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In the 70s, wines without vintage were the worst of the worst. Now there are CVC bottles above 700 euros

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Harvesting, parenting, reserve, great reserve and, well, CVC. That is, the acronym of “set of several crops”; A denomination that, at least since 1974, usually designates The worst of the worst of Spanish wine. Or that thought most of the regulators, of the industry and, above all, of the consumers. And so? Because? European standards allow to introduce up to 15% of wine from previous crops to “improve” the wine of the vintage in question. In essence, except in systems such as young and soleras, wine is largely bottled luck. Each vintage is the result of a particular concatenation of human, climatic and geological phenomena: each bottle is the sum of a very long conversation between the world and the human being. Therefore, the usual practice told us that it was a bad signal that a vintage needs more than 15%. There was too much to fix. But they were prejudices. In 2017, Marcos Eguren He took the market A CVC to 750 the bottle. People were scandalized, but did it for pure prejudices. It is not only that the Sierra Cantabria has not stopped growing in price, but that some of the most important (and expensive) wines of the country were already CVC: the best example is The Special Reservethe top of the highest range of Vega Sicily. In a social context in which the “duplicate wines” They begin to appear strongly And in which climate change puts against the ropes to the warehouses of the main wine regions, it makes no sense to produce with one hand tied behind the back: the same wine mixing technique that serves to mask bad vintages can be used to generate exceptional wines. Rudy Kurniawan is The best example. Why were we going to give up it? And the answer is complicated. Above all, because there are a lot of ways of drinking wine. For a good part of consumers, this does not try broths with exceptional organoleptic properties (which also); This is taking sip to sip The history of a small portion of land on the planet. With their dramas, their water stress and the magic of fermentation. Even in wines such as those of the Jerez framework where a very high homogeneity and a higher quality, the differences between centuries of centuries is something wonderful is achieved. The issue is that for another much of the consumers, a glass of wine is not had to carry a oenological, climate and agronomic trip by the Rioja, the Burgundy or Bordeaux. These want a glass of wine to be a glass of wine, because they were not going to aspire to the best wine they can get for a certain price? A revolution that affects everything. It is a general trend: everyone seems to divide into boutiques that do something small, personal and high quality and franchises that produce simple, homogeneous and highly standardized products. Pass with hamburgers, Pass the gyms… How wasn’t it going to happen to the wine? The doubt now is how this wine revolution impacts without vintage in a sector that climate change and international competition is hitting very hard. Image | Klara Kulinova | Kevin Kelly In Xataka | The oldest wine in the world is “Andalusian” and has been resting 2,000 years. If it is good or not, nobody wants to know

