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Mick Jagger refuses to leave a millionaire heritage to her eight children

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Mick Jagger, the mythical leader of The Rolling Stoneshe has just completed 82 springs and has done so with the same energy he has exhibited every time he went up to the stage since the 60s. Unlike other public figures of advanced age, Jagger does not want to hear about withdrawing or organizing a Ostetosa inheritancebut to continue enjoying life and thinking about how his fortune can serve others. With an estimated wealth of more than 600 million dollars According to the medium Celebrity Net Worthit could be thought that their eight children already have the insured future. However, Jagger surprised to declare in An interview for The Wall Street Journal that has no intention of guaranteeing a luxury life without their own efforts. In their textual words: “The boys do not need 500 million dollars to live well. It is now.” The incombustible Jagger. Mick Jagger is the father of eight children fruit of several relationships. However, that does not prevent the millionaire artist from not contemplating to leave them all his fortune. According to the assets prepared by Celebrity Net WorthJagger’s heritage includes properties in London, New York, a villa on Moustique Island and a castle in the French region of Touraine. One of his last acquisitions was a house of 1.98 million dollars in Lakewood Ranch in Florida. In addition, due to its incombustible creativity, its fortune continues to grow thanks to its artistic activity, such as the 2023 launch of the Hackney Diamonds album. On its 2018 tour, The Rolling Stones won 117 million dollars. It doesn’t seem much compared to The Eras Tour From Taylor Swift, but his Majesty satanics got it with only 14 concerts. Gain his own fortune. The vocalist of the Stones is not the only millionaire artist who does not contemplate selling his musical catalog to leave his heirs a fortune, as he has done Bruce Springsteenwho sold his for 500 million dollars to Sony. Jagger believes that this financial movement is not necessary to ensure his future nor that of his descendants. As you share in the same interview: “Maybe doing something good in the world.” Other big names of international music have also expressed that leaving excessive fortunes to their children could do more bad than good. Sting, for example, said In an interview that their six children cannot depend on their money: “My children must work (…) people make assumptions. They believe they were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, but it is not so.” This current between artists and millionaires seems to have a clear motivation: prevent their children from growing without knowing the value of work and effort. Inherit less, donate more. This phenomenon “antiherences” millionaires not only occurs among artists. The heirs of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett They are very aware that, at best, only They will inherit A small percentage of their parents’ fortune. Buffett has made it very clear on numerous occasions. The last of them, at the last shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, in which the “Oracle of Omaha” officially hung its investment notebook and He gave up leadership of your company. “I have never wanted to create a dynasty or pursue any plan that extended beyond the children. I know all three well and fully trust them,” said the veteran in reference to the ability to generate their own fortunes of their three children. Donate 99% of its heritage. Warren Buffett, like Bill Gates, follows the lessons they learned from Chuck Feeneya millionaire who made fortune thanks to the Dutty Free, but who died ruined because he had been donating all his fortune to philanthropic causes. That served Gates and Buffet as inspiration to create The Giving Pledgea philanthropic initiative with which the millionaires promised to donate 50% of their wealth. In fact, the commitment of its founders goes a little further and They have committed to donate 99% their fortune, leaving only 1% of their wealth For your heirs. Starting from fortunes of more than 145,300 and 117.4 billion dollars respectively, that 1% is still a good pinch for their heirs. Children and fortunes for all. However, not all millionaires share the philosophy of Gates or Jagger. One of the most peculiar cases is that of Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, who has declared Recently that it has approximately 100 children, and that plans to distribute its fortune of 13,000 million dollars, ensuring that all their children “will have the same rights.” Durav represents a vision contrary to the majority current among ultra -ups: instead of reducing inheritance or channeling it towards philanthropic causes, he has expressed his explicit desire to ensure that all their children, known or not, can benefit financially from their success. A singular vision within the debate of The new heirs and its legacked billionaires. In Xataka | If the question is how much money you can donate to a child without declaring it to the Treasury, the law makes it clear: none Image | Flickr (Raph_ph)

Mexico has declared war on a smuggling that is breaking the Chinese market: the “Cocaine del Mar”

