for your attention. Apple Music has its own problems, but its experience is cleaner, more similar to the traditional: albums and artists have more prominence, there is life beyond the Playlists. The same pattern is repeated outside the hardware. Newsletters and podcasts against Tiktok or YouTube. The former require a deliberate act: you open the mail, you give the Play. You consume what you chose to consume and then end. Tiktok and YouTube are designed to never stop. The next video is already loading. The recommended tab pursues you. Your business model depends on not closeing the app. This philosophy – let’s call it “technology that serves without dominating” – operates under different principles: Single purpose. The device does one thing. Its value is in the specialization. Interface that disappears. The design is so simple that you forget it. The goal is for the tool to become invisible. Asynchrony for flaw. The device does not interrupt you. It is you who starts interaction, at your pace. Clear end point. You finish a book. A game is over. There is no infinite loop designed to drag you from content to another. The problem is not technology. It’s how we have accepted that you should behave. We have normalized to interrupt us, measure us, push us towards the following content. But that logic is not inevitable. It is a design choice. And reflects a business model. The technology that serves without dominating will not replace the smartphone, but its existence reminds us that we can still choose tools that do not treat us as a resource to extract. They work for us, not vice versa. They are concentration islands in a distraction ocean. And its value is to remind us that the ocean is not inevitable. In Xataka | An eternally decentralized generation: “I can’t do anything for more than fifteen minutes without looking at the mobile” Outstanding image | César Abner Martínez Aguilar

In the nineteenth century, Spain made the strange decision to build its ways in Iberian width. Now they will be a gift for Renfe in Galicia

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Renfe can breathe calm. The company has a huge business in the Galician corridor. The volume of travelers Between Madrid and Galicia he has shot to the point that airlines are retreating. Time savings since high speed arrives is such that many are choosing to pass to the train due to pure comfort or time flexibility. The Galician corridor is part of the next package of liberalization of the roads, next to the trains with destination Asturias, Cantabria, Cádiz and Huelva. It will not be, at least, until 2028 when the competition is palpable on the tracks because Adif is not complying with the deadlines planned. But Madrid-Galicia has another peculiarity. It is very likely that in 2028 we will see competition on their ways. To find the reason we have to travel to the nineteenth century. The particular Spanish railroad Each new technology arrives with a good rosary of standards of all kinds. It has happened with electric cars and passed with electricity itself. Also with measurement standards or, as in this case, train tracks. The railroad had started in the early nineteenth century. Although the steam machine was already born in the 18th century, it was not until 1804 when Richard Trevithick built A prototype in which the concept applied to transport. The steam locomotive was born. That one of those huge irons with wheels will pull a kind of drawers and could move the goods faster than they had done seemed like a great idea. So great that it soon caught and in 1830 the first train line was opened with passengers. They were the famous 50 kilometers that separated Liverpool from Manchester whose first trip headed George Stephensonwho was the ideologist of the construction of those first route. Those first trains circulated through some roads of 1,422 millimeters, 4 feet and 8 inches. Shortly after, those same ways widen half inch until reaching the famous 1,435 mm. Then they did not know but they had just adopted the “international width”, which is mounted in most trains in the world. Those measures also served to establish Two categories: narrow path (below those 1,435 mm) and wide via (above). The good results of the first trains made the railroad make the leap to continental Europe and the United States. But, like everything in this life, there were those who thought the system could be improved and that it was worth trying. That person was Isambard Kingdom Brunelan excellent British engineer who would create the Great Railroad of the West, joining London with the southwest, western England and much of Wales. Brunel thought that the higher the width of roads, faster speed could reach a train because the greater the stability achieved. Thus, it extended the track width up to 2,140 mm. Then a war of standards began that ended up resolving the Commission of Railroad Widths in favor of Stenphenson and its width of 1,435 mm. It was 1845. In Spain, at that time, we were engaged in the same fight. Railroad yes, but … how? That doubt was the one that set fire in the middle of the 19th century. Observing the good results that were being achieved outside our borders, the Government began to receive requests for the granting of licenses that allowed them to exploit the roads. Aware that it was necessary to harmonize the matter, they consulted a commission of engineers led by Juan Subercase, number one in the Corps of Engineers, acting president of the Advisory Board and director of the School of Engineers since 1837. He was helped Calixto Santa Cruz, number one of his promotion of 1839, and José Subercase, who in addition to his son was also the number one in his promotion the following year, 1840. Together they drafted the report 17.10.1844, on the Madrid Railroad to Cádiz, which recommended to reject a concession to build a railroad from Madrid to Cádiz. This concession was requested by the French engineer Juqueau Galbrun, which was certainly ironic over the years. Explains J. Moreno Fernández in a document in which the whole story of that controversial decision tells that none of the mentioned engineers had left the country and known firsthand how the railroads were abroad. That, perhaps, was one of the reasons why it was omitted that France had opted for international road width. And it is that Subercase was a firm defender of a width of six feet Castilians. The 1,672 millimeters that would end up receiving the name of “Iberian Width”. The defense is that a higher track width forced to use more powerful locomotives. In those days they thought they could increase vaporization with a wider boiler and that this was essential to, in a mountainous country like Spain, to have sufficient power to move the train. They also defended that a higher track width allowed a more stable step per curve but the truth is that time showed that neither one thing nor the other were key. The international width has been versed enough to be used in mountainous areas and the largest boilers in the trains had the problem of increasing the weight so the gain was diluted. In the government they thought that Subarcase motivations They were correct and they didn’t care that in the neighboring country they bet on a narrower track width. To import, they did not care that our other neighbor, Portugal, also promoted their railroads with the international width. In 1844, it was finally decided that the Spanish measure of the six Spanish feet was the one that should be protagonist for its orographic peculiarities. However, that did not condition the government that gave the approval to two routes built on that international width that was quickly imposing. Portugal pressed to have a railway exit to France that Spain ignored. And that created an urban legend that remains until today First in a line between Barcelona and Mataró, projected from the beginning with that exceptional width for the Spaniards … Read more