The cheaper, the more the electric grid collapses worldwide

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In 1812, a German named Frederick Winsor founded the Light and Coke Company in London. His proposal was to supply gas to multiple homes centrally, instead that each one had to buy and burn their own coal or their own firewood. Thus, public services were born, which today face its greatest transformation in two centuries By effect of renewables. The electricity grid According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), today there are 80 million kilometers of electrical networks in the world. By 2040, 50 million additional kilometers will be needed, in addition to the urgent need to modernize another 30 million kilometers of the current network. The challenge is not only quantity: it is not enough to multiply the electric laying. Wind energy, and especially solar energy, have introduced the need to digitize all infrastructure, Insert control systems and improve your flexibility to handle the intermittent nature of renewables. The paradox of solar energy. The more accessible the photovoltaic panels become, the more users choose to partially abandon the electricity network. This increases the cost for those who stay, and puts in check the stability of the system, pending a deep modernization. In rich and sunny regions Like California either Australiaself -consumption has been about to collapse the network in days of abundant solar generation. But you don’t have to go to the most developed places in the world to find these types of problems. A report in The Economist Review three unsuspected cases: Pakistan, the third largest importer of Chinese solar panels (according to data from 2023), is seeing how companies, farmers and large consumers install photovoltaic systems to self -abuse and stop paying very expensive electrical invoices. Still dependent on old coal plants, the price of electricity in Pakistan is very high, so users with resources have preferred to invest in solar energy South Africa lives another variant of this paradox. Before the mass cuts of the state company Eskom (which are called ‘Load Shedding’), many users install solar panels and batteries to protect themselves from interruptions. The South African municipalities that buy the energy at Eskom and then resell them have to pay increasing invoices to the company and, in turn, charge less to those who migrate to self -consumption. This has generated indebtedness with ESKOM of around 1.2% of the country’s GDP. Solar adoption relieves the dependence of the network, but in turn it is a threat to the income that maintains the infrastructure In Lebanon, the state company only provides electricity a couple of hours a day since 2019. As a direct consequence of this, the photovoltaic facilities on the roofs have multiplied, from 100 to 1,300 megawatts in just three years. This situation, despite partially solving the shortage, is resulting in a fish that bites the tail due to the lack of stability and investments in the network An open gap. As private solar facilities proliferate, fixed network costs (lines, substations …) fall on a smaller user base connected. Those who run out of resources to put panels, generally the poorest, have to pay even higher rates To cover all system expenses, which normally seeks profitability. The numbers in Europe. Europe is at the head of the world in emission and electrification objectives, but this has important economic implications. According to a Bruegel reportthey will need between 65,000 and 100,000 million euros per year to modernize and expand the European electrical infrastructure, especially in distribution networks. At the same time, the European Union promotes solar self -consumption and does not always establish sustainable tarification mechanisms for the network. If many homes are drastically or reduced their consumption of the electricity grid, the user base on which the cost of investment in infrastructure is reduced, the fixed term of the invoice is increased and duttering more consumers, who invest in more solar panels. Cross -border connections. Solar energy itself does not cause instant blackouts, but unbalanced the financial and operational structure of the electricity grid, which has fixed maintenance costs. And he does it for several reasons: the decreasing base of users, the mismatches of supply and demand due to the intermission of renewables and the use of the network as a minimum cost support. In addition to batteries and Pumping plants to stabilize the networkinternational projects such as the hypothetical are needed Transatlantic cable between America and Europe To share renewable surpluses between continents and soften demand peaks, but their development is complex, controversial and quite expensive. Image | US Department of Energy In Xataka | The next drought will be electricity: the electricity grid “is running out of transformers” for the demand for AI