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A little over a year ago, in June 2024a Mexican National Guard team was watching the Tlaquepaque bus station in Jalisco, when something curious happened. Suddenly one of the dogs trained to detect drugs began to sniff two cardboard boxes located in the officia of a messaging company. As they approached, the agents found that it smelled strange, as a “decomposition product”, so they decided to open the packages. Inside there was no coca, nor hashish, nor weapons, but 80 vexigas Fish dehydrated. The fact is that these buches belonged to a very specific species, the Totoaba Macdonaldiand were not any pieces either. As much as they had bad appearance and poured those 80 veils, which together weighed around 18 kilos, they could have sold for 360,000 dollars In the Chinese black market. For something they are known as “Cocaine of the sea”. Totoaqué? Totoaba Macdonaldi. His name may not be familiar to us in this part of the world, but he is well known in his place of origin, in The coasts of Mexico. To be more precise the species is endemic to the Alto Gulf of California and attracts attention for its size. A totoaba can reach the two meters100 kg of weight and 30 years of life. If for something it is (sadly) famous however it is for its swim bladderor buche, the organ that facilitates flotability. Why’s that? Because in certain regions of China it is considered a treasure, a Delicatesen coveted by their alleged Medicinal properties and that quotes stratospheric values in the black market. Among other uses and despite the fact that there are no solid investigations that demonstrate their goodnessin the Asian giant Totoaba buches are used to make soups that supposedly improve articular pains and relieve the discomfort of pregnant. It is so popular in the country that they are even used as an investment, luxury gift or even dowry. And how much does it cost? Quite. It is not easy to specify it because the price of Totoaba’s bladder is closely linked to the Chinese black market, but a quick search arrives on Google to confirm that it is a luxury merchandise. In 2017 the BBC I calculated that the kilo of Buche could easily exceed 8,500 dollars. The same figure contributed recently the Nikkei agency in An article On the vexigas introduced to smuggling in the Asian market. Others go further and talk about $ 20,000 per kilo, 2,200 euros for just 100 grams or even 40,000 euros for the vexigas of the most desired and most desired specimens. There are those who even slide figures still higher. Is it a problem? Yes. The high demand has submitted to the species at such a pressure that the Mexican government has had to take action on the matter. In the 70s prohibited its fishing, in 1991 It was officially declared in danger of extinction and its name has passed, among other documents, to the list of the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES). It also appears in the “Red List” of the Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), whose last evaluation is 2020. There is a vulnerable species. And how is it now? In A statement Published at the end of June, the Mexican government recalls that in the twentieth century Totoaba fishing grew “without control to reduce its population and take it to the edge of extinction” and recognizes that the species is still stalked by smuggling. However, there are some signs that invite moderate optimism. Protection measures and especially repopulation work are helping “little by little” to recover the species. A month ago, in fact, the authorities released 40,000 young in Baja California Sur. In total, in that region about 270,000 have already been released. Are there more measures? Yes. Mexican authorities also carry out controls such as the one that allowed to requisition 80 bucho Last year at the Jalisco Bus Station. Not long after the National Guard and the Customs Agency intercepted another 75 pieces In the Customs of Sonoyta, Sonora. Last March the authorities presumed A new ‘blow’ When removing hundreds of meters from Enmalle networks and dozens of copies of Totoaba on the coasts of the Alto Gulf of California. And at the political level? The species is also part of the Mexican political debate. Over the last years the authorities They have been profiling The legal framework that protects the species and in spring a government commission approved A reform package For that same purpose. Your goal? Regulate the tariff codes that would apply to an export, maintaining, ensures digital road map, the veto to the commercialization of buchors. A few weeks ago the Nikkei agency revealed That Mexico has decided to partially raise the veto to the export of the species, although it speaks exclusively of the meat of specimens of fish farm. The measure is accompanied by a stricter monitoring of the merchandise to prevent its smuggling. Cocaine of the sea? Maybe it sounds excessive, but in recent years the totoaba has earned the nickname of “Cocaine of the sea”. And it makes enough sense. Not only for his high pricealso for the consequences of demand in China. The lucrative business of the Totaba fish illegally and its price in Asia has caught the attention of organizations dedicated to drug smuggling. “The posters realized that these Chinese merchants won a lot with the jellyfish, the Totoaba buche, the sea cucumbers, the abult … and these economies began to penetrate to dominate them,” Explain to The country Felbab-Brown, from the Brookings Institute and an organized crime expert. At the beginning of the year the CBC chain revealed A report of the agency and border services of sample how the networks of Chinese organized crime and the Mexican cartels are resorting to the Canadian ports to exchange buffers and precursors of the fentanyl. Are there more factors at stake? The answer is affirming again. There is another involuntary protagonist who … Read more