Thousands of people have been drinking apple vinegar for years before eating to lose weight. The fault has an erroneous study

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A couple of months ago, the last viral trend of social networks was taken on an empty stomach in the morning recently raised: the “morning sucks.” There were all kinds: apple vinegar, of grass Or even A tablespoon coconut oil. Everyone promises the same: flat bellies, express detox and accelerated metabolism. Under the appearance of natural remedy, the illusion of a quick solution was really sold. In particular, apple vinegar stands out as the biggest protagonist, since a study endorsed it, but it was a misinterpretation. The origin of the myth. We have always heard that phrase of “speaking people understand”, although quite simplistic it is that misunderstandings are the order of the day and in science they are usually given. To get to the origin of that study, the tracking takes you to a study published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health. This research became popular to ensure that apple vinegar helped lose weight. However, According to Sciencedailythat study has been retracted after detecting inconsistencies in data and serious errors in statistical analysis. In science, a retraction is an exceptional mechanism: it means recognizing that the results are not reliable and, therefore, that the study should no longer be cited as evidence. It is a guarantee of self -correction, but it is late when the finding has already traveled media and viral videos. The viralization of myth. The networks did the rest. Under hashtags like #guthealth or #morningritual, vinegar It settled In morning routines with other “shots” that promise express benefits: ginger, turmeric, teas detox. As we detail in Xatakathis phenomenon is understood in the framework of the culture of immediacy: we live at a time when rapid and visible results are sought. A morning drink fits perfectly with that promise of instant change. The problem is that neither vinegar nor any of these mixtures fulfill what they promise. And in some cases They can have adverse effects: Excessive consumption of fasting vinegar can irritate the stomach and esophagus, damage tooth enamel and cause digestive discomfort. More studies. Beyond the retracting study, there are research that has analyzed the effect of vinegar on metabolic health, although scientific evidence remains low. A systematic review, Posted in Pubmed Central in 2021evaluated clinical trials on this product. According to this work, vinegar can have modest effects on the reduction of blood glucose and total cholesterol. But the same review warns: there is no solid evidence that it causes clinically relevant weight losses. In other words: vinegar is not a burning, much less a magical solution to lose weight. The mirage of detox. The rise of these “morning shots” also relies on the language of the detox. However, experts Remember that Detoxification does not work like this: the body already has organs such as the liver and the kidneys that fulfill that function continuously. Chupitos do not “clean” the organism, but they do perpetuate the idea that there are miraculous shortcuts to compensate for excesses. An even greater paradigm. The history of apple vinegar is, in the background, a lesson on how health myths are built in the digital age. A study with methodological errors, amplified on social networks, became a global ritual. And although today we know that there was no evidence behind, the practice was already installed in millions of morning routines. The lesson is clear: easy solutions are rarely, and health is not built with shortcuts. Image | Freepik and Pexels Xataka | There are people taking a “sucking” apple vinegar in the morning. Science has an opinion about it

