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Returning home is not the same for a woman as a man. We know where each one looks

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

The eyes are the mirror of the soul. Or at least this is stated by the old Adagio. That is why when a time ago a group of scientists from the Brigham Young University (Byu) He wanted to find out how people feel when he walks back home at night, and especially to what extent he influences that feeling that they are men or women, he noticed precisely in that: his eyes. What caught their attention. With the help of heat maps, the researchers found out what areas of the road the women look at and which men focus on. The results are eloquent. Where do you look? For your study the researchers of Brigham Young They did a relatively simple test: they interviewed almost 600 students (56% were women and 44% men) who showed 16 images taken at the UTAH Valley University, Wesminster, Utah University and Byu itself. Then they were asked to imagine walking alone for each of those areas and mark the areas that attract their attention the most. To facilitate their work, the researchers used a heat map tool of QUALTRICS and different types of photos. Some of the images showed daytime environments, with natural light. Others had taken out at night. The selection also included several scenarios with more or less ‘oppressive’ environments. What did you discover? That the answers varied depending on whether the interviewee was a woman or a man. The former focused significantly on the periphery of the image, where they could arise “Possible security risks”. The men look forward, basically at focal points or their destination. They attended to the points of light, the trails, garbage cubes … their visual pattern was clearly different and rather reflected “a scan of the perimeter”, pending the edges of the road, dark areas or shrubs. But … what did they see? To better understand the differences between men and women, the most useful is to observe the heat maps that the Byu team incorporated into Your studypublished in 2024 in Violence and Gender and that we reproduce in this article. The material is interesting because not all photos without equal. There are images with little light in “high entrapment” environments. Others taken by day, with light, and in spaces where the options to escape are limited. And others of “low entrapment” both in night and daytime stages. Among them there are notable differences, but usually the graphics show that women pay more attention to the edges of the photos than men, whose look focuses on what they have in front of them, the point they are going to. What does it mean? The study has its own biases. As Remember Lee Chambersof Male Allies UK, the investigation was carried out in the US, is based on the responses provided by the interviewees and it is not unreasonable that the result is conditioned by cultural reasons. “I can say as a man that there is an element of social conditioning to look forward, since it transmits trust and not fear,” he explains. However, the study is revealing. Technicalities and details apart, For byu What he shows us is basically that walking home at night “is not the same” for men and women. “The study provides clear visual evidence of the constant exploration of the environment that women do when they walk in the dark, a security consideration that, according to the study, is exclusive to their experience,” concludes the university. Why is it important? In words De Robbie Chaney, a public health professor at the Byu and one of the authors of the research, maps only visual “what people think, feel or do when they move through these spaces.” “Before starting the study we expected to see differences, but not in such a contrasted way.” Hence, for Ayssa Baer, another of the study authors, the work offers “a starting point to generate awareness.” “I hope that, having concrete data, we can initiate conversations that lead to significant actions,” The researcher abounds. His study may be theoretical and move in the academic sphere, but the authors advocate to serve those responsible for designing university environments to take into account “the different experiences, perceptions and security” of men and women. Images | Byu and Florian Marette (Unspash) In Xataka | I work simulating that I am a woman on a false dating website. Men believe I am real and pay for talking to me

The Bugatti Veyron broke with everything thanks to a brutal engine. One that was born with some scribbles painted at 320 km/h