China already thinks about strategies to neutralize Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites. Your plan: submarines and powerful lasers

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Chinese scientists have developed strategies to neutralize the Starlink Satellite Network of Elon Musk, which Beijing considers a military threat. According to the medium The Independentamong the proposed measures are furtive submarines equipped with spatial lasers, attack satellites with ionic propellants and sabotage of the supply chain. An analysis of 64 academic articles published in Chinese magazines reveals the concern of the Asian country for Spacex’s spatial domain. Why worries so much Starlink. The constellation of satellites carried out by Elon Musk controls two thirds of all active satellites in the world, with more than 8,000 operational units. Its ability to provide fast and cheap connectivity anywhere on the planet, including remote areas, makes it a strategic tool. Chinese researchers They fear that the United States will use it as a military weapon after checking its effectiveness in Ukraine, where facilitated the communications of the Ukrainian army and the control of combat drones. What China poses. Several Chinese researchers and scientists have proposed multiple approaches To counteract Starlink. Engineers of the Popular Liberation Army suggest creating a fleet of spy satellites that follow those of Musk, collecting signals and using corrosive materials to damage their batteries. Other researchers propose optical telescopes to monitor the network, generation of false objectives through Deepfakes and the use of powerful lasers to burn equipment. They have also identified vulnerabilities in the Spacex supply chain, which has more than 140 main suppliers. They will not only be countermeasted. Beijing is not limited to planning countermeasures: it is building its own alternative. In 2021 the Chinese state company created SATNET To develop Guowang, a military megaconstellation that already has 60 operational satellites of the 13,000 planned. In parallel, The Qianfan companysupported by the Shanghai government, has launched 90 satellites of the planned 15,000 and already competes for contracts in Brazil, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and several African countries. The geopolitical context. The Ukraine War marked a turning point in Starlink’s global perception. The conflict showed that the control of satellite communications can tip the balance. What worries China is that a single man like Musk can also interrupt critical services. The medium raises as an example that time in which the tycoon He denied his coverage For a Ukrainian counterattack in Crimea. This dependence on private actors He has not only alarmed Chinabut also to traditional allies of the United States such as the European Union, which invests billions in Your own Iris2 constellation. What comes now. The overwhelming domain of Starlink in space, which already operates in more than 140 countries and only has dead areas in North Korea, Iran and China, has triggered a undercover space race. While Amazon develops her Project Kuiper With just 78 satellites, China accelerate your programs To reduce Musk’s advantage. Interestingly, one of the papers of Chinese researchers simply had the following title: “Be careful with Starlink”. It is clear that space control will be an advantage for armed conflicts and commercial wars that are being released. Cover image | Spacex and Arthur Wang In Xataka | The US has realized how risky it is to continue pressing China. His reverse looks for a “face to face”

In 2030 he plans to have the most powerful quantum computer that exists

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China and the US are the countries that are dedicating more resources to the development of Quantum technologies. And also those who are reaching The most relevant achievements. However, there is a country that has officialized its intention to lead in the medium term both in the field of Quantum computing as in the manufacture of semiconductors: Japan. In the middle of last April we tell you that the Riken Center for Quantum Computing and Fujitsu had just announced that they had developed in a joint project A superconductor quantum computer endowed with 256 cubits. A priori may not seem like a great achievement if we are in mind that IBM already has a condora superconductor quantum processor of 1,121 cubits, and also The Heron platform (5k) endowed with error mitigation. And the China Telecom Quantum Group (CTQG) and the Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed The Xiaohong quantum processor of 504 superconductor cubits. However, Japan’s plan in the field of quantum machines does not end up here. And it is that in 2030 it intends to have a quantum computer 25% more powerful that the most capable that IBM will have at that time. 250 logical cubits to make a difference The design and tuning project of this ambitious quantum machine is already underway. And the Riken Center for Quantum Computing, Fujitsu and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science in Japan. This quantum computer will use superconductor cubits and a very advanced cooling system, presumably a dilution system similar to the employee by The machine they presented in April. Whatever your best asset, if you finally get to fruition, it will be its 250 logical cubits. Each logical ul Logical cubits represent a way to overcome the difficulty involved in the use of hardware or physical cubits, which are extremely noise sensitive, and, therefore, prone to make mistakes. Each logical cubit is constructed in an abstract way About several physical or hardware cubitsso that a single logical cubit encodes a single cubit of quantum information, but with redundancy. It is precisely this redundancy that allows to detect and correct the errors that are present in the physical cubits. Until very recently the number of hardware cubits that was necessary to implement a single logical cubit immune to errors was impracticable, but IBM says that he has found the solution To this problem. And presumably Fujitsu and the Riken center too. IBM is going to build The quantum computer ‘Starling’ in a new data center that will be housed in Paughkeepsie, New York (USA). This machine will bring together 200 logical cubits that, in theory, will allow you to execute 100 million quantum operations. IBM says that ‘Starling’ will be ready in 2029but, as I mentioned a few lines above, Fujitsu and Riken intend to have their quantum machine of 250 logical cubits in 2030. If they get it, they are likely to lead in this field. In any case, before that milestone arrives, much earlier, in 2026, they pursue to be ready A 1,000 cubits computer. They will not be 1,000 logical cubits; They will be 1,000 conventional cubits, and, therefore, prone to make mistakes. Even so, if Japan get it, only one step from the US and China will be placed in this field. Image | Fujitsu More information | Nikkei Asia In Xataka | Physicists believed that this quantum phenomenon was impossible. They were very wrong

