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the ingenious Chinese system so that Martian bases do not run out of power

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Traveling to Mars and establishing human colonies there is a challenge on many levels. The simple fact of arriving is already a problem, but the handicaps do not disappear once there. Without food, water or electricity, Martian colonizers would have to live in an inhospitable place, with a poisonous atmosphere and deadly cosmic radiation. Protective shields could be used and even grow tomatoesaccording to the Chinese. But we continue with the energy problem. Of course, there are already some interesting proposals. And also from the Chinese, by the way. MARS-MONTH. This year, a team of Chinese scientists has made his proposal particular to supply the Martian colonizers with energy. It is a system that uses carbon dioxide (CO2), which accounts for 96% of the composition of the red planet’s atmosphere. On Mars the pressure is very low, so very little energy would be needed to compress CO2 and use it to obtain electricity. This energy would be obtained from a nuclear reactor and the process would be so efficient that there would still be excess heat, so it could be used to catalyze chemical reactions such as obtaining oxygen by breaking down CO2 molecules or obtaining methane from hydrogen and more carbon dioxide. Better than nuclear energy. In reality, nuclear fission has already positioned itself as one of the preferred energy sources for the future of the space race. For example, it could be useful for boost spaceships far away, to places where solar energy is not an option and the fuels loaded on Earth are insufficient. It has also been thought that it could be used to supply energy to the lunar bases and Martians. However, there is a problem. The fuel cells used in this type of reactors They must be changed every 10 years approximately if you work with them at full capacity. Perhaps it would be feasible on the Moon, where the one-way trip lasts just a few days. However, the nine months that are needed today to go to Mars is too long to be able to make adequate replacements. Furthermore, to this we must add that The launch windows to be able to make a launch occur every 26 months. It is very unviable. Better to diversify. In reality, we have already seen that MARS-MES also starts from nuclear energy. However, very little energy is used to compress carbon dioxide and, from there, electricity and other fuels, such as methane, are obtained. The system does not rely solely on fissile fuels, so the stack should last much longer. There is still a long way to go. The scientists who have devised this system themselves recognize that there are still decades to go before having the necessary technologies to carry it out. Even so, when it comes to something so complex, it is always good to start working on the process well in advance. Even when it is still totally impossible to do it. China is flying. The Asian country has become a major contender in the space race. It is hot on NASA’s heels with the Moon and has a lot of interest in Mars. In addition, it has its own space station: Tiangong. Regarding the red planet, China’s next step will be the Tianwen-3 mission, which will travel to Mars in 2028, in order to collect samples from its surface and bring them to Earth in 2031. If everything goes well, it would be the first time something like this has been achieved. With or without MARS-MES, they are well on their way to Mars. Image | Magnificent In Xataka | While NASA faces the cancellation of 41 missions, China is doing real wonders in space

The success of Artemis II has lit China’s space fire. Now, your space station will be twice as big