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

Year 2005. Spain sings unleashed “El Nano” De Melendi. No doubt luked by Fernando Alonso, The Renault Mégane was the best selling car That year. It entered into force Euro 4 That, we did not know yet, but it would be the border that now marks what diesel cars can receive the DGT’s sticker. But while Renault lives a golden era chaining two pilot titles in Formula 1, in Europe they are to other things. Those things represents them well Volkswagen, who will present 20 years ago a unique car that marked a before and after in the history of the car: the Bugatti Veyron. A car that was born before, drawn on a 320 km/h paper. Because the origin of Bugatti Veyron must be looked for in a Japanese Shinkansen. Almost a decade before. Paper and Boli at 320 km/h Year 1997. Ferdinand Piëchgrandson of Ferdinand Porsche, directs the Volkswagen Group. His career supports him. He has played a fundamental role in the victories of Porsche in Le Mans, in the six -cylinder boxer engine for the Porsche 911 and in the Quattro de Audi traction. Piëch travels in the wagon of a shinkansen, The Japanese bullet train that reaches 320 km/h. At that time, Japanese high -speed railway lines seem to arrive from the future. Next to him is Karl-Heinz Neumann, head of motor development of the Volkswagen Group, which shows a completely crazy idea to which he has been trying to shape in his head. To explain the ideas on paper, an engine with 18 cylinders. What would happen if you take three VR6 motors from Volkswagen and put it online? Piëch is clear, would transform an engine that is already one of the jewels of the market and the group into a masterpiece. A engine of more than 600 hp. Enough to get its great ambition to put on the street a car that exceeds 400 km/h. The problem is that it would be a development and a product so expensive that there is no way to fit it in one of the group’s brands. That is why the company is behind a new brand to turn its flag. Its impossible engine must arrive from the hand of a brand that represents the most extreme luxury. Rolls-Royce It is the chosen one. But at the auction for acquiring the company, BMW advances to its buyatiots. In an exploitation license game, Volkswagen reaches an agreement with Vickers but it is a wrong decision because this group has the right of exploitation but the company is owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, the Motor Manufacturer for Aircraft. It is with them with whom BMW reaches an agreement. Aware that they cannot do anything, Volkswagen ends up selling the rights of the spirit of ecstasy, The mythical figure that Rolls-Royce cars look on the front. They count on Motorpasion that fate seems to have changed because on a visit to Mallorca, Piëch’s son asks his father to buy him a reply of a Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic. The mandamás is clear, it is time to buy Bugatti, a brand that had fallen in bankruptcy after a first attempt to return his former French aura. With the purchase in 1998, Giorgetto Giugiaro is incorporated, who had directed the design of the Bugatti EB112 in command of Italdesign. In a few months, Bugatti already presents prototypes with the famous W18 devised by Piëch. But it is in September of the year 2000 when the first sketch of the Veyron is finally seen. We talked about the Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron that left aside the W18 to unite two V8 and thus give life to the very well known W16. The engine, unlike the version with 18 cylinders that was atmospheric, uses four turbocompressors. A few months later, Bugatti confirms a decision that seemed out of science fiction: he would manufacture the car in a limited roll. The figures were unthinkable for the time. The W16 8.0 engine generated 1,001 hp of power, reached 401 km/h peak speed and delivered a 1.250 nm motor torque. To understand the challenge facing Volkswagen in his idea of breaking the barrier of the 400 km/h, the McLaren F1 It had stayed at 386 km/h of peak speed but that record was in force since 1994. We would have to wait until 2005 to see on the street the first Bugatti Veyron that broke, as anticipated, the US speed record Sale in S7 Twin Turbo that record 399 km/h only one year earlier. In the end, A few km/h went above. Ferdinand Piëch managed to fulfill the dream of breaking two barriers. Bugatti Veyron was the first car in Overcome 1,000 hp and the 400 km/h standing speed. It was the beast that the group needed, a car at the height of a brand like Bugatti, hyperluvian, unique and extremely fast. Photos | Bugatti In Xataka | Bugatti Veyron was a jewel that cost 1.7 million dollars: Volkswagen lost 6.7 million with each one that sold

The bottle has been reigning for years as the great wine format. Now competitors have come out: the tap and cardboard