foreigners upload, nationals are stagnant

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2024 was A good year For hotels in Spain. With the already distant memory of pandemic and tourist flow taking strength Internationally, Spanish accommodations reached A historical maximum of overnight stays: they added almost 364 million hired nights, a 4.9% more than 2023 And above even Pre-covid data. When analyzed closely, it is observed, however, this data has a “but”. If the hotels achieved historical value it was basically for foreign tourism, which compensated for the national stagnation. In Spanish hotels it begins to be easier to hear than Spanish. Two -speed tourism. The data of the National Statistics Institute (INE) are clear: although in 2024 the overnight They increased 4.9% In the hotels in Spain, that percentage hides two very different realities. The demand for foreign visitors grows. Not that of domestic tourism. The first paid for 241.7 million Of nights, 7.5% more than in 2023, while Spanish travelers stayed at 121.9 million overnight stays, practically the same (+0.2%) as the previous year. With that backdrop, the annual rate of the hotel price index rebounded 7%. Filling data in hotels published by the INE. Is there more data? Yes. Ine values ​​point in the same direction as the published A few days ago In X by economist Ángel Talavera based on the Tables of Oxford Economics and Harver Analytics. In his graphic it is also appreciated how during the last years (with the Covid break) the gap between the demand of the Spaniards and the foreigner has been widen, especially in the last two exercises. While foreign visitors’s overnightness grew about 17% (20.1%, according to the INE), that of national tourists barely varied. How many tourists are equivalent? In total, a 116.3 million travelers. Of these, 54.3 million resided in Spain and the remaining 61.9 arrived from other countries. Those figures show two conclusions. The first helps to understand the growing weight of foreigners’ overnight stays in the hotels in Spain: on average, their stays are longer. Almost four nights, fry at 2.2 of the Spaniards. The second conclusion is that hotel growth relies mainly on the impulse of foreign tourism. In 2024 the flow of tourists from other countries grew by 8.22% while that of residents remained practically frozen, with a slight fall of 0.7%. In general, the INE shows that the Spaniards look more and more abroad to plan our vacations. In 2024 trips out of the country They grew by 12.1% While the inmates fell 2.3%. British and Germans, the “kings“. Their statistics They allow you to go even further and get an idea where they come and what regions of Spain prefer. With respect to the former, their origin, two large emitting foci, the United Kingdom and Germany, whose travelers starred in 43% of foreigners’ overnight (102.9 million). In addition, both groups grew in 2024. As for the second, in which regions of Spain they stay, the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean stand out. The archipelago monopolized 26.3% of overnight Of the non -residents in Spain, 5% more than in 2023. In second and third are the Balearic Islands (23.9% of the total) and Catalonia (18.2%). That last area is also one of the most busy by the Spaniards, together with Andalusia and Community Valencian. In general, Mallorca was the point in Spain with more number of speakers. Click on the image to go to Tweet. And outside the hotels? All of the above are data from the report of the Hotel Tourist situation of the INE, which focuses the focus basically on the “hotel establishments”, a wide label that covers traditional hotels, hostels, motels and pensions. Another equally interesting fact is that of tourist businesses “Estruosteraros”which includes campsites, shelters, rural tourism and apartments accommodations. His 2024 general photo is very similar. Their businesses closed the year with more overnight than in 2023. To be precise, 3% more. Although that data hides two realities when analyzing travelers due to their place origin. Spaniard overnight pernotations fell 0.5%. On the contrary that those of foreigners, who grew by 5.8%.. Data issue … The record in the hotels in Spain, promoted mainly by travelers from other countries, is not quite a novelty. Before the sector ended 2024 I already pointed out to a historical brand in the flow of foreign tourists, which reinforces the weight of Spain in the international tourist circuit. In fact Google and Deloitte They estimate That in the medium term, in 2040, Spain can be the destination with the highest influx of tourists on the planet, ahead of France or the US. Occupation data in “extrahoteros” accommodations, which include from shelters to apartments. … and challenges. That growth has been rigging, however, important challenges. The tourist boom, especially of foreign visitors with greater purchasing power, has Increased offer of holiday rental, Tensioning (even more) The residential housing market at points such as Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Canary Islands or Madrid. Such is the situation that administrations already They have moved file To try tackle the housing transfer to the tourism market. The neighbors of the most affected areas have also out to the street for claim A tourist model compatible with the day -to -day life of residents. They have seen in the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Madrid or Catalonia, where last summer a group of protesters reached shoot with guns of water to visitors in protest. The image gave the return to the world. To the north, in Cantabria, the residents even They have mobilized Under the motto “We don’t want to be the North Ibiza.” The threat. The great challenge that now the main tourist destinations in Spain, as in Other countriesIt is not to die of success. I may sound exaggerated, but there is already some important travel guide that advise to visit Mallorca, Barcelona and the Canary Islands in 2025 for considering them massive. “Tourists do not tire of Europe, but the discontent residents of many European destinations no longer want to receive them, at least not in … Read more

Half of Catalonia has its contaminated aquifers. And the rains are the perfect excuse to do nothing

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In January of this year, the Catalan Agència de l’Aigua He updated his data on areas vulnerable to excess nitrates of agroganadera origin. The figures are a jug of cold water (and very polluted): 49.2% of Catalan municipalities They have contamination levels by nitrogen compounds above the legal. That is, 39.9% of the surface of Catalonia. It is a huge problem that does not stop growing, but that the rains of these weeks can end up making invisible. And, at a time when the Government began to be forced to take action, postponing them would be a difficult mistake. Doesn’t it stop growing? As Antonio Cerrillo explainedin 1998 “the percentage of municipalities cataloged with vulnerable area was 21.5%of the total; in 2004, the figure rose to 33.7%; in 2009 it reached 44.2%; in 2015 it was 44.5%.” It is true that some municipalities (three: Blanes, Cubells and Tavertet) have left the list because they have allowed the indicators; But, on the other hand, eight (Corbera d’Ebre, Gavet de la Conca, Jorba, Marçà, Pla de Santa Maria, Perelló, Ponts and Sant Sadurní d’Alcoia have entered). According to the Generalitat, the trend was stable, but “with a slight increase in nitrate pollution in certain areas.” Now the indicators will improve. There is no doubt about that. Above all, because a part of the problem was related to drought. The mechanism is simple: agribusiness contamination filters to the subsoil and there meets the huge aquifer system of the country. If there is a lot of water, those nitrates are diluted and the legal limits are not overcome. If there is not, the alarms jump. Right now, the Catalonia reserves They are at 76.46%, those in Barcelona are at 78.83%and those of Girona (the lowest) to 47.28%. Right now, while I write this, aquifers throughout the country are filling with water and, by pure logic, the situation will improve. However, the rest of the problems persist (or increase). Above all, because you have to keep in mind that those nitrates, Those purines They do not appear alone: ​​they are the result of hyperintensive models of agroganade exploitation. Models that base part of their profitability on Not having to put their negative externalities In the results account. And it is not a strictly Catalan problem (although it is true that it affects especially): according to the citizen network of nitrate measurement, almost 60% of Spanish underground waters is contaminated by nitrates and growing. The matter is such a caliber that also reaches reservoirs and evidences the country’s disastrous water management. In summer 2013, 161 municipalities in Castilla y León They discovered that had been drinking contaminated water for years without knowing it. It’s alone An example of the rosary of problems We have been seeing. All reflect and, above all, take action. Antonio Cerrillo saidthat the Generalitat “prepares an order to review the areas of the territory with groundwater contaminated by nitrates from livestock purines.” But the truth is that we always go with the foot changed. A good example was that of “Royal Decree that establishes rules for sustainable nutrition in agrarian soils“which was approved with more than three years of delay. The same three years that it took to transpose the”European Directive related to the quality of the waters for human consumption“It is our way of doing things. As we said days ago, March rains have given us a historical opportunity to save the country’s aquifers. But it will also give a victory (pyrrhic, but victory after all) to those who manage the problem they can use to leave us in worse situation we have. It’s not The first time what’s happening. Image | Copernicus | Scott Goodwill In Xataka | Spain has been overexpling its aquifers. March rains have given us the historical opportunity to save them