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All powers have embarked on the new space race and Artemis II It has been the lighthouse that demonstrates the interest that continues to arouse in sending humans outside our borders. Aside from rockets, in low orbit humanity has one of the most exclusive laboratories in the universe: the International Space Station. While the long-standing facility awaits dismantling, China has just sent a message with its Tiangong space station. Soon, it will be twice as big. Ambition. When China was left out of the International Space Station project, it got to work on its own facility. The Tiangong It began to take shape in the 2000s and launched its central module into low orbit in 2021. Other modules have been added designed for Chinese astronauts to investigate in an environment that, until now, was forbidden to them. Since then, it has become a symbol of the ambition of the Chinese space program. Also of the speed at which they are completing goalswith round trip rocket tests and plans for build, together with Russia, a lunar station. Despite everything, he has a problem. It is considerably smaller than the ISS and has a mass of just 100 tons, a pressurized volume of 340 m3 with the capacity to house a crew of three astronauts. Expanding the Tiangong. The ISS can support a crew of seven astronauts, has triple the pressurized volume capacity and a mass of more than 420 tons. If China wants to get involved in space research, it had to do something, and its response has come in the form of a project to expand the Tiangong. How has informed state television CCTV, the station will go from being a ‘T’-shaped structure with three modules to a cross-shaped one with six modules. Its mass will be approximately 180 tons and, although it will remain smaller than the ISS, it will have the capacity to equal the astronauts on a permanent mission: six. If the plans are fulfilled, the three current modules will be joined by a fourth that will have multiple docking ports that will give rise to future laboratory units, increasing the potential to six modules. At the moment, there is no date for this expansion, but it is estimated that work will begin around 2027 and will be a Long March 5B the rocket that will transport what is necessary. Since its T-shaped module was completed, astronauts have performed more than 260 experiments and 26 spacewalks. Exclusiveness. China spent 2025 launching rockets, culminating in a month of December in which they broke all their launch records in a stress test for your multiple mission points. With plans to expand their space station, they show that they are committed to this new era of research and exploration, being something that arrives just when the International Space Station remains in question. Tiangong has remained an exclusive laboratory for Chinese researchers, but if it suddenly becomes the only station in low orbit, China is the one that has the access key so that foreign astronauts can carry out their work in those special conditions. On April 22, the Chinese Manned Space Flight Agency already commented that two Pakistan Air Force pilots would be trained as reserve astronauts and one would travel to Tiangong. He will be the first non-Chinese astronaut to do so, although there are already other astronauts from Hong Kong and Macau who will perform the same process. It is something that responds to China’s intention to promote cooperation projects with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, but without forgetting that the Tiangong is Chinese and, as we say, they have the keys to the doors… and the right of admission. Scrap. While the Asian giant announces the good news around its station, on the other side of the world a dismantling process of the ISS is still scheduled for 2031. The plan is that NASA use a vehicle exclusive to SpaceX to guide the ISS to a space cemetery somewhere in the Pacific. In recent months there has been a lot of discussion about whether it is a better idea to dismantle it, turn it into scrap metal or use it as a portbut at this point, the plan continues its course and it is possible that, sooner rather than later, Tiangong will remain the only manned space station in low Earth orbit. In Xataka | Europe has grown tired of being NASA’s “supporting actor.” And that is why it is starting to work with China

Only a handful of US companies have access to Claude Mythos: the ECB already fears for the savings of all of Europe