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

When you step on a restaurant there are certain images you assume as normal. “Normal” is for example that if you ask for a cane the waiter goes to the tap in the bar and throws it with greater or lesser art. And “normal” is that if you want is a wine (Let’s put a river) That same waiter takes out a bottle and serves 150 ml in a glass. However in a time when the cane It is falling cape Things also change in viticulture. Although the bottle remains the queen is increasingly “normal” that this wine is served with a tap, cardboard or kite. And it makes sense. Of bottles and boxes. That we carry years decades associating good wine and category restaurants to good bottles does not mean that the bottle, as such, is the only way to keep it. Not even serving the client. Hoteliers have other options, such as Bag-in-Box either Keykegsthat basically rethink the way of packing and handling the broths. Instead of doing it in the lifelong bottles that close with a cork use cardboard boxes provided with a valve and with a polyethylene bag inside. Or a system of metal bariletes and taps similar to the one used for decades to serve beer reeds. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Image question. The system is not new. As explained already in 2016 Fernando Marinas, from Finca La Estacada, The Grific Wine (Wine on Tap) exists for a long time and stainless steel barrels and Disposable PET type Nor are they a novelty for companies in the sector. In the US, its use can be in fact traced to the 80s. The novelty is how they are expanding through the bars and shops in Spain and (the really curious) how that formula tries to shake the stigma that often associates cardboard packaging to poor quality wine. A tap wine, please! Although the bottle is still the undisputed queen of the sector and it will be difficult for the cards to replace them in homes, in the hospitality it is increasingly easy to meet tap wine. In a context marked by A remarkable increase In bulk wine imports, hoteliers have decided to give a chance to the Bag-in-Box and the taps. It can be checked with a rapid review of the Spanish press, but also the foreigner. In recent years, coinciding with his popularity during confinement have dedicated articles The Guardian either The Telegraph. Recently The country published Also a report in which he cited as a half example dozen premises spread over Spain in which they serve as if they were beer. And the list is only that: a small sample. There are companies Betting on bottling in keg And bars that when they are asked for a wine already give the option to serve it in different formats (glass, half jug or jug) directly from the tap. “A new language in the world of wine”, summed up a year ago Iago Pazos, of Abastos 2.0, in The voice of Galicia. “It doesn’t mean they are worth less”. The pending tap wine does not have so much to do with the product itself, logistics, transport or distribution to hoteliers as with their image. To expand, the wine packaged in Bag-in-Box and served just like the reeds must shake the prejudices that for years associate the format to the low quality broths. “They are careful wines. That they are in a box does not mean that they are worth less. On the contrary: they reach places where they were not before,” claims in The country Maite Sánchez, from the Arrayán winery. So that this idea can producers have a complex and nothing simple task: break with decades of hegemony of the bottle and its success among the clientele. He recognizes it The Galician host Juan Fernández, owner of a place with 10 taps. “We take the wines already served, in a glass or jar and there are people who look at it suspicion. Then they try it, they find that the wine is the same or better than the bottling and they already accept it. We have a work of promotion and didactics.” But … why? The million dollar question. One thing is that the wine can be transported in cardboard and served with taps, just like beer; But … Why resort to that format if the bars lead a lifetime working with bottles? For format promoters the answer is easy: the plus they provide. “Everything is advantages”, Fernández emphasizes About his wine. “It has no contact with oxygen or light and therefore the wine does not evolve and retains all its properties. And there are no risks, such as damaging the cork.” Marine too stands out Format strengths, both for warehouses, which save the expenses of the bottling, and for hoteliers or consumers, who end up being favored by that same cut. “Stainless steel does not generate product flavor migration such as other materials, which ensures that the product will maintain its organoleptic properties throughout the distribution chain,” duck. In the case of Keykeg Marinas points the same qualities, although “unlike the steel barrel does not last so much in stock.” The footprint outside the wineries and bars. In his analysis he also recalls the “ecological savings” that allows the format. “Each 20 -liter barrel equals 26.6 bottles, corks and less labels,” List Before listing other “practical advantages”, such as ease when inventoring and transporting barrels, the speed of the service or the generation of less waste in the premises itself. Of course, it clarifies that not all wines are equally suitable for the format. The most appropriate in their opinion are young people with a few months in barrel. There are producers who They claim In addition, the wine carbon footprint in bags and cardboard format is (much) less than the traditional packaging, with its bottle and cork. How much? According to Oliver Leaby The Bib Wine Company, about … Read more

The best uses for the port beyond loading your mobile

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

Let’s tell you everything What you can do with the USB-C connector of your Android mobile. This is the slot that is used to put the mobile to load, although there are also many other things that you will be able to do with it, and that is what we are going to tell you. We are going to tell you at different points everything you will be able to do with this connector. We will explain it to you in a very summarized way, so that you understand that characteristic, and thus be able to think what you can do Better data transfer To be able to send data from another device to your mobile online, messages to oneself in messaging apps, or through the cloud or bluetooth is fine. But wired connection is still faster When moving the data from or to your Android. Although the transmission speed may depend on the USB-C version that integrates each manufacturer, and when you connect two devices with each other the speed is the maximum of the slowest of the two, it will almost always be faster than transfer data wirelessly. Entertainment that does not occupy memory As this is a standardized connector and almost everyone uses it, you will also be able to connect external storage units that also use USB-C. For example, there are some pendrive and hard drives that use it, and there are also SD or microSD card adapters. This will allow you to carry large files in these units, and connect them to the mobile to consume them. Think, for example, in entertainment, such as Books, music or videos. You can take them in these units without spending internal storage or cloud space. Manual backups Beyond the backups made in the cloud, you can Save important files manually In these storage units that we have mentioned before. Because there may be some that you want to keep in another physical place, and this is a good method. For example, imagine that you have stored photos or videos that occupy a lot, but you do not want to lose or pay more space in the cloud. Well, you can keep them manually in these units to keep them but save the space they occupy. Load other devices Another thing you will be able to do is Use your Android as an external batterysomething especially useful in the event that you have a model with a especially large battery. You can connect another device to it, and load that other mobile or tablet. Of course, don’t forget that this will make your battery run faster. Use controls to play without latency If you usually use your mobile or Android tablet to play top -level games, it is possible that in some cases you prefer to use a command. It may not matter in some games, but there are others in which It may be important to use a wiring control Use a USB-C connector. As in data transfers, when you use a wiring control You will have much less latencywhich means that since you press a button until the order of the button reaches the mobile will pass less milliseconds. In some competitive games this can prevent great disadvantages. Connect a mouse or keyboard to your Android If you have an adapter to be able to connect the USB of type a that mice use at the USB-C port of your Android, you will be able to connect a mouse to use it On your mobile or tablet. Maybe in contexts such as when you have connected a monitor, you can serve to move a little better by the interface. In addition to a mouse, you can also connect a keyboard, just like what we have told you before connecting a control control. Use your mobile as a camera … or vice versa You can use your camera Android as webcam in Windowsand thus take advantage of the quality of which your phone equips so you don’t need to buy any external. For this you will need a cable that connects the mobile to the computer, and A specific application Help you take advantage of it. You can also connect an external or webcam camera to your Android using an OTG adapter (ON-THE-GO). This is much less common, and does not always work well, since it depends on the capabilities of each phone, and the applications you have installed to take advantage of this. In Xataka Basics | Where is my download folder: how to find it on Android, iPhone or iPad, Windows and Mac