In the war cameras vs lidar, Tesla has a lot to learn from an unexpected product: the Chinese aspiring robot

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Light detection and ranging. Or, what is the same, detection and measurement of light. These are the words behind Lidar. This technology uses light pulses to map the environment and discover each and every corner of a stay or an open space almost in real time, as well as to recreate 3D environments with enormous precision. To understand how a lidar radar works, I recommend watching Mark Rober’s video in which it tells the differences between a car equipped with this system and its tesla, which exclusively uses cameras to detect the obstacles that you can find along its path. Beyond the controversy arising in relation to the tests that Rober does, the video explains well Why Lidar is such a complete system. In a simple way, the system takes advantage of the speed of light to emit infrared pulses. These bounce in the object in question and the system calculates how far that object is using the time that the pulse of light has taken to go and return. As light pulses have a very small size and, as we said, it takes advantage of that very high speed of light transmission, can map the objects almost in real time. In recent days, after Mark Rober’s video, the controversy of whether it is better to use an LIDAR or one system that exclusively use cameras and recreations by software is better or worse to guarantee the best behavior in terms of autonomous driving. A controversy that has left people trying launch your tesla against a wall With a road painted in the purest shyesty style. And it is a long time since it made it clear that I would bet everything on the use of cameras for manage your driving aid systems Or, in the future, completely autonomous driving with the robotaxis that wants to put in the streets. At the time, home vacuum robots also lived this moment of indecision. And along the way, Irobot who was the leading market leader has ended up giving millionaire losses and has seen how Chinese manufacturers have eaten much of the market. The secret of the latter: they use lidar instead of trusting everything to the cameras. What can you learn from a vacuum cleaner “We have substantial doubts”, with these words Irobot owners responded to the question of whether they could move forward with their operations. My partner Javier Pastor explained A few months ago when Amazon raised the purchase of Irobot in 2022 (which fell into regulatory terms) The company had a value of 1.2 billion dollars. In the third quarter of 2024, the calculation was about 200 million dollars. Shortly after, The situation has not improved a lot. In 2024, Irobot lost more than 145 million dollars. However, they had reduced their losses by 52%. The company faced a perfect storm. After spending the worst of pandemic, spending on home robots and other products (such as computers) They collapsed. That coincided with the launch of new Chinese products that were faster and faster than Irobot’s: they used the lidar sensor. This system is ideal for improving the capacities of a vacuum robot. It detects better obstacles, mapping the house more precisely and that translates into faster and more effective work. The result is especially good if it is combined with the cameras and artificial intelligence systems to discover smaller obstacles that can go unnoticed or create confusion. In recent years, that has been the trend of the market in cleaning the home. The combination of this system with a more attractive price He has triggered the sales of Chinese aspiring robots, to the detriment of an Irobot that accumulated more than 60% market share. The comparison with Tesla and the electricity car market is evident. The latter are using Lidar sensors in their cars and offer a product equal to or better than Europeans and Elon Musk’s for a fraction of their price. He Xiaomi Su7 and its wide reception He is being a good example of this. Tesla has long since defends that Lidar are not necessary to improve autonomous driving systems but studies say that, as in the case of vacuum robots, the best performance is signed When both technologies are combinedLidar and cameras. In the case of Xiaomi, the videos shown from How your total autonomous driving system operates They are impressive, with very human behavior and managing the smallest spaces very well. This is possible because, among other things, A lidar is better when calculating distances And suffer less when the light falls. Neither does the risk of the camera be dazzled, At least not intentionallygenerating Ghostly brakes. So far, everything indicates that Tesla does not seem willing to return to anything other than the “All Chamber” To save costs. At the moment it has worked but you have to demonstrate that it is as effective as more advanced systems. And there is also the largest electric car market in the world. In China, where foreigners are suffering from the local product, Tesla is hitting a good batacazo in 2025. Photo | Tesla and Irobot In Xataka | “It’s like living millions of lives”: Tesla trusts their own drivers to advance Waymo and Cruise and shoot their value