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He hasn’t even been with us a month and Claude Mythos Preview is terrifying the world. AND We don’t even know if there are reasons for it.because Anthropic has it tied up and muzzled: only a handful of companies have been able to access the model to test it and use it properly. The objective is that these companies can use it to find vulnerabilities before others do, but of course, a contagion effect has been created: if the model is good enough to find security flaws everywhereeveryone is threatened. And among those beginning to fear the worst are the world’s most important financial institutions. And the European Central Bank is one of them. The Project Glasswing Private Club. During the launch of Claude Mythos Preview, Anthropic selected an extremely small group of US “partners” to carry out the first fire tests of this model. Under the name of Project Glasswing, giants such as Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet or financial entities such as JP Morgan have been the only ones authorized to evaluate the capabilities of Mythos. This access has made AI become a curious geopolitical piece. One that has left the European institutions aside. In Xataka An Anthropic worker was having a snack when he received an email he should never have received: it was Mythos The fear of zero-day. What makes Mythos a fearsome AI model is its ability to go through the code of all types of applications and software platforms and find so-called vulnerabilities.”zero day“. These flaws are not even known by the developers of these projects, and they tend to remain hidden even in highly critical infrastructures such as banking or energy companies. Until now, finding these security holes required complex work by highly specialized human experts, but Mythos is capable of detecting many of these flaws and generating the code to exploit them almost instantly. The European Central Bank, on alert. Given this panorama, the ECB has taken action on the matter calling on those responsible for risks in the main financial entities of the Eurozone. Among the participants are those responsible for Santander, BBVA, CaixaBank and Sabadell, who must – like the rest – detail their contingency plans for the possible emergence of Mythos. This is no longer about how to act in the event of increases in unemployment or economic contractions, but rather about what steps should be taken if the model falls into the hands of cybercriminals who could cause massive thefts of data… and money. A “nuclear” weapon. That only some private American companies have access to the model has strained international relations in a notable way. The White House and the US Treasury hold meetings with their banks, and meanwhile some media sympathetic to the Russian regime qualify to this model as something “worse than a nuclear bomb. Huge (theoretical) risks. The fact that a single company can unilaterally decide who has access to the most powerful cybersecurity tool on the planet (or so Anthropic claims) creates a truly delicate situation. This can put all types of entities in check, but also even developing countries with more vulnerable systems. The UK has already had access to Mythos. The British country has already managed to position itself ahead of the countries of the European Union. The AI ​​Security Institute has had access to the model and has confirmed that the model is capable of completing attacks that no previous AI could complete. Anthropic itself has indicated which will expand access to Mythos to British financial institutions. Meanwhile, EU member countries continue to wait for that same privilege. {“videoId”:”xa4n2g8″,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”An initiative to secure the world’s software ｜ Project Glasswing”, “tag”:””, “duration”:”349″} Possible cracks. While all this is happening, Anthropic itself confirmed how unauthorized users they could have accessed to a version of Mythos. If users with bad intentions gain access to a model of this type, the consequences could be important… if it really complies with the expectations that have been generated. Cybersecurity experts warn that it is a matter of time before other powers such as China develop similar capabilities. OpenAI in fact already has GPT-5-5 Cyber, a specific version of its new model that also seems to have notable capabilities in this regard. And as in the case of Anthropic with Mythos, access to this model is restricted. In Xataka |OpenAI and Anthropic have proposed the impossible: lose $85 billion in one year and survive (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news Only a handful of US companies have access to Claude Mythos: the ECB already fears for the savings of all of Europe was originally published in Xataka by Javier Pastor .

The PS5 has always been a PC at its core. Some models can now run Linux and games

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The PlayStation 5 It has never been a conventional computer, but it has never been as far from looking like one as we usually imagine. Under its casing there is an x86 architecture, an AMD Zen 2 CPU and a RDNA 2 GPUingredients very familiar to anyone who closely follows the world of PC. The difference, of course, has always been in control: Sony decides what is executed, how it is executed and how far the hardware can go. That is why what we have seen now is so striking: a PS5 Phat (launch model) booting Linux and behaving, with important nuances, like a desktop machine. The change. Everything arises with the publication of ps5-linux, a project by Andy Nguyenbetter known as TheFlow. We are not talking about a simple demonstration, but about a tool that really works with an image of Ubuntu 24.04. According to the description of the project itself on GitHubps5-linux uses an already patched vulnerability in the hypervisor. The promise is powerful, but as we will see below, it does not work on all consoles and also has several limitations. Not just any PS5 is worth it. So far, everything sounds great, but this doesn’t mean we can take the console in the living room and happily turn it into a Linux PC. First, because we are talking about a process designed for profiles with experience. And second, because compatibility is very limited. The method currently only works on PS5 Phat with firmwares 3.xx and 4.xx, specifically 3.00, 3.10, 3.20, 3.21, 4.00, 4.02, 4.03, 4.50 and 4.51. Additionally, versions 3.xx do not have M.2 support, while 4.xx does. The process is also not similar to inserting an installation pendrive and following the usual steps on a PC. According to Tom’s Hardwareps5-linux needs a separate tool, the umtx2 exploit, to achieve initial code execution, and then send the loader payload to the console. In the flow in question there is a fake DNS server and an HTTPS host on a local computer, which redirect the query for the PS5 manual to activate the exploit. When everything goes well, the console goes into sleep mode, the LED turns solid orange, and when you press the power button, Linux starts. Once inside Linux. The console now behaves like an x86 desktop with plenty of muscle to experiment with. The system can take advantage of the eight CPU cores, 16 threads in total, at 3.5 GHz, and a GPU at 2.23 GHz. It also maintains video and audio output via HDMI, with support for 4K at 60 Hz, and allows the use of all its USB ports. To install and run Linux you need a USB drive of at least 64 GB. What changes the perception of the project the most is not just seeing Ubuntu starting up, but imagining what it can be used for. TheFlow talks about Steam games and emulators running very smoothly, relying on the power left available when running Linux on these PSs. In X we can see running on the improved version of ‘GTA V‘, which helps show the loader’s potential before publication. It’s not all plug and play: The project has very specific limits that should be made clear before imagining a PS5 converted into a perfect substitute for a PC. One disappointing fact is that ps5-linux works as a soft mod, not as a permanent installation, so you have to repeat the process every time you want to enter Linux. Nguyen advises activating the ventilation profile when using boost modes, since the console was not designed for this type of use. The result is one of those modifications that explains very well how far a console can go when someone manages to take part of its hardware out of the intended lane. A PS5 Phat with old firmware can become a surprisingly capable Linux PC, but always within a very specific context. A console that is also a computer. The PS5, like any console, has always had computer ingredients. Now, the inevitable comparison is in the future Valve’s Steam Machinealthough there we talk about another philosophy: a console-PC designed from the beginning around SteamOS, but with the possibility of installing any compatible operating system to our liking. Images | Branden Skeli In Xataka | Project Helix is ​​the new Xbox machine and the warning is clear: its price will be conditioned by the RAM crisis