With housing for clouds, Spain had never won so much with rentals

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

If we talk about housing, Spain has always been a country of owners. Twenty years ago the percentage of households that resided in a house in its name It was 80%compared to just 9.5% rented (at market price). Things have changed since then. While families residing in their own homes remain a large majority, lease He has gained strength. That demand increase, added to tourist rental boomha Turned prices In recent years, especially in big citiessuch as Madrid or Barcelona. That reality has had an effect Beyond the market, in the rent of Spanish households: profits related to real estate has reached a record level. What does that mean? That those who pay income do so more expensive than everbut those who charge them have seen how their profits grew so much that, together, the country’s households had never entered so much through that way. The (Great) Footprint of the Rentals. The increase of rentals and The increase of tourist housing has not only tension the real estate market, deriving in protests such as those summoned to early April in dozens of cities in Spain or the famous “Key Revolution” held in October 2024. Its effect has also been clear elsewhere: the pockets of the landlords. Those who charge income, either for the rent of a home, a place or a garage, has seen how that source of income for their own domestic economy He shot In just a few years until reaching records. In fact, household revenues for that reason are in its highest level Since at least 1995. A percentage: more than 90%. The data is interesting for several reasons. First, because we usually think of large investment funds when talking about rent, the reality is that more than 90% of the properties that are leases as habitual housing and market price are in the hands of individuals. Natural persons. No societies or vulture funds. In fact, societies are owners of 8%. He reveals it The Bank of Spain in a recent report with data from 2021. The second reason is that in Spain they receive income from the rental of properties More than three million of people. A figure: 31.5 billion. If we can have an exact idea of how much it ascends and what this huge flow of income related to the rental of properties, from houses to premises or garages, is thanks to the Tax Agency and its collection reports. In latestpublished recently and whose content has analyzed eldiario.es, it is revealed that last year the profits by leased real estate amounted to 31.5 billion euros. That is the fact of what homes perceive. To him would be added what they perceive through companies. It is the largest data of the historical series published by the Tax Agency, which dates back to 1995 and that except for some exceptions (for example between 2019 and 2020, coinciding with the pandemic) has maintained an ascending curve. As a reference, in 2023 the gross income of households related to the lease of real estate remained slightly below 29,600 million. If we look at 2008, he added 16,123, which has almost doubled since then. Gross household income (millions of euros) 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2024 Furniture capital 18,156 11,948 14,749 22,710 15,842 14,801 30,767 Leased properties 5,980 8,087 12,027 16,485 17,881 22,680 31.504 Patrimonial gains 2,452 11,619 24,808 10.507 13,320 18.122 28.818 Total capital income 26,588 31,654 51,584 49,701 47,043 55,602 91.089 Does the report relieve anything else? Yes, that this increase has consolidated the rental of real estate as the main capital income in Spanish households. What does that mean? For fiscal purposes, capital income is the income achieved thanks to assets such as investments, properties sold or rents, among others. In 2024 the latter (rentals) added 31,504 million euros, while the furniture capital remained at 30,767 and the heritage earnings in 28,818. That the first has climbed so much is not just due to the market or the rental boom. The Treasury himself has narrowed the siege to the tourist rental, which has made homes that were rented without declaring have emerged in the eyes of the Treasury. Why is it important? Because it was not always the case. In 2008, Spanish households entered 16,123 million through the lease of real estate while Furniture capital (Bank accounts, bonds, titles, etc.) generated about 22.7 billion. Coinciding with the increase in income via rent, Eldiario precise Another curious circumstance: rentals, furniture capital and heritage gains (surplus value of homes or shares) represent just over 10% of the total homes of households. It did not happen since 2008. The main homes of households remain those associated with work, which last year exceeds 753.4 billion euros. The income of the companies and other concepts complete the general photo exceeding 57.3 billion. What tells us about the sector? That the income of the homemade grows up is interesting in themselves, but it is still another symptom of the situation of the real estate market. Its increase coincides with the increase in rentals (of more than 90% in the last decade, according to The data of the idealist portal), The boom of the tourist floors and an increasing In record time. At the same time and given the difficulties in saving, achieving financing and becoming a owner, the rental option is gaining weight as a vital option. The INE estimates that in 2021 15.9% of households They resided in rent. In 2011 that percentage was two lower points (13.5%). Interestingly, a very similar figure, 15.5% of households, had second residence, which places them in the group of potential families that become homemade. Images | Nicolas Vigier (Flickr) and Joan Ggk (Flickr) In Xataka | Idealist has calculated the “effort rate” of the Spaniards to pay the rent. The panorama is not encouraging

