In the Nordic countries there is also a turn towards spirituality. Towards Odinist spirituality, specifically

In a forest outside Stockholm as evening falls, a dozen people raise horns of mead toward the sky as a priestess invokes Thor. There are no skins or horned helmets —That’s a Hollywood invention.—. Here there are mothers, office workers in light blue shirts, young people dressed in black, retirees, tattoos with runes and cookies … Read more

China already has an army of 5.8 million engineers. His new plan involves accelerating doctorates

China has a plan to win the technology race, one that began more than 40 years ago when decided to invest in training millions of engineers. We have seen it in the signings of the Meta superintelligence teamwhere the vast majority are Chinese. Chinese universities have a new plan to further accelerate the attainment of … Read more

There’s a reason you spend hours watching reels on Instagram until 3:00 AM: the science of doomscrolling

It’s one in the morning. We should be sleeping but the finger is still sliding across the screen, scrolling through videos on TikTokreels on Instagram or posts on X. A viral meme, a new fire in the area or a new political crisis has us hooked on the screen. And although we may be exhausted, … Read more

Christmas lights begin in a town in Andalusia that sells them to the rest of the planet: Puente Genil

Every year, while cities like vigo boast of their light shows and countries like Venezuela either Portugal compete to light Christmas before anyone else, there is an Andalusian municipality that, discreetly, has been setting the real rhythm of that calendar for decades. Although few know it, this is where Christmas really begins. A light by … Read more

The afternoon began as something more or less spontaneous. Today there are already companies that are “franchising” it to make money.

The late afternoon has taken hold in Spain. And it has done so much that, in just a few years, it has gone from being a word that required clarification of language academics to become a kind of ‘franchise’, a brand that is incorporated into events and even business. After all, since the pandemic, Spain … Read more

Matt Kiatipis is the viral street basketball sensation. What no one is clear about is if it is really basketball

If you are interested in sports content on social networks, it is very possible that your algorithmic paths have crossed at some point with Matt Kiatipisbetter known as MK, a street basketball player who is injecting an aggressiveness into his videos that many see it as the antithesis of the sporting spirit. We delve into … Read more

We have found the oldest living tree in the EU. It is on Teide and almost coincided with the Roman Empire

Spain is a tourism monster, and one of the most visited points is Teide. The territory of the volcano is imposing, and Bárbol hides on one of its slopes. As the character of ‘The Lord of the Rings‘, Treebeard, a Canary Islands cedar that was the oldest living tree in the European Union. And we … Read more

Parmersan cheese is extremely serious business in Italy. To the point of having his own agent in Hollywood

The most famous cheese in the world (with permission from Cabrales) has just hired representation in Hollywood. The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium (which is what the Italians call what we simply call Parmesan) has signed United Talent Agency (UTA), one of the leading agencies in the film industry, to boost the presence of the Italian product … Read more

the most disruptive technology for treating patients in the ICU turns out to be an MP3 file

When we think about the advances in hospitals to improve survival or recovery of patientswe can come to think of better respirators, monitors that offer thousands of data or new drugs that are almost miraculous. However, science has given us a blow of reality by demonstrating that accompanying families during hospital stays offers great results. … Read more

Olive oil is following in the footsteps of wine. And that happens through the pre-umification of the oil mills

There are few pleasures in this life that surpass that of dipping a good bread with plenty of crumbs in a bowl with quality olive oil. It depends on the time and the point of the roller coaster that is the olive oil priceit is something that we can do more or less frequently, and … Read more

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