a superfactory to mass-produce rockets

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China has been turning space milestones into a declaration of intent for more than two decades. First it was Yang Liwei aboard Shenzhou-5, in 2003, when the country became the third in the world to send humans to space with its own technology. Then came the far side of the Moon, the Chang’e 6 samples and a space station completed in approximately 20 months. What we have seen now points to another different phase: it is not enough to go further, we must also manufacture faster and with an industrial cadence. This scale change now has its own name: CAS Space. Chinese private aerospace company has completed in Shaoxing, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, a facility it presents as a “super factory” for its Kinetica-2 liquid propellant rocket. The facility has been designed to reach a capacity of 12 rockets per year when it reaches full production. China in Space adds that the plant is designed to increase production of a launcher whose first flight took place on March 30. The key is that we are not just talking about an industrial warehouse to assemble parts at the end of the process. This is an installation that integrates the final assembly and tests with the manufacture of essential rocket components, including propellant tanks, pipes and valves, interstage sections and ducts. So it is expected that many of the Kinetica-2 parts will be produced there, including the engine sections, although not the engines. The difference is important: concentrating production and verification in the same space brings the rocket closer to a more industrial logic, less dependent on dispersed processes. China wants to turn its launches into an industrial routine CAS Space also wants to change the way those rockets move through the factory. Li Qinfeng, deputy design director of Kinetica-2, explained to Global Times that the facility adopts a pulse-based final assembly and testing line, intended to allow parallel assembly of multiple rockets. In the design, the company talks about a standardized modular architecture, common components and prefabrication of core stages. The idea, according to Li, is to shorten order response cycles and gain flexibility in launches. It is advisable, in any case, to separate the finished factory from the factory already operating at full capacity. CAS Space plans to dedicate the first two years of operation to optimizing its processes to improve quality and efficiency. The company hopes to achieve annual capacity of 12 rockets within three to five years, not immediately. Although the announcement tells us that it is officially underway, we will have to wait a while until we see these facilities in full productive capacity. New CAS Space facilities He Kinetica-2 It’s not a new rocket. Its first flight was carried out on March 30, 2026 and put into orbit the New March 01 technology demonstration satellite, the New March 02, described as an experimental cargo ship, and the TS 01 educational satellite. In addition, the company wants to carry out about ten flights before the end of 2028. This schedule will serve to test reuse technologies gradually, from aerodynamic control in descent to the in-flight restart of a first stage engine and the first attempts. landing. Kinetica-2 on its maiden flight According to Securities Times, cited by Global Times, China’s space launches could exceed 100 this year, with more than 60 commercial missions. Within that volume, private rockets would assume more than 30 releasesaccording to that same forecast, a figure that helps understand the urgency to move to more repeatable processes. If this schedule materializes, the challenge will no longer be just having good launchers, but also having a production network capable of feeding them without turning each mission into an exception. The leap, therefore, is not only in building one more facility. It is about trying to stop launches depending on an exceptional cadence and start relying on more repeatable processes. CAS Space has several years of adjustment ahead before reaching its promised capability, and Kinetica-2 still needs to demonstrate much more in flight. But the bet is already on the table: if China wants to exceed one hundred launches per year and give more weight to its private operators, it needs facilities capable of keeping up with that pace. Images | CAS Space In Xataka | The eternal return to the Moon is postponed again: Artemis III will not take off until the end of 2027 at the earliest