Each shield of their cars and charges it as an extra

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

Luxury car manufacturers They mark differences With general manufacturers by Your extreme care For the detail and exclusivity. In the case of Ferrari, one of the most valued elements is The shield that adorns the fins front of their cars, a symbol that goes far beyond being a simple ornament and that represents the artisanal essence and The prestige of the brand. This shield is the emblem that represents the level of dedication and perfectionism that the brand founded by Enzo Ferrari printed in each of its models, thus justifying the High price of your cars. Ferrari’s shield, known as “Scudetto”, It’s not just a badge: It is a small work of art that requires a thorough and completely manual process. Therefore, instead of using a plaque or an adhesive as the majority would do, one by one is painted and, of course, it makes the final bill of the car increase a few thousand dollars because It is an extra option that must be added when configuring the car. Each ‘Scudetto Aerografato’ is unique The process of Personalization in Ferrari It is so detailed that each car can be configured to the extreme, allowing customers to access an almost endless list of extras. In fact, the Personalization of supercar and luxury cars has become such a lucrative business how to build the car itself. The scudetti “Scuderia Ferrari” is one of the most emblematic and, although its price varies according to the model and the country, It is usually between 1,000 and 2,000 euros. For example, the collector Shmee150 had In a video On the customization of its Ferrari 296 GTS, which the cost of the shields was 1,325 euros. In a Ferrarista forum, a user published the budget photo of the customization of a Ferrari 458 Italia and the painting of the shields amounted to 1,183 euros. Touch the image to go to the original message As Ferrari herself showed in a published video In his X profilethe creation of each shield is A completely handmade process which demands a high degree of precision and patience. Each of the two shields that are placed in the front fins of a Ferrari requires up to eight hours of manual work, which is a total of 16 hours dedicated exclusively to this detail in each car. Maranello’s brand assured That this work is carried out by artisan experts from the Ferrari Painting Department, who apply several layers of paint and submit each shield to rigorous quality control before the car leaves the factory. Ferrari could opt for faster and more economic methods, but according to Stefano del Puglia, head of painting in Maranello, this decision does not respond to the lack of mechanized alternatives, but to the intention of making each Ferrari Be truly unique and of Increase the value of each vehicle For its owner. “The simplest solution would have been to use stickers, covered with a layer of transparent varnish to keep them in place and protect them from the weather. But Ferrari is not known for looking for the easy solution,” he said of the puglia. According to published The brand of ‘Il Cavallino Rampante’, “is an artisanal approach that is adopted not due to lack of mechanized alternatives; it is a deliberate effort, a part of what makes each Ferrari unique, something that improves the value of each car for its owner.” Somehow, they say from Ferrari, “it is like an autograph of its creator.” In Xataka | Luxury cars manufacturers already react to US tariff In Xataka | Ferrari is already noticing “the great transfer of wealth”: millennials and generation Z are already its main clients Image | Unspash (Jash Kothari)

Five offers to take advantage of Mediamarkt and El Corte Inglés during the first weekend of May