The United States and China seem to compete in ia. The reality is that they play completely different sports

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Everyone talks about the “career of AI” between China and the United States as if it were a competition where one will win and another will lose. But in reality there is no career because everyone is playing a different sport. The United States invested 100,000 million dollars in AI in the first half of 2025, pursuing AGI as a technological religion. His philosophy is clear: spending billions today to control the future tomorrow. Giant proprietary models, infinite parameters, the search for the Holy Grail of the AGI. China, meanwhile, has not allocated amounts equivalent to its technological sector. Its approach is as pragmatic as Chinese culture itself: to capture market now, monetize in applications later. This divergence does not arise from abstract philosophies, but three concrete structural forces: Chips scarcity. The OCTOBER US SANCTIONS 2022 They cut Chinese access to the most powerful NVIDIA chips. The paradoxical result: China was forced to innovate in efficiency. Deepseek He managed to match the performance of GPT-4 spending eighteen times less money. Technological restriction forced an economic advantage that the United States, with all its hardware, cannot easily replicate. Capital scarcity. The Chinese risk capital collapsed after the regulations of 2022. Chinese the startups collect funds only after demonstrating product working and real metric uses. In this context, opening the source code becomes the smartest strategy: free marketing, viral adoption and developer ecosystem without acquisition cost. BAICHUAN AI AND ZHIPU AI They achieved financing from Alibaba and Tencent precisely after publishing their open models and demonstrating traction. The concentration of applications. The average Chinese user uses less than ten apps per month, almost all channeled through Wechat or Alipay. The American is around thirty. This structural difference completely changes the penetration strategy. In China, who conquered those few points of mass distribution conquers the entire market. In the United States, you have to fight in dozens of different fronts. That is why it makes sense that Chinese companies open their models: they need adoption speed in those bottlenecks, do not own defenses. The most revealing case is how Wechat chose Deepseek Above Yuanbao, Tencent’s own. The decision exemplifies well Chinese pragmatic mentality: the functional product triumphs over corporatism. Yuanbao was his own, but Deepseek was better. Wechat needed quality already, not in two years. Twenty Chinese car manufacturers and more than one hundred hospitals have made similar decisions, integrating Deepseek into their systems. Each integration expands the ecosystem and increases change costs. Behind the Chinese strategy there is also an emotional component that should not be underestimated. After decades being labeled Copycats, Opening the source code has become a way of demonstrating real innovative capacity. Publishing the weights of a model is equivalent to saying: “Here is our work, examine it, improve it if they can.” It is national pride turned into business strategy. The United States continues to build the most powerful AI in the Universe. China is already selling functional to half the planet. Sam Altman talks about the AGI As a civilizational destination, Chinese executives apply the proverb “interests cannot be eaten” and seek immediate monetization. Both can win their respective sports, but it would be absurd to ask who is winning the World Cup when one plays football and the other to basketball. The interesting question It is not who will win the race, but what will happen when in five years One has built the perfect AGI and the other controls the AI infrastructure that uses half the planet. In Xataka | The Chinese government does not trust Nvidia: its survival in China right now hangs from a thread Outstanding image | Xataka