For 120 years, scientists considered the Omiltemi rabbit extinct. Meanwhile, in Sierra Madre del Sur they were hunted for food.

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When in 1904 Edward William Nelson identified the first Omiltemi rabbits, he did not know that this was going to be one of the last confirmed sightings of what, for decades, has been considered one of the most endangered mammals in the world. The bug. It was a large, nocturnal rabbit, with dark reddish hair, long ears and a short tail. But not much else was known because zoologists had frepeatedly scratched in finding and studying it. And yet, if they had asked the inhabitants of the Sierra Madre del Sur (in the Mexican state of Guerrero), they would have been able to add one more thing: that they are very rich. Because while scientists were looking for these bugs, neighbors hunted them and integrated them into their usual diet. Where are those rabbits? We must not fall into simplifications, since 1998 we already suspected that the rabbit was still alive and there. That year, some local hunters gave researchers the skin of a killed specimen: that is, we had physical proof that the species still existed. Therefore, the species was not officially extinct; What appeared in the species lists is that we did not have enough data to know what was happening with it. Now, after a long investigation with traps and sampling, we do have them. He wasn’t dead… Between 2019 and 2024, a team led by José Alberto Almazán-Catalán (the Institute for the Management and Conservation of Biodiversity) carried out a specific search for the rabbit under the program Search for Lost Species by Re:wild. They visited 10 areas and obtained records in 7 of them. The conclusion of this work (and I quote verbatim) is that the Omiltemi rabbit “is a rare species, but not only is it not extinct, but it is much more common than previously believed.” The data matches with the graphic material that Fernando Ruiz-Gutiérrez published in the Mexican Journal of Mastozoology. And then? Well, although the situation has not changed, it has revealed everything that we do not know. It is now evident that the distribution reaches an area up to three times larger than previously suspected. It is also true that, without suspecting it, the communities in the area have been hunting (and even breeding) these rabbits for decades without knowing that they were Omiltemi rabbits. And it is curious how this type of news helps make clear how little we know about the world around us. The initiative Search for Lost Species from Re:wild has already ‘recovered’ 13 species around the world. Some of them, like Winton’s golden molethey had gone 86 years without confirmed records. “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than your philosophy dreams of,” Hamlet tells Horatio and, if we apply it to contemporary science, we see that this is still the case. Image | Re:Wild In Xataka | Spain is witnessing a shocking phenomenon: three invasive species are feeding each other to conquer the country

Renfe has found a new way to make life impossible for Ouigo and Iryo. And it has nothing to do with lowering prices.