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

We begin the month of May with very good offers in the different stores, so in this article we wanted to focus on two of the largest: the English Court and Mediamarkt. Both have their respective campaigns, and in this case we have very good Discounts on portable computers, OLED televisions, Apple mobiles and more. LG GRAM 14Z90S by 1,099 eurosan interesting laptop that stands out, above all, for its autonomy of up to almost 30 hours. Samsung S85D by 899 eurosan OLED TV with a 55 -inch screen. iPhone 16 by 829 eurosa new minimum historical price of MediaMarkt on the mobile of the current Apple generation. Philips Bliss by 169.99 eurosone of the roof fans with the most popular retractable blades of the brand. Huawei Watch Fit 3 by 99 eurosa sports bracelet that stands out in its design, but also in everything it offers. LG GRAM 14Z90S Windows computers do not usually offer great autonomy, especially if we compare them with the MacBook. But there are exceptions, as is the case with LG GRAM 14Z90S that we can find in the English Court at a price of 1,099 eurossince in this case its battery offers a Autonomy of up to 29.5 hours. In addition to this, it sets a good 14 -inch IPS screen which offers a WQXGA resolution (1,920 x 1,200 pixels), it comes with the Intel Core Ultra 7-155H processor, its operating system is Windows 11 Home And it has both RAM and 512 GB of SSD. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung S85D If you want to renew the old television on the living room and you are looking for a model with a good screen, but you do not want to spend a great fortune, Mediamarkt has a good price on this Samsung S85D of 55 inches, since with the store offer it remains for 899 euros. And it is a good price because the Samsung S85D Monta, in this case, a 55 -inch OLED screen. In addition to this, the screen is antirreflejos, offers a 100 Hz refreshment rate, it is compatible with HDR10+ and with Dolby Atmos And it comes with the multi-view mode to see two contents at the same time. Samsung S85D (OLED, 55 inches) * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 16 On the other hand, if what you want is to renew the mobile and you are looking for a good price in an Apple model, Mediamarkt has never had so cheap the iPhone 16 In its 128 GB configuration. By 829 euros We are facing a very interesting mobile that rides a 6.1 -inch XDR SUPER RETURAis compatible with Apple Intelligence And it comes with him camera control button. * Some price may have changed from the last review Philips Bliss Now that it is doing good weather in part of the Peninsula, it is good to think if we are going to buy or not a fan. In fact, among the new Medamarkt offers we find a reduction in the price of Philips Blissone of the most popular roof fans of the brand. We can find it for 169.99 euros. It comes with retractable blades and a configurable LED light with a timer. As the brand mentions, it is easy to install, works for both summer and winterincludes several speeds of the blades and is silent. * Some price may have changed from the last review Huawei Watch Fit 3 Finally, El Corte Inglés has a good price on a sports bracelet most interesting both for its design and for everything it offers. The Huawei Watch Fit 3 has dropped to 99 eurosincludes rotating crownits autonomy is approximately seven days and includes sensors to monitor heart rate, sleep, Spo2 monitoring and also stress. * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | The English Court and Mediamarkt, buying, LG, Samsung, Apple, Philips, Huawei In Xataka | Best iPhone. Which to buy in 2025 and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price In Xataka | The quietest ceiling fan: which one to buy? Tips and recommendations

Specialty coffee is expensive and there is something that increases it even more: to remove caffeine