tricks, tips and tools to know if offers are really offers

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In a few days the new begins Prime offers party, The second prime day from Amazon In this 2025. this expected exclusive offers period for clients of Amazon Prime Start on October 7bringing us two days of good offers and promotions. This is a period of offers in which you can find even cheaper things than in the Black Friday, although that does not prevent you to meet many prices traps so that it seems that the reduction is greater than it is. Therefore, if you are thinking of Buy on Amazon During this period of offers, we will give you several Tips for squeezing Prime Daywhich this time has changed its name to Prime offers party. We will also give you several tools with which you can find the best bargains. Requirements for the Prime Offers Party The Amazon Prime Day, which this time is called Prime Offers, has an important difference with Black Friday: Offers are not for all users. All offers of this day are exclusive to subscribers. This means that the requirement to access offers and take advantage of them is have a subscription to Amazon Prime. Come on, you have to be a Amazon payment user, and only then you will see the promotions. And if you do not have Amazon Prime subscription, the first thing will be to subscribe entering the website of Amazon.es/amazonPrime. There are usually free trial periods For new users, so if you just want to take advantage of these offers you won’t even have to pay. Of course, then you have to remember to cancel the subscription so that they do not start charging you. In the end, what matters is that have Amazon prime active during these two days In order to access the offers, whether you are paid user or have a test period. And in addition to these offers, you can also benefit from the rest of Amazon Prime Advantagessuch as free shipping costs in 24 hours, or the streaming service of series and films Amazon Video. Differences between offers, flash and prime offers In these periods of sales, you will meet various types of offers different. You will have those that are normal like those of any day of the year, but they will be accompanied by Flash offers and prime offerswhich are exclusive to this sales period. The difference between these two types of offers is in its duration. Flash offers only last a few hoursand they usually release time by time, or for specific periods of time. With this, Amazon tries to always be pending users and entering the web to see the new promotions. In addition, products usually have these offers in limited units, which feeds compulsive purchases for fear of losing the reduction. While, Prime offers last a natural dayas long as the stock does not end first. These are usually the most important offers of Prime Day, the big hook with the best bargains to get our attention. They are usually very popular products with very important sales. Our Telegram for all offers If what you want is simply Know the best offers of this period of sales or any other day, it is important that you remember that the team of Xataka Selection He is always attentive to them. And if you give you some laziness walking on your website, you can turn to your official channel of Telegramwhere the best offers will be published. You can access entering the web T.me/xatakaseccionwhich will open telegram on your mobile or computer taking you to the channel. In it, click on Joinand from that you do it you can consult whenever you want this channel where we will publish the best offers. The Xataka selection channel works every day of the year, so you can stay to always see the offers that are coming out. But during the prime day, we will also offer you special content as compilations with thematic offersthat can help you even more than individual offers. The idea is that you don’t need anything else to not miss the best offers. Beware of price ups and drops We are now with the most complicated part of these offers, because many are designed to mislead and deceive you. A common tactic is Upload the price of a product a few hours or days before lowering them. In this way, they can put that the reduction is of a higher percentage to the previous price than it really is, because they have taken into account the previous inflation. It may also be that The percentage of the reduction refers to the recommended price of the product, which is normally higher than the real price to which it has been. If you buy headphones that are usually for 500 euros for 380 euros, the reduction is good, but Amazon may tell you that the reduction is of a final price of 599, thus inflating the percentage of what you save. Another thing to keep in mind is that prices vary greatly over timeand that a very good offer can be worse than another of the past, and the price can be even higher than that of ortho establishments. Therefore, Always compare prices with those of other establishments to have a better context of what the reduction is like. How to find the best Amazon offers To be able to navigate all this type of tricks in the offers, There are online tools to check prices of the products that are sold on Amazon. With them you can see the price history and check the ups and downs, and thus know if the current offer is really so spectacular or even if there has been some similar before. These tools are going to give you enough context to be able to distinguish between a good offer and a real bargain beyond the reduction percentages indicated by the store. These are the best tools To do so: Keepa Keepa It is possibly … Read more