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Renfe maintains a hidden war with Ouigo and Iryo. Beyond the headlines and the exchanges of more or less high-sounding statements, the Spanish company and its rivals fight on all types of grounds. Also outside the train tracks and the most obvious sources of business. And here, the use of workshops has a lot to say. What has happened? Renfe has prevented Iryo from using its workshops so that the company can carry out heavy maintenance on its trains. The information is brought The Economist and it states that the Spanish company has rejected Italians’ access to its facilities because they consider that the activity to be carried out there exceeds the obligations they have towards their rivals. In Xataka We have contacted both companies but as of this writing we have not received answers to our questions. The obligations. Although the facilities belong to Renfe, the Spanish company has the obligation to allow access to its workshops at specific points in Spain so that Ouigo and Iryo can carry out their maintenance operations. However, this obligation is limited to light maintenance, known in the sector as “level 1” maintenance. This scale of what falls within “light” or “level 1” maintenance and what are “heavy” or “level 2” maintenance interventions are those that have been questioned by Renfe. The company is clear, Iryo wants to carry out operations of this second category and they are not obliged to give access to their workshops for this type of tasks. The CNMC. Given the denial of access to the workshops, Iryo went to the CNMC to mediate the matter. The National Markets and Competition Commission ruled in March that Renfe had to give Iryo access to its facilities where Hitachi employees would carry out maintenance services on Iryo trains. Although Renfe, Iryo and Hitachi seemed to have reached an agreement for the latter company (manufacturer of Iryo trains) to carry out maintenance at Renfe facilities, the Spanish company indicated that this could not be carried out because heavy maintenance activity related to Renfe trains had skyrocketed and there was no space left for such actions. Given this situation, Iryo requested provisional measures from the CNMC to access “an operational pit at BMI La Sagra or, subsidiarily, at BM Santa Catalina, on a self-provision basis, for the execution of heavy maintenance (R2) of the ETR 1000.” An access that the CNMC decided to give. The reasons. The CNMC pointed out in its resolution that denying Iryo access to the workshops directly damages the business plans that it has for our country since it would force the trains to be taken to Italy to undergo said heavy maintenance. For Renfe, this should not be a problem but the CNMC rejects this position of the Spanish company. Iryo trains approach the mileage limit before passing through workshops for a thorough inspection. When Iryo arrived in Spain, it stated that it would have its own workshops where it would carry out its maintenance. However, this has not occurred. However, the CNMC forces Renfe to provide access to its facilities to carry out these tasks, with the rates that were negotiated in the summer of 2025. Not compliant. In clear rejection of the CNMC’s decision, Renfe requests the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the National Court to stop this decision and asks the CNMC to quarantine the decision until the National Court confirms what measures should be taken. The National Court, however, does not find it serious enough to apply precautionary measures, although it does confirm that it is opening a file to study the matter in depth. With this decision, the CNMC remains firm and once again forces Renfe to make way for Iryo trains in its workshops so that Hitachi workers can carry out scheduled heavy maintenance. It’s not the first time. Although we have talked about Iryo so far, the truth is that Renfe is not the first time that it has denied entry to its workshops to one of its rivals or, at the very least, has put up all possible impediments. In October of last year, the situation was very similar although, on that occasion It was Renfe and Ouigo who led the conflict. The reason was the same, according to Renfe the activity that Ouigo wanted to carry out in his workshops exceeded his company’s obligations to lend its facilities to carry out light maintenance. The fight between the three companies is tough because if Iryo and Ouigo do not get access to the Renfe workshops, they have to send their trains to Italy and France, respectively, where they do have their own workshops. That, of course, temporarily takes some of its trains out of circulation, which undoubtedly benefits its competitors. Photo | Investing Spain and UGT In Xataka | Spain has thousands of kilometers of AVE: the question after the Adamuz accident is whether it is investing in maintaining them