16 Functions and tricks of the blue circle with the artificial intelligence chat

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We bring you a list with The best functions and some tricks of Goal AIthe artificial intelligence that has been integrated into WhatsApp with A blue circle. It is something similar to having Chatgpt in WhatsAppbut in this case it is the AI ​​created directly by those responsible for the app. The idea of ​​integrating goal AI in the application is that you always have at hand the possibility of chatting with artificial intelligence and asking for anything without having to open any app. Now we will tell you some of the things you can ask to give you some ideas. And as we always say in Xataka Basics, we invite you that if you think we have left an important function tell us in the comments section. Thus, all Xataka readers can benefit from the knowledge of our xatakers. Get out messages like templates Have you been late for an appointment? Do you want to congratulate a birthday? Doesn’t it come in any ingenious to write? So goal ai can do it for you. You just have to ask for something like “write a message of ..” specifying what you want, and will do it for you with one or two examples. Here, what will generate goal AI is a template to which you then have to add names and others. You can also Specify the context of the message you want to write, or even the tone you want to use to make the result as well as possible. Check your messages before sending them But imagine that you want something more personal, such as writing your own long message to talk about an important topic. However, you are not sure that you have written it correctly. In that case, you can ask goal to Check the spelling and grammar From your message. Thus you can make sure you do not have any important error, especially in those cases in which the message is serious or professional and you want to make sure it causes a good impression. You can ask general questions As with any other artificial intelligence chat, a goal you will be able to ask that Information about whatever you want. You can ask you about things, sites, history, people, whatever you want, and the AI ​​will answer you with the information you have available. This information can be removed from the knowledge base with which AI has been entered and internet. In the event that the information is found on the network, Meta will add the link of the page that it has used as a source. Ask for specific information In addition to general information, you can also Ask for specific information On topics such as history, science, technology, art, literature or whatever you want. Again, goal AI will take your knowledge of your training or internet to answer you. Both this function and almost all can be found in other artificial intelligence chatbots, although the advantage of this is not to need to go out of WhatsApp to make the consultation. You can correct the information If you think it has failed in the answer, You can correct AI telling him that he has failed and what was the good answer. Then, the AI ​​will make a double checkeo of the information, and if it had effectively made a mistake will correct it and try that the changes apply for everyone. Ask for definitions of words and concepts You do not need a dictionarybecause if there is an expression, a concept or a word that you do not understand, you can ask goal to explain it to you. You can ask for any definition and will answer you in an understandable way. Translate texts into several languages Goal AI can also act as a translator. This works in the two directions, you can put a text in another language and ask you to translate it in Spanish or vice versa, write in Spanish and ask that you translate that to English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and more. These translations can be of any length. It is best to ask you in the Prompt that you make a translation of what you will write below, put two points and then paste or write the text you want. It may be all you want. Ask for entertainment recommendations Don’t you know what to see, read or listen? You can ask goal to I recommend films, series, books or music Based on your tastes. You can ask, for example, on recommendations of a specific genre or also add publication dates. You can also ask for recommendations similar to another specific title, or ask you to make recommendations if you like certain different titles for AI to establish a relationship between them and look for related content. Synopsis of films and event information And if with the recommendations of the previous point you do not finish trusting, you can also ask for A synopsis of a movie or series. You can ask you to explain what something that has recommended you, or directly ask you about a specific title you have in mind. In addition to this, you can also ask for Information about events and festivalsto look for the most recent on the Internet about some that you are interested in attending. Ask him to make games for you Like other AI attendees, goal AI can also make a text -based game. For example, you can ask you Make you a game of guessing words or a trivialand the AI ​​will ask you the questions to wait for your answers. You can also ask for clues. When configuring the games, be sure to tell you that it is the one that makes you play. You will also be able Ask to be a thematic gamelike a trivial based on a fantastic series or universe that you like. It can be your calculator Another possibilities offered by this AI is to be able make mathematical … Read more

Genetics offers some clue to answer the eternal question: What the hell goes through my cat’s head?