Interior Spain has been dreaming of having a beach. Now you will have the largest private in Europe in … Guadalajara

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Much has rained since ‘The Refrescos’ sang that “there is no beach” in 1989. It is true that communities like Madrid either Castilla-La Mancha have several “beaches” in which they can cool off if parks in full heat wavebut by great, beautiful and refreshing that are those gaps, it seems that more water is needed. And, at a time when We are running out of beaches all over the planetGuadalajara has decided that it will open the largest interior beach in Europe. Alovera Beach. Alovera It is a town located in the Guadalajara countryside that has a population of about 13,500 inhabitants and will soon add to its tourist attractions the largest artificial beach in Europe. At least, They say so Those responsible for the project, the company Crystal Lagoons that has seen how the municipal plenary approved unanimously a transfer agreement for 40 years of land very close to the important Mahou beer factory on the outskirts of the municipality. The plot has about 105,000 square meters and the works are expected to begin at the end of this year to open their “doors” in spring of 2027. It is estimated that about 20 million euros will be invested and about 140 direct jobs will be created. It is a project that began to be developed in 2017, but that after the resource of environmental environment and reactivation after the COVID-19 Pandemiahe has seen green light a few days ago. The “Beach”. Within those more than ten hectares, the Chilean multinational Crystal Lagoons, That he has already built “beaches” of this type in other countries, he wants to create facilities that will consist of: An artificial lagoon of about 20,000 square meters with differentiated areas for bathroom and navigation. A white sand beach of 16,000 square meters. Complementary facilities such as a ‘club’ Ibizan style, aquatic attractions, sports activities and restoration. Parking with 1,000 places. In addition to private investment, the company will pay a fee of ten million euros throughout the 40 years of granting the land to the City Council. Crystal Lagoons technology. If we go around the company’s website, this “Lagoons” technology is mentioned several times. They mention that it is something “proprietary and ecological ”and what they detail is that their methodology is sustainable and profitable: Use 100 times less chemical than a conventional pool (thanks to a system of “”Disinfection pulses”), And 30 times less water than a golf course. It requires only 2% of the energy of traditional filtration systems by using pulses to group the largest particles in an area of ​​the lagoon, collecting them all at once. Minimum water consumption because it works with a closed circuit that is replenished only when there is evaporation. They affirmIn addition, that the cost of maintenance and construction is “very low, even lower than those of a park of the same size” and have a technology to capture rainwater and replace the pools and everything is monitored to maintain the parameters at the levels that they consider optimal. The land where the beach will be built Criticism. However, the project has generated controversies since its announcement in 2017, the environmental impact being the trigger. Ecologists in action critical The project by stating that it was a “nonsense and a waste of drinking water” to build something like that in a dry area that needs tank trucks in summer to satisfy the needs of the neighbors. The estimate is that it will consume more than 30 million liters of drinking water every year and that, to be viable, you will need water from the tributaries of the Tagus. They also have manifested political irregularities when carrying out the agreement. Look at 2027. Despite the voices against, Alovera Beach will begin to lift in the short term and the residents of the municipality will be able to access this artificial beach in the center of the Peninsula that will have direct connection with the A-2 and, therefore, with Madrid and all potential clients. As the multinational assures, Alovera’s will be the largest artificial lagoon of crystalline water in Europe, but it will not be the only one. In Spain they built the Alcazaba Lagoon in Malaga and Santa Rosalia in Murcia, in addition to having your eyes on Seville. There is also interest in expanding in Romania, France, Italy or Poland, thus adding these projects to those of the United States District One of Dubai. So, in the end, Madrid will have close -Otra- beach. Wow, go. In Xataka | Half the Canary Islands created an artificial beach to attract tourism. Without knowing it, he set up a sanctuary for angel sharks