choosing the Spotify list well is essential

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When you go running, cycling or simply going to the gym, there are some songs that seem to give us greater energy. And it is not just a subjective sensation, but science has been studying music for years as a tool that improves physical performancealthough without specific data. Now science has detailed exactly how much it can improve in numbers and, above all, where it will end up affecting. An experiment. This is something that researcher Andrew Danso has developed with the help of 29 physically active adults who performed high-intensity cycling sessions at 80% of their maximum power. But the important thing here is that the participants pedaled in two scenarios: in complete silence and listening to the music they had previously chosen with a tempo of between 120 and 140 beats per minute. The results. After being in these two situations, the research indicated that with music the cyclists lasted an average of six minutes longer than those who were completely silent, which represents an increase in resistance of 20%. Although it does not stop there, since, despite pedaling for longer, the heart rate and lactate levels (which determine how demanding the exercise was) at the end were identical to those who had been silent. This means that the feeling of effort was much less because they lasted longer with the same intensity, making the exercise sessions of much higher quality. Because? Here the question is quite clear: How is it possible to perform 20% more without the body paying for it with a higher heart rate? For science, one of the answers lies in cognitive dissociation, since music acts as a barrier that diverts attention from the signals of pain, muscle burning and fatigue that the body sends to the brain. Studies here indicate that this distraction reduces perception of effort by about 12%. But it doesn’t stop there, since by adjusting the rhythm of the exercise, such as pedaling, to the tempo of the music, the movement becomes more efficient, causing less energy to be spent to do the same work because the rhythm acts as a metronome that optimizes the cadence. The importance of the song. A crucial detail of the Finnish study is that the music was chosen by the athletes themselves, since it is not enough to put a generic ‘training music’ playlist on Spotify, but for the effect to be maximum there must be an emotional connection with the song. In addition, very calm music is not useful, but it must have a tempo in the range of 120-140 BPM so that it is a motivating rhythm and easy to synchronize with sports activity. And it is not something new, because already In the past there were studies that pointed to this improvement in performance, although now it goes a little further. Images | freepik In Xataka | In the fever to train strength, the gym has faced competition: more and more people train on the street

Today on Netflix the series that, nine years after its premiere, remains the best thriller ever seen on streaming

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How many times, watching a series, do you have that curious feeling of “I’m watching the history of the medium”? You may have noticed it with series that not only impact you in a special way, but you also know that the people around you who also watch it experience a very similar feeling. If you’re watching ‘Succession‘You’ll know what I’m talking about. My last time, before HBO’s magnificent family intrigue epic, was on ‘Mindhunter‘, that Netflix premiered in 2017. Nine years later, it is still my favorite series of all those released on the platform. Neither ‘Stranger Things‘, neither ‘The Witcher‘, neither ‘sandman‘ nor any other have managed to match the degree of intensity and perversity of this brief masterpiece by Joe Penhall (also screenwriter of ‘The Road’) in which David Fincher directed some chapters. It started from a real event in the history of criminology: in 1977, two FBI agents revolutionized investigation techniques, giving a twist to how to get into the minds of serial killers. The series is based on the book written by some of the protagonists, and although obviously the suspense and suspicions generated by the agents’ investigation are played here, as well as the portrait of famous murderers such as the Son of Sam, Ed Kemper, Charles Manson or BTK, the realistic reflection of an era is above all. A realism that takes great care to present heroes and villains, and much less to mythologize serial killers, as the worst do. true crimes. ‘Mindhunter’ describes with coldness and a certain perverse sense of humor (and here the Fincher style is clearly evident) these first times in which psychology entered in the darkest minds and abysmal, with a fascinating portrait of these first methodologies. And all supported by an excellent cast (Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany and Anna Torv) that not only gives credibility to the ensemble, but also catapults the empathy we experience for a group of researchers who, literally, tread on absolutely unknown ground. Image | Netflix In Xataka | Today comes Netflix’s biggest release this week, an action-packed psychological thriller starring Charlize Theron

Folding bicycles are the market niche to be exploited. And there is someone who knows this better than anyone: Lidl