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

For many, drinking coffee is almost a daily ritual. There are those who take it for pleasure or by necessity, but there is also the case of Who wants all their benefitsexcept Caffeine. There are many ways to decaffeinate coffee, and not all are equally healthy. Among all methods, we know two that are employees for specialty coffee to remain specialty. Now, they are tremendously technical and more expensive than the most general methods. Market. The demand for decaffeinated coffee is experiencing sustained growth in recent years. In more commercial coffees Like capsules Or snapshots, we have decaffeinated varieties for a long time, but increasingly easy to find options among specialty coffees. Depending on the indicator we take (total market or only grains), and depending on the analysis, it is esteem That the decaffeinated coffee bean market was $ 31,580 million in 2024, with a projection to 41,050 million dollars by 2032. Others analysis They estimate it at 6,740 million in 2023, with a growth up to 12,330 million by 2031. The way they are, in what they coincide is that it is a upward market. Controversy without decaffeinar. Something that has also increased is awareness about what we eat. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle depends on a lot of factors, and that saying of “we are what we eat” points in an adequate direction. Why do I say this? Because there are several ways to eliminate coffee from coffee (although there is always a certain residual percentage), but not all are as natural as we would like. The two most used methods are precisely the most controversial. One is the one who uses methylene chloride to dissolve caffeine. In the process, the solvent is eliminated by evaporation and grains, subsequently, it is washed and dry, passing controls so that the solvent residues are maintained below the legal limits. The other uses ethyl acetate, which is a compound that is found naturally in some fruits and the process is the same as in methylene chloride. Although it is considered more natural, it is still a chemical solvent that can also leave an aroma impregnated in coffee. More natural processes. These processes in which solvents are used have been at the point of view of organizations such as the United States Food and Medicines Administration, being the methylene chloride in the conversation. But there are other methods that are used to substantially reduce the coffee level of coffee. One is the swiss water process. In it, the grains immerse themselves in hot water to dissolve caffeine. Then, the water goes through active carbon filters that retain only caffeine and this process is repeated until the grains contain a minimum percentage of caffeine. Image: Swiss Water Process Another is the one who uses Supercritical co₂. In it, the grains undergo high pressures and expose themselves to CO₂ in a supercritical state, acting as a selective solvent for caffeine. Decaffeination through the supercritical co₂ method | Image: James Hoffmann Technology to coffee power. That they are more natural does not imply that there is no sophisticated technological network after the process. James Hoffman, one of the reference baristas for coffee world lovers, has visited facilities in which this decaffeination process is carried out through the Swiss Water technique and we can see that … it is a fairly boring environment: There are simply drums, silos and warehouses in which that “soaking” of the grains, drying and storage is being carried out. But the key is in the control room. Hoffmann cannot show us the graphs that are used to control these processes, but comments that they have computers connected to probes that, in real time, send information of the caffeine present in the grains in several points of the process. Thus, the technicians are adjusting the process until leaving the caffeine necessary to be considered decaffeinated without altering the properties of the grains themselves. The great drums | Image: James Hoffmann And the cabin in which the information of all the sensors is collected to send it to the technicians responsible for supervising the process | Image: James Hoffmann Specialty. These are two more natural methods because they do not use chemicals or solvents, and something for which they are appreciated is because they better retain both the aromas and the original aromas of the grains. And there is a segment that interests that this is: that of specialty coffee. In the search for a coffee with a better flavor, but above all more sustainable for both farmers and the planet, the specialty coffee is earning a hole between palates both understood and profane. In regions such as Europe and North America, the global specialty coffee market is growing at a 10% annual rate. Of $ specialty coffee. Now, decaffeinated specialty coffee is 1 + 1. The specialty coffee is expensive because there is a meticulous process behind. They are selected crops, the harvests are usually done by hand, they have strict control processes for washing and drying, implies fair trade, more sustainable practices and a lower volume. All that makes it a more expensive coffee both to produce and buy. But, in addition, processes such as Swiss Water or the Supercritical Co₂, due to its complexity, the time that is required and, especially in the case of the supercritical co₂, due to the infrastructure to be mounted, make this type of coffee even more. They take away the caffeine, but add some cents to the price. Tags. That is why the methods without solvents are more used in the decaffeination processes of instant coffee, capsule or the most common mixtures that we find in the bar and the supermarket, while the most natural and expensive methods are those associated with decaffeinated specialty coffee. If you are a consumer worried about this, the way of knowing how your favorite coffee has been decaffiled is … Looking for information and look at the labels. When a coffee uses methods such as the supercritical CO2 … Read more

We already know what substance the prehistoric Europeans for their shamanic rites consumed

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

Some strands of hair 3,000 years hidden in a corner of the island of Menorca. It is all that a group of researchers needed to find direct evidence older of the consumption of psychoactive substances in Europe. Drugs attributed to local shamans and their religious rites, in which they would be used as sensory potentiars. How to get here. Until now the evidence of this type of substance in the past were indirect: samples found in vessels or remains of plants in the deposits, as pointed out in statements collected by The country Elisa Guerra twelve, one of the authors of the investigation. The strands in which the substances were detected had been dyed red and hairstyles before their cut. “Thanks to extraordinary conservation conditions, the hair and all the instruments used in their treatment have reached our days and have been able to be scientifically analyzed,” he explained In a press release Cristina Rihuete, another of the researchers involved in the finding. Three alkaloids. The substances identified in the strands are the efedrine, atropine and scopolamine alkaloids. The first of these substances is a stimulant today used, for example, as a bronchodilator. Atropine and scopolamine on the other hand are substances considered hallucinogenic and psychoactive. These substances can be found in different plants belonging to the insular flora of Menorca, such as the epfradra (Ephedra Fragilis), the mandragora (Mandragora Autumnalis), The White Beleño (Hyoscyamus albus) and the estramonium (Stramonium datura), All of them belonging to the Solanáceas family. A small necropolis. Due to the context, the researchers consider that drugs were consumed before dying. The capillary samples belong to ten individuals, of the 210 who could be buried in the cave. The fact that the funeral rite of these ten individuals was slightly different from that of the rest, together with the fact that other differences are not appreciated that could denote a society with classes, castes or other form of social stratification, makes researchers think that it was some kind of shamans or spiritual or religious leaders. Multidisciplinary team. The details about the investigation were published in An attrition In the magazine Scietific Reports. It details that the substances were found when performing a liquid chromatography of ultra high performance coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS). The team responsible for the finding was made up of prehistoriators and archaeologists from the University of Valladolid and the Research Group of Mediterranean Social Archeoecology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Asome-UB); and for Hermann M. Niemeyer, chemist from the University of Chile. Interior of the COVA des Càrritx (above); Vaso with a spoon and wood comb found in the Menorquín site (below). ASOME-UAB. It is Càrritx. Closed by a detachment about 2,800 years agothe Càrritx cave was rediscovered in 1995 by two local speleologists, Pere Arnau and Josep Márquez, who achieved in that year access to their interior. The cave is located northwest of the island of Menorca, about 10 kilometers from Ciutadella and extends throughout 170 meters, in a route in which seven rooms are distinguished, the first vestibular being, the place where the human remains were found. The other important part of this funeral complex was after a narrow passage, in room six. In it the archaeologists found the locks of human hair introduced in cylindrical containers created from of woodwood, heather and olive and bovid horn. Other objects such as glasses and a wooden comb were also found; ceramic pieces and a bronze blade. On either side of the Atlantic. The use of “shamanic drugs” is often associated with pre -Columbian cultures, but we have long known that it was actually much more widespread. A example of this is the use of derivatives of the cannabis In the China of the Zhou dynasty, 2,500 years ago. Guerra-Doce made A few years ago a Review to archaeological tests of drug and fermented drug use in prehistory. With the new work, our knowledge about the use of this type of chemicals expands. Perhaps we never know the details about the rituals in which the alkaloids found were used, but little by little we are knowing details about how they were who inhabited Europe millennia before us. And some things they had in common with us. Images (cover) | Jason Swanson, CC0 1.0 / Gugatchitchinadze, CC by-SA 4.0 In Xataka | The new era of psychedelia: how some “recreational” drugs want to help us with our mental health In Xataka | For thousands of years, Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens tried to mate insistently. Genetics had another idea