“Who will pay the 30,000 euros of daily expenses?”

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In response to the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Europe and the US agreed to international blocking measures to the assets of Russian millionaires. That measure allowed states confiscate the mansions and yachts Of the Russian magnates who were in their respective territories, something that many cities and small states have not stopped repenting due to the high cost of maintenance of the Millionaire luxury superstars Russians The last to jump to fame for its high costs has been the Sailing Yacht aa latest generation That, with its 149 meters in length, it is considered the largest in the world, much ahead of the Koru of Jeff Bezos and its 127 meters. He Sailing Yacht a It was blocked In March 2022 when he anchored in the port of Trieste, for belonging to the Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko. Since then, the luxury superveler has been nothing more than a headache for the mayor of Trieste, who In an interview With the local news channel Telequattro expressed restlessness for municipal coffers due to the high cost of their maintenance: “Who will pay the 30,000 euros of daily expenses?”, The indignant Italian mayor requested. The superyate floats, but the municipal coffers sink In the port of Trieste, the megayate Sailing Yacht aowned by the Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko, has been retained for three years due to European sanctions against Russia. Far from being a source of pride or tourist curiosity, the presence of this giant of the sea has meant a huge disbursement for the city. In the words of the mayor of the town of just over 200,000 inhabitants, Roberto Dipiazza, keeping the ship docked in its port is a daily disbursement of about 30,000 euros, together adding an invoice higher than 11 million euros Since the European authorities decreed their embargo on the Russian millionaire. The Sailing Yacht A has 149 of length The superveler, whose estimated value is around 600 million dollars according to The specialized pressremains in custody of the municipal authorities waiting for a definitive resolution on their destination. However, the legal situation of Melnichenko’s sailboat is not that of a confiscated good, but An administrative block. This distinction is crucial since the Italian jurisprudence dictates that A blocked asset must be returned under the same conditions If the sanctions are raised or if the owner successfully challenges the inclusion in the list of sanctioned by Europe. That is, the Municipal Corporation, as responsible for its Navy, must ensure its conservation While European Justice Solve its auction or return to its owner. Maintenance only within reach of a millionaire The 30,000 euros daily mentioned by the mayor of Trieste only ensures the essential operation for the conservation of the luxurious yacht. During the more than a thousand days tied in the Marina de Trieste, the maintenance cost of the ship has shot over 11 million euros, although local media as Il piccolo Increase this estimate to 18 million euros. As the Mayor Dipiazza has stressed in his television statements, the city is not responsible for the blockade of the Sailing Yacht abut responds to a European Union decision against Russian magnates close to the government of Vladimir Putin, but his presence is causing an unassumable expense for his citizens. Sailing Yacht to anchored near the port of Trieste The problem is repeated: the case of the Alpha Nero and the eclipse Trieste’s case is not the only one in which the confiscation of a Russian yacht has put the local economy in check. On the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda, El Superyate Alpha Nero He became In a similar nightmare. Only in fuel, the superyate owned by the Russian oligarch Andrey Guryev consumed 2,000 dollars of fuel daily only for keep the air conditioning in operation. This procedure is essential to prevent exclusive interior finishes in noble and metal woods deteriorating through the saltpeter of the sea and moisture. In that case, the weekly maintenance bill reached $ 28,000. The long judicial blockade for the ownership of the ship prevented the sale or auction of the yacht for monthswhich forced Antillean taxpayers to pay crew, fuel and maintenance expenses. When finally It was sold For 40 million dollars, the authorities recognized that this money would serve to cover “the huge hole that the superyte has left in the public coffers of the small Caribbean island,” in words of the Secretary of Cabinet of Antigua Lionel Hurst. He SUPERY Eclipseowned by the billionaire Roman Abramovich, is another example of the high cost of these superyates confiscations. He Eclipse He was docked for more than three years in Muğla, Türkiye. Your engines never turned offsince its generators had to stay at 24 hours to keep the air conditioning system into operation. In this case, the Eclipse registered a consumption of 1,000 liters of daily fuelwhich does not only imply an economic cost but also affects the environmental pollution of cities by CO2 that their engines, in permanent functioning, pour to the atmosphere. In the case of Sailing Yacht ahe High price of maintenance Not only is it given by fuel consumption, but also including the ship’s bearing expenses, the salary of the minimum crew on board to operate maintenance systems, safety patrols that monitor the superveler and The mandatory insurance that must cover all the boats. In Xataka | The sanctions against Russia sought to stop the Russian elite: they have ended up creating new fortunes in full war Image | Flickr (Paul Fenton, Adrianovero), Wikimedia Commons (Maximum marmur)