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Leave the house, get on the bike, take a train, get back on the bike and get to work. This is what is called intermodal mobility, in which two or more means of transport are taken to reach a destination in the shortest time possible in the most efficient way possible. It is everyday life for thousands of European citizens and it is, without a doubt, one of the big bets of governments and city councils throughout our continent. Because burning liters of fuel loaded into a five-seater vehicle that occupies more than four meters in length and more than one and a half meters in width is, of all things, less efficient in a city. In that work for intermodalitythe electric scooter has gained decisive weight in recent years. The boom in this product has forced countries like Spain to adapt certain regulations to assimilate its arrival. In our country, the DGT has been forced to define this vehicle as an object that You must go on the road or bike pathshaving to leave the sidewalk. The electric scooter, in fact, has overshadowed another key market niche in intermodal mobility: the folding bicycle. This means of transport is highly efficient because it allows travel to a public transport station, easy transport of the vehicle and the possibility of storing it in a very small space at our destination. At the moment, the folding bicycle is a vehicle that is still difficult to see in our cities but there are those who trust in its possibilities: large stores. From the supermarket to work There are reasons to use the electric scooter over the folding bicycle but, lately, the latter is beginning to gain in importance over the former. And the electric scooter is being banished from public transport after a handful of fires that were difficult to put out that led to severe problems in transportation in cities like Madrid. The folding bicycle is a good solution because it is usually a light product but also has the advantage of being able to fold enough to leave it in most of the jobs. It is also a good option for those who travel in a caravan but do not want to drag a large bicycle into the center of cities or towns. It is not easy to find data that clearly points to the penetration of folding bicycles because most statistics do not discriminate the data between this and any other type. Despite this, there are analysts who point out that the market is going up and that its growth will be just over 7% until 2034. The growth, point out in this reportaims to be extraordinarily high in large US cities, with increases of more than 30%. However, this is also because they are cities where car culture is still much more rooted than in Europe. Netherlands, Hapon, and Belgium They are the most repeated countries when talking about this type of bicycles. And the combination between Bicycle and public transport are very entrenched in areas where this means of transport and the train are combined daily. In fact, it is one of the reasons why The Netherlands has more bicycles than inhabitants And a good number of citizens have two bicycles that they park at the train station next to their home and another in the city where they work. In bikepormadridfor example, explain well the problems of cycling when the station is very busy and the space to travel with it is limited. And in both cases, the time it takes to find a space in the gigantic Danish or Dutch car parks and the limitations on moving them inside the car can discourage their use. That is why the folding bicycle is a very interesting alternative which has the advantage of being able to move easily, an incentive to have only one vehicle and, above all, for countries where Spain often lacks the safe and well-conditioned spaces to store bicycles yes they have them in other parts of Europe. Large stores are aware of the market niche that the folding bicycle still represents. Surfaces like Lidl either Carrefour They bet on it with options for less than 1,000 euros and Decathlon remains the undisputed leader when it comes to offering options, with bicycles from just over 200 euros to more than 2,000 euros. The true differential point of the electric bicycle is 1,000 euros and below. Figures collected by Cyclosphere they point out that the demand The number of bicycles has cooled in Spain in recent years and those focused purely on urban mobility are the ones that have fallen the most. Here, The electric scooter has done a lot of damage to the bicycle and that is why the range of less than 1,000 euros is the most interesting because when the customer spends more money they usually opt for other options such as electric, road or mountain bikes. The great advantage of the folding scooter, as we said, compared to the electric scooter is that its transportation and storage capacity at the destination is very similar but, in addition, the cyclist has the greater stability of the bicycle. A clear advantage in terms of security. But it can also be taken on public transport, a space that is increasingly closed to electric scooters. Photo | Rex Lovic and Mateus Jud In Xataka | There are scooters that go fast, there are scooters that go very fast and then there are scooters like The Turbo: at 160 km/h

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