Freezing rice not only saves time and work: for many Tamnb nutritionists

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When one makes rice, there are only two options: either you fall short, or kitchens to feed half regiment. In that second case, the usual thing is to save it in a taper for the next day. What everyone knows is that this daily gesture – guard, cooling and reheating rice – can have effects on your health and even help you absorb less calories. But if it’s just reheating it … There is something else. And no, it is not a Tiktok kitchen trick or a fashion without a base: it is pure biochemistry. In a report by El Confidencial, Dr. María Muñoz – specialist in digestive system at the Virgen de la Arrixaca hospital in Murcia – made it clear that the rice of the next day has no magic, but enough science. “Did you know that cooked and then frozen rice can have fewer calories? It is not magic, it is science and has to do with how your body digests starch,” he explained. The secret is on the starch. The key to this transformation is a substance called Resistant starch. When cooking foods rich in starch – such as rice, pasta or potatoes – a process called gelatinization is produced: starch chains are messy and become more accessible to our digestive enzymes. But if that food cools (for example, in the fridge or freezer), those chains are reorganized in a more compact and less digestible way, through a process called retrogradation. The result ends that starch becomes resistant, that is, it is not absorbed as glucose. Instead, it reaches the colon and acts as a prebiotic fiber. Less calories, better digestion. This type of starch – the so -called type 3 – behaves like a fiber: feeds the good bacteria of the intestine and generates beneficial compounds such as short chain fatty acids, including butyrate, essential for intestinal health. According to has pointed out Dr. Muñoz in El Confidencial, that resistant starch “is not digested or absorbed as glucose, but passes to the colon as a fiber, having a prebiotic effect.” In other words, the body absorbs less calories and experiences a more moderate glycemic response. Something especially useful for people with insulin resistance, digestive problems or who seek to control their weight. Science behind. As We have explained in Xatakavarious studies partially support the benefits of resistant starch. From Cleveland Clinic They define it As “a functional fiber that can help improve intestinal microbiota, regulate blood sugar and contribute to the immune system.” Now, not all types of resistant starch act the same. According to a meta -analysis posted in Scientedirectthe most powerful effects are observed in the types present naturally in foods such as green bananas or legumes. Type 3, the reheated rice, also shows benefits, although to a lesser extent. In other words, you can add, but it will not work miracles on its own. But there is a silent bacterium. The rice has its weak point, and it is not the microwave. When it is already cooked, it is especially vulnerable to a little known but quite resistant bacterium: Bacillus cereus. This bacterium can survive the heat of cooking and, if the rice stays too long at room temperature, find the perfect environment to multiply. The problem comes that it is not enough to reheat it: their toxins can continue there, causing poisoning with symptoms such as diarrhea or digestive discomfort. A silent risk that many times goes unnoticed between tuppers and leftovers of the previous night. Dr. Muñoz He has warned In the confidential that a bad conservation can have consequences. And in Xataka He also alerted that the cooling and overheating cycles – precisely those needed to generate resistant starch – are an ideal environment for this bacterium if they are not handled well. The recommendations are clear: cooling the rice in less than an hour, save it in the fridge (or freezer) without exceeding 48 hours if it does not freeze, reheat only once and never leave it several hours at room temperature. One last concern. Rice not only worries how we cook it, but also how it is grown. In an article published in Xatakawe collected the results of a study that launches a disturbing warning: climate change could be increasing arsenic levels in rice. The reason is in the combination of two factors – more carbon dioxide and higher temperatures – that facilitate plants to absorb more arsenic of the soil. If the trend continues, the impact could be noticed around 2050, especially in regions where rice is basic food. Reheating is not magic, but it can help. Finally, reheating rice can help you absorb less calories, but you will not convert a paella dish into a miraculous diet. Science supports it, provided that good conservation practices are followed. What began as a fashion on social networks has ended up opening a broader conversation about microbiota, glucose and eating habits. In the end, it’s not about changing your life for a rice taper. But with a simple gesture you can improve your intestinal health and reduce the caloric load a bit. Image | Pexels Xataka | The strange worship of resistant starch: what is behind the fever to cool food so that fattening less

Netflix has 15,000 titles but we end up seeing ‘The Office’ by Quinvez. Productivity apps make us the same