Five of the best technology offers in Mediamarkt and El Corte Inglés, today October 4

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There are very few days left for the arrival of the Prime offers party Amazon and some stores have already prepared by throwing their own campaigns. So much The English Court With your save VAT as Mediamarkt With their oktobertech and several offers they have very good discounts, so in this article we will review which are the best technology offers that will be available only today, October 4. Xiaomi Redmi Pad by 169 eurosa good tablet that comes with 256 GB of internal storage. Western Digital My Passport by 111.56 eurosan excellent hard drive with 5 TB capacity. Sony Ult Wear by 121.50 euros When registering in the store, some headphones with a very good value for money. ASUS VIVOBOOK GO 15 by 371.05 eurosa very balanced laptop. Fire TV Stick 4K by 35.90 eurosan ideal device to see steraming content. Xiaomi Redmi Pad It is not necessary to spend a lot of money to have a good tablet with which to see movies and series. Mediamarkt has an offer for 169 euros the Redmi Pad Se of Xiaomi, a tablet that incorporates a 11 -inch screen and 256 GB of internal storagealthough it admits microSD cards up to 1 TB. Its four speakers are compatible with Dolby Atmos and its processor is the Snapdragon 680 6nm. Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE (256 GB) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Western Digital My Passport If you are running out of internal storage on the computer, you may be interested in this hard drive Western Digital My Passport. In El Corte Inglés Cuesta 111.56 eurosalthough in Amazon it has a price of 106.61 euros. Has 5 TB of storagea good figure to save many photos, videos and files, and has the ability to protect the password and encryption data. Western Digital My Passport (5 TB) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Sony Ult Wear Sony’s headphones usually have quite high prices, but not all. The brand launched a while ago Sony Ult Wear We already liked them a lot for their value for money. Right now they are offer in Mediamarkt by 121.50 eurosprice that we will see only if we are registered in the store. Among its best characteristics we have to They are very comfortable even if used for hoursthey have one of the best active noise cancellations that we have experienced and their theoretical autonomy is up to 30 hours. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links ASUS VIVOBOOK GO 15 If you need a laptop, but you want something economical, in El Corte Inglés there are enough options, but one of the most sweet is the model is the model ASUS VIVOBOOK GO 15. Not only has a good price of 371.05 eurosbut we talk about a laptop that comes with a OLED screensomething unusual in this price range. In addition, its panel is 15.6 inches, it comes with an Ryzen 5 processor together with 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of SSD and its battery has a fast charge, allowing it to have it loaded up to 60% in just 50 minutes. ASUS VIVOBOOK GO 15 (E1504FA-BQ2448) The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Fire TV Stick 4K Although it is a Amazon device, Mediamarkt also sells the Fire TV Stick 4Kand also have it on offer. By 35.90 euros We talk about a good device to “convert” any TV with at least an HDMI port on a smart TV, although it is also interesting if we have an old smart tv and we look for a better performance. This model is capable of reproducing in 4K and is compatible with Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, although for this we need a television that is also compatible with that resolution and both formats. The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Mediamarkt, El Corte Inglés y Buyadicción (header), Xiaomi, Wester Digital, Sony, Asus, Amazon In Xataka | Best tablets (2025). Which to buy and 8 recommended models for all pockets and needs In Xataka | Best Amazon Fire TV. Which to buy and recommended models to turn your TV into a smart TV depending on the use