What cars can circulate and which ones rest on May 3

May 3, 2025 by usatoday24

First week of May … or, at least, first weekend of May and first Saturday in May. You know what that means: with us, the restrictions of today do not circulate sabbatino. Because in addition to a few days of rest, the weekend is also synonymous with restrictions. If you still do not know what we are talking about, it is because you are not aware of the project devised by the CDMX Ministry of Environment (Sedema) with which he tries to breathe the quality of the air we breathe. As? The fact that? Let’s explain it. SEDEMA IS OBJECTIVE Improve air quality We breathe. And that has an easy solution, as long as we talk about leaving the car at home. At least, that is what those who have designed this measure think. If we leave the car at home, we will all breathe better … at least where it applies. Because, indeed, today does not circulate does not apply throughout Mexico, it is launched in the 16 mayorships in Mexico City and in the following conurbed municipalities of the State of Mexico: Atizapán de Zaragoza Coacalco de Berriozábal Cuautitlán Cuautitlán Izcalli Chalco Chicoloapan Chimalhuacán Ecatepec de Morelos Huixquilucan Ixtapaluca La Paz Naucalpan de Juárez Nezahualcóyotl Nicolás Romero Tecámac Tlalnepantla de Baz Tultitlán Chalco Valley What cars and plaques affect the Sabatino today Once we know this, what are the restrictions that we have to take into account? Obviously, on Saturdays we cannot circulate … at least a few. Because the restrictions do not apply for everyone or the same logic as the rest of the week. As you can see above, in the day to day it is the hologram of the car that marks who and when they can circulate. But on Saturdays they have their own dynamics, with some cars that rotate and others that can never move. Actually, with current restrictions you can give the following cases: Cars that can circulate every Saturday Cars that have to rest every Saturday Cars that rest on a Saturday yes and another Restrictions, yes, do not apply all day. They are active between 05:00 and 10:00 p.m.. That is, at night we can move freely and without taking into account any type of restriction. So how should we read the Sabatino today? Simply those who are affected by him will have to stay at home if they don’t want to be fined. Therefore, you have to be very clear if you have or not to rest. To begin with, cars with hologram 2 rest every Saturday, there is not one that can move. On the contrary, those of Hologram 0 and 00 can circulate whenever they want because cars are considered less pollutants. It is those of Hologogram 1 that have to be more attentive because in this case it is broken. This week, as we are facing the first Saturday of May, they are the cars with hologram 1 and plate number finished in an odd figure that must stay at home. Next week will be the other way around but this Saturday, May 3, 2025who cannot leave are those of Hologram 2 and those of Hologram 1 and plate finished in odd number. Next week the hologram 1 and plaque finished in torque will be rest. Despite this, there are some exceptions that must be taken into account because those cars can move with total freedom: Those that work for electricity, natural gas or are hybrid Those who have disabled plate All those dedicated to urban transport services (includes funerals) Those who offer school or passenger transport Those destined for public safety and/or civil protection In case of breaching these restrictions, the fine will be 20 to 30 times the unit of measurement and update (Uma), which is equivalent to 1,924.40 pesos and even 2,886.60 pesos. Photo | Markus Spiske In Xataka | Contamination is not only making you live less and worse. You are also making you darker

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