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We have 15,000 titles in Netflix and we end up seeing ‘The Office‘For the fifth time. We have a complete suite of productivity apps on the mobile and we end up writing the tasks in A whatsapp with ourselves. It is the same psychological mechanism working in two different contexts: when you have too many options, your brain is blocked and returns to the known. The world of productivity has fallen into the same trap as the platforms of streaming. They sell us infinite customization as an advantage when it is actually a ballast: Notion It allows you to create any imaginable system. Obsidian has more than 800 pLugins Todoist It has configurations for each micronecessity of your workflow. It sounds great until you realize that you have been configuring the perfect system and you have not completed a task. There is fascinating investigation into this. Barry Schwartz showed That more options not only make us happier, but they paralyze us. Each configuration decision consumes mental energy that you could be using to do real work. And here comes the paradox: We value less systems that come preconfiguredalthough they work better than those we have customized until death. The solution is contraintuitive: The most restrictive systems are usually more productive. Apple, for example, understood it a long time. It doesn’t let you change almost anything from the iPhone, but that’s why it works. Limitation is not a bugIt is one feature. You strength to act instead of optimizing forever. The secret is to choose intelligent restrictions. Instead of looking for the tool that can do everything, Look for what does the three things you really need well. Let’s look at a specific example: task management. Notion allows you to create relational databases with personalized properties, dynamic filters, multiple views and automation. You can categorize by project, priority, context, required energy, responsible person. You can create control panels that show productivity metrics and progress graphics. It is the dream of any obsessive control. But While you build that perfect system, your real tasks accumulate. You spend more time thinking about how to organize the work than working. And when you finally have your masterpiece configured, it turns out that it is so complex that using it requires more mental effort than doing the tasks by hand. Contrasts this with Things 3. You have three drawers: Inbox, today, and someday. Spot. You can’t create custom fields, you can’t do Dashboards Made, you cannot automate anything complex. It seems limited compared to Notion. But precisely because of that it works: you open the app, you see what to do today, you do it, you call it. Zero cognitive friction. The usual lesson: Productivity is not about having more options, but about eliminating irrelevant decisions. Your mental energy is finite. Every minute you spend configuring is a minute you don’t spend creating. The most elegant systems are not the ones that can do everything, but those that make obvious what to do next. In Xataka | In 2001 a productivity method was born that was going to survive everyone else: 24 years later, it is still immortal Outstanding image | Sanjeev Mohindra

Gather physicists from all over the world

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In Spain there are a group of 25 scientists who have spent the last two weeks discussing advanced theoretical physics together with professors of such prestigious centers as the King’s College or the universities of London, Cambridge and Edimburg. So far exceptional. One more summer course. The striking thing is that this brain meeting willing to unravel the mysteries of the universe has not been held in Madrid, Barcelona or any other great city in the country. The appointment It was organized in As Barreirasuntil recently an abandoned village of Galicia. And all thanks to an Italian physique who one day believed that an uninhabited area of Ourense was not a bad place to unravel the mysteries of physics. In a place in Galicia … Castro Caldelas is a town of little more than 1,200 inhabitants located in full Ribeira Sacra, in the province of Ourense. There, in the parish of Poboeiros, there is a small core called As Barreiras that according to The last census The INE has a single neighbor. In that remote point of Rural Gallego he put his eyes a while ago the cultural association La Ricottawhich has been marked among other objectives Organize courses and divulation workshops. One of its promoters is Paolo Benincasaan Italian physicist of long experience that has gone through universities Wenster Ontario, Durham, Santiago de Compostela or the Theoretical Physics Institute and Niels Bohr International Academybetween Other centers first level. His role is important because he has combined his interest in recovery and as barreiras with his scientific profile. Slowly cooked. How to fit a priori pieces so different? Beninnsa began to spin over a decade ago, in 2013, and a few years ago he took a key step in As Barreiras. “I bought this site and started reforming it in 2021,” he says in statements collected by The avant -garde. What it refers to is the place where it has ended up organizing its peculiar summer of Sages, a large house surrounded by a farm and a Palleira (a traditional Galician construction) that has rehabilitated patiently to turn it into a classroom. To carry out the project, Beninnsa created the association, in which two physicists who work in Madrid and a Galician who are responsible for finance participate. Could you go further? Beninnsa and his companions decided that yes, so this year they decided to boost a summer school In As Barreiras, an initiative aimed at 25 students Postgraduate and postdoctorals interested in fields such as theoretical cosmology. Not just that. In addition to gathering students, the course was attended by four King´s College of London, the University of London, the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh. The long twenty participants are offered free accommodation and food. Although, yes, if the environment was not conventional the stay Nor was it: They stay in tents with mattresses and sleeping bags on the plot. All this of course in full as Barreiras, an environment that, Remember The organizers were “evicted until the creation of the La Ricotta project.” And how did he? At least the course has generated expectation. The voice of Galicia sign that the organizers received 50 requests for 25 places and the selected ones come from places so distant As India, the USA, Japan, Brazil and different parts of Europe. Classes They started on July 21 and end on August 1, 12 days of Border Research They also served to insufflate as Barreiras. The course even had dissemination workshops. The school has also had the economic support of the Galician Institute of High Energy Physics (IGFAE), a center linked to the University of Santiago de Compostela, and the European Research Council. Now Benyncans already dreams of go further And why not? Continue to encourage the old village with science. Images | Google Maps and Max-Planck-Institut Für Physik (Facebook) In Xataka | A town in Zamora had been abandoned for years. Until an American arrived with enough money to buy it