The amount of nuclear energy generated by each country, detailed in this interactive map

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The World Nuclear Association esteem that there are about 430 operational nuclear reactors worldwide. In full Era of renewables and the decarbonizationnuclear energy remains a important energy source for many countriesso much that China, India or France depend largely on it and even private companies resort to their “own” reactors to feed the glottone artificial intelligence. And in This interactive map We can see not only what are the countries that produce more nuclear energybut how many reactors have or the participation of nuclear in its energy mix. The US giant. The color leaves no doubt: the United States is the country that most GWH from gender nuclear energy in 2024. The estimate is 823 TWH and, although the separate data may not tell us anything, put into context represents about 30% of global nuclear energy. It is the country with more active nuclear reactors -94- and it is estimated that the nuclear participated in just over 18% of its energy mix. It is a remarkable figure if we take into account the impulse of renewables in recent yearsas well as the Importance of gas and oil in its energy matrix. And it contrasts a lot with the 85 TWH of Canada or only 12.3 TWH of Mexico, countries with 19 and two reactors respectively. China. The next darker color is China. Your case is curious because, if there is a Example of impulse to renewableswith immense importance of both wind as of the Photovoltaicbut also with the largest hydroelectric dam in the world (and another under construction), that is China. The 57 reactors in the country are estimated to generate about 450 TWH of electricity, placing themselves as the second power in this area. However, unlike the United States and other countries that we will see below, although they are investigating to have more reactors (with some latest generation on the horizon), the participation of nuclear is still very low in the Asian giant. The calculation is that less than 5% of China’s energy in 2024 arrived from a nuclear reactor. France, Top 1. The French neighbors are those who complete the podium of nuclear energy production and, if in the case of the US we talk about an important participation, in the Frenchman we have to refer to this source as fundamental. It is estimated that the nuclear generated 380.5 TWH for 2024, but the most relevant data is that 67.3% of the energy consumed by France was nuclear. With its 57 reactors, it is the country most dependent on nuclear energy worldwide. France has made huge investments both in nuclear energy and in Nuclear weaponsbeing one of the European shields in this aspectbut perhaps more attention figures from other European countries that, with less reactors, are almost as dependent as France. Slovakia (five reactors) with 60.6%, Belgium (five reactors) with 54.5%, Hungary (four reactors) with 47%, Bulgaria (two reactors) with 41%or Czech Republic (six reactors) with 40%also depend on nuclear energy. Another curious case is that of Slovenia, which has only one reactor and 35% of the country’s electricity depends on not failing. Countries ordered by its dependence on nuclear energy Blank countries. As curious as seeing what countries use and depend on the electricity generated from nuclear energy is to pass the mouse on those that are completely blank. One is Germany. If you have traveled by plane from Spain to Colonia or Berlin, you will have seen the occasional central, so it is rare to see that it does not produce electricity through nuclear. The country had its maximum in 2006, when it generated about 170 twh that would put it together with the giants of today, but after a series of political decisions and step on the accelerator after the Fukushima’s tragic accidentGermany closed all its centrals in 2023. Another absent is Australia, where it is prohibited by law. Also Italy, which prohibited it in referendums made in 1987 and 2011. Dynamic. However, all this can change. The use of nuclear energy remains a hot topic both for those who argue that it is a cleaner source of energy than coal or gas (which They seem to resurface strongly due to Consumption of data centers) as for the detractors who They allude to accidents and problems with Waste management. There are political voices in ItalyAustralia, Poland or Germany that ask for a return to nuclear energy, and the truth is that there are countries that continue to investigate to expand their “arsenal” of reactors. India, South Korea, Japan or China itself have a positive trend in the use of nuclear and it is estimated that there are about 70 reactors under construction. The interesting thing will be to take a look at this map within a few years, since among the plans for Reactivate nuclear centrals that meet the needs of the technological industry, the increase in Investment in giants such as India or China and research in SMR reactors and of nuclear fusionthe panorama can change a lot in the coming years. In Xataka | China was the great pollut the planet: now it is emerging as the first “electrostate” in history