Five offers to take advantage of Mediamarkt discounts in technology, today August 3

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Mediamarkt has entered fully in the month of August launching the occasional offers campaign. To give the last layer to these last summer months, the store has launched its campaign Summer offers that, together with the Discounts Mimediamarkt online (accessible when registered in the store), we can find several bargains. LG OLED55B56LA + SOUND BAR by 1,099 eurosa TV with OLED screen and a gift sound bar. Samsung Galaxy S24 Fe by 531.05 euros When registering in the store, an excellent mobile in its 256 GB configuration. Nintendo Switch + ‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’ by 349 eurosa Switch Oled pack (also of the standard switch) that comes out at the same price as if the console is bought. Apple Watch Series 10 by 399 eurosone of the best prices we have seen on Apple’s clock. Google Pixel 9 by 569.05 euros When registering in the store, an excellent mobile with a much more tight price. LG OLED55B56LA + SOUND BAR For the new wave of offers, Mediamarkt has launched a combo on some LG televisions. One of the most interesting is the one that includes an LG OLED55B56LA TV along with an LG S40T sound bar (valued at 159 euros). All this for 1,099 euros. The TV LG OLED55B56LA Mount a 55 -inch OLED screen that offers 120 Hz, is compatible with HDR10 and Dolby Vision and its speakers are compatible with Dolby Atmos. Instead, the sound bar LG S40T It comes with wireless subwoofer and offers 300W of power, its speakers are compatible with Dolby Digital and incorporates HDMI, Bluetooth and USB connection. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy S24 Fe In addition to the direct offer that the Samsung Galaxy S24 Fe of 256 GB, to the registration you can access an additional discount that leaves the mobile by 531.05 euros. It is a very interesting mobile for the price it has, since it still has Six years of software updatesits design is quite premium, its cameras are pretty good and it is a good way to have a Samsung mobile without paying the price currently the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S25. Samsung Galaxy S24 Fe (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review Nintendo Switch + ‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’ During the summer offers campaign, Mediamarkt has returned to the load with a new promotion in the Nintendo Switch (standard and OLED). This time, the console comes along with the ‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe‘, an excellent driving video game that has cooperative mode and multiplayer mode. Nintendo Switch Standard + ‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’ by 299 euros. Nintendo Switch Oled + ‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’ by 349 euros. Nintendo Switch Oled + Mario Kart 8 Deluxe * Some price may have changed from the last review Apple Watch Series 10 Apple Watch have quite high prices, but sometimes they can be found on the offer with good discounts. These last days (Mediamarkt has maintained the offer for its new campaign), the store has the Apple Watch Series 10 In its 46 mm GPS configuration per 399 eurosone of the best prices we have seen in Mediamarkt. He Apple Watch Series 10 It is a quite complete smart watch that changes in design with respect to the previous generation, since Its screen is bigger and its thickness is thinner. In addition, it includes a good assortment of sensors to monitor physical activity (sleep apnea) and its battery reaches up to 18 hours of use. Apple Watch Series 10 (GPS, 46 mm) * Some price may have changed from the last review Google Pixel 9 Similar to Samsung’s mobile, the Google Pixel 9 It has also dropped in price in Mediamarkt through a direct discount and an additional discount when registering in the store. By 569.05 euroswe talk about an excellent mobile who still has six years of software updates, It has an excellent multimedia section (screen and speakers) and cameras offer very good photographic results. * 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. Images | Mediamarkt and Buyardcion (header), LG, Samsung, Nintendo, Apple, Google In Xataka | Best televisions in quality price. Which to buy and seven recommended 4K 4K In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis

Bill Gates has been using a powerful tool for creativity and innovation for years: loneliness

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Loneliness has Very bad reputation. As the neuroscientific nicole vignola assured In one of its conferencesthe negativity bias is very powerful when talking about it. As Remember From the European Institute of Positive Psychology, “loneliness is not being alone, it is the ability to be with no one.” However, loneliness intentional and well understoodIt is the Perfect culture broth To shape To the great ideas and as a tool to build the foundations of self -confidence and mental balance. Many of the great technological, scientific or artistic achievements have been possible because, at a given time, their drivers They have moved away from everything and everyone To concentrate on shaping your ideas. His brains only needed A little loneliness. When the urgent eclipse to the important At present there is more value to what The New York Times called “Hustle culture“, To have the agenda of the day to overflow with tasks, instead of the real luxury that is to keep it completely empty and allocate time to think in the really important. How are creative and innovative ideas to arise if We don’t even spend time thinking about them and why not, to wander? That superpower of emptying the agenda and allocating time to reflect is something Bill Gates learned from his friend and mentor Warren Buffet, as confessed in A joint interview. Science has demonstrated That letting your brain rest and not doing anything is like letting your brain release in an amusement park. In that context, loneliness is a great ally. As shown in the Netflix series ‘Bill Gates: Under the magnifying glass’Microsoft’s founding millionaire is taken every year a “week of reflection”, in which solitude is withdrawn to a refuge in nature to read, reflect and generate new ideas. According The published by The Wall Street JournalHence, initiatives such as Microsoft Internet Explorer browser emerged in 1995. It has not been the only one, such and as stood out Susan Cain in The New York Times, “Steve Wozniak achieved the work (to unite the components of the first Apple) – the hard work of creating something from nothing – did it alone. At the time of the morning, completely alone.” Some of the great masterpieces of literature or art have emerged from intentional isolation of its authors. Of take distance from the noisy world and let the brain stop receiving external stimuli that distract him from what really matters: generate new ideas. The science of success of being alone Scientific evidence confirms what the great geniuses of technology or art have already demonstrated. Even Seneca dedicated a good part of his Morales Epistles to Lucilio to the noble art of reflection in solitude and its benefits. According to a joint study Of the universities of Michigan and Harvard, highly intelligent people often experience greater vital satisfaction when they reduce their frequency of social interaction. “Participants with high intellectual coefficient expressed higher levels of satisfaction when their social contact was more sporadic.” This finding has been confirmed by parallel investigations from the University of Buffalo, which conclude that people who enjoy the solitude voluntarily They show high levels of creativity and self -reflection. Alone According to He counted to CNBC Joseph Jebelli, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington and author of the book ‘The Brain at Rest ‘spend time with oneself and let the brain Rest without stimuli nor external conditioning could be key in personal and professional development. The expert ensures that There is no perfect amount of loneliness And it depends on each person, but points out that the more values those moments of loneliness and self -reflection, the better it will be for your brain because more opportunities will have to wander and Connect unconnected ideas and abstract knowledge to generate a new one. Jebelli recommends starting in a simple way and intentionally searching for 10 minutes of loneliness per day in a quiet place “where they do not bother you and take advantage of that time to sit and breathe. This small step can help the brain to enter a state of relaxation and to start the activation process of the activation of the default neuronal network“ The neuroscientist not only recommends taking care of the moments of loneliness, but also being selective with the moments of socializationseeking that “it is a significant and quality activity. Many of us spend time with people with whom we should not because we feel forced.” According to Jebelli, this “toxic” socialization increases blood cortisol levels causing them to be harmful to mental and physical health. More and more people travel alone or They look for isolated retreats as a way to reconnect with themselves and reduce the social overestimulation, As documented The confidential. This phenomenon is perceived as an act of autolide and not negative isolation, and allows Strengthen self -esteem and provide people with psychological tools to improve the way they face day -to -day challenges and problems. In Xataka | Bill Gates cost, but he learned it: science has known for years that work addiction sinks productivity Image | Unspash (Chris Nagahama, Magnus Lindvall, Gaspar Zaldo), Flickr (World Bank Photo Collection)

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