A company has developed a head that gestures like a human

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When we think of a convincing humanoid, we imagine him looking into our eyes, blinking and accompanying the words with gestures that give context. Robotics advances at a good pace and there are machines that Solve acrobatics with solvencybut they still transmit more mechanics than humanity. What is missing for interaction to flow is the gesture that completes the message. In recent months, ads and tests in China have started exploring that layer. From muscle to the face. For a long time, the bar was to get a robot to move autonomy and exceed resistance tests. That chapter begins to be resolved with increasingly solid models in the mechanical plane. What is now raised is another challenge: reproducing the nonverbal communication that people take for granted. From a gesture of approval to a surprise reaction, they are signs that open the door to a real dialogue between humans and machines. A head that gestures. The Chinese company Aheadform has shown a prototype that materializes this transition. In a video broadcast on YouTube You see a robotic head that blinks, nods and follows the environment with a surprisingly convincing look. The company, founded in 2024, Explain on your website that its objective is to achieve more natural interactions between people and machines. To do this, it seeks to integrate advanced language models with realistic facial expressions that allow to respond in real time. Under the ‘skin: To make the prototype look alive engines Brushlesssmall silent devices capable of coordinating precise movements. The model, baptized as Origin M1, integrates up to 25 of these actuators that control the different expressions. In their pupils, cameras are hidden that allow registering what happens around, while microphones and speakers facilitate real -time interaction. The combination of these elements explains subtle movements and response capacity. Integration of a robotic head of Aheadform into an experimental body The company ensures that the usefulness of these developments will go beyond the simple technical demonstration. It projects scenarios such as customer service, teaching or health care, where trust is also built with gestures and expressions. The approach is that a robot that smiles or nods more close than one with a neutral face. For now, these are declared intentions: the models are not commercially available. Academic support. Behind the video there is also peer reviewed research. In Science Robotics, in 2024Yuhang Hu and several collaborators presented a robot capable of predicting and reproducing human expressions as they occurred. The study provided evidence that real -time facial recognition and synchronized mechanical response are possible. It does not confirm that the current prototype is the same study system, but is consistent with the orientation that the company describes. Aheadform works in robotic heads with pupils that hide cameras An effort that goes further. China’s will to place humanoid robotics in the front line is a reality. It is not only about heads capable of gesturing, but also public exhibitions where complete bodies are tested. In the CMG World Robot Contest Series held in Hangzhou, for example, Four Unitree G1 starred in fighting Kickboxing Transmitted by TV. These humanoids showed coordination and agility, in a staging that reinforced the narrative of a country determined to lead the sector. The most recent closure of this agenda was the Half Marathon of Beijing, in which 21 robots toured a circuit parallel to that of human corridors. The organization highlighted the uniqueness of the event, but the implementation showed limitations: permanent technical assistance, battery replacement and route separation. Images | Aheadform In Xataka | Goal has begun to show its game in robotics. What you are looking for is clear: to be the Android of the robots thanks to the software

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