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Who has lived with a cat has probably intrigued more than once by the sometimes incomprehensible Gatuna Psychology. Now, a project seeks to respond to some of the mysteries that surround the behavior of these felines in the hope that their psychology is not, after all, completely impossible to understand. Cats are sought. And the first step to achieve this is in Create a database with information about numerous cats of various races and contexts. It is precisely what the Darwin cat initiative team is doing, or Darwin’s Cats. Plans. He objective of this project It is to collect 100,000 cats enrolled in June 2026, although they have not yet reached the 10,000 mark. The team seeks to gather information on the behavior of felines through a questionnaire and information about the genetics of each individual. For the latter, participants will have to send a hair sample from the animal next to the questionnaire. Combining these data, the team hopes to obtain the highest database of its kind to investigate not only in the behavior of these domesticated animals, but also expand our knowledge about their health. Who wants to register your pet, yes, you must pay a donation of about $ 150, in order to finance the investigation. In Xataka Communicating with our cats has always been a complex task. A study has discovered the key: flashing Darwin’s ark. This project is not the first in its style for the team that undertakes it. The initiative is part of the work of the Darwin Ark Association (Darwin’s Ark), which a few years ago made Similar work With dogs. Behind the project There is a team of researchers linked to the Chan School of Medicine of the University of Massachusetts and Broad Institute. Inquiring in feline psychology. Perhaps because of the contrast between dogs and cats or perhaps because their behavior really is strange to us, the psychology of cats has intrigued many throughout the long history of coexistence between felines and humans. So strange is sometimes the behavior of these animals that we have come to apply evidence aimed at detecting psychopathy trends in these animals. In recent years, this field of study has put some emphasis In the genetics of cats when confirming some ideas about the existence of hereditary features in the personality of these animals. A quite widespread notion but that we are still understanding. {“Videid”: “x95dxwi”, “Autoplay”: fals, “Title”: “The strongest animal measures 1mm so are the most fearsome animals”, “Tag”: “Webedia-prod”, “Duration”: “343”} Health issue Understanding the genetics of these mammals goes beyond finding patterns in their behavior. It can also help us when detecting genetic components of some of the diseases that affect cats and thus be able to find ways to improve veterinary attention to these animals. Perhaps they can even help us prevent or cure some of the diseases and disorders that affect very present animals in our environment. In Xataka | The ‘Maullido Division’, when Russia released 5,000 cats to help in World War II Image | Vitolic Mana (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news Genetics offers some clue to answer the eternal question: What the hell goes through my cat’s head? It was originally posted in Xataka by Pablo Martínez-Juarez .

In full birth crisis, in the US there is a movement that aspires to turn its demography: pronatalism

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“I want more babies in the United States.” The phrase It’s JD Vance and matters especially for two reasons. The first, because although the Republican had shown before His obsession with birth rates, that specific comment released it in January, during His first public speech as vice president of the country. The second reason is that when Vance pronounced it, he did more than give his personal opinion: he connected with a movement that, although not new, seems to be gaining weight (and visibility) in Trump’s US: Pronatalism. And Vance is not the only media figure (not even in the Trump administration) in tune in with a speech that goes beyond the US and It arrives in Spain. What is pronatalism? Roughly, Pronatalism It is an ideology that advocates Increased birth rate of a country. This is defined by the Cambridge Dictionarywhich affects that its basic objective is to increase the population without having to rely on the arrival of immigrants. That, of course, is the definition with thick stroke. If we go down to detail, many more nuances and a mixture of ideologies that do not always coincide in the background or forms are appreciated. “It can be motivated by cultural, religious, geopolitical or economic imperatives,” comments on The conversation Céline Delacroix, professor at the University of Ottawa, adds: its policies “can manifest in various ways, covering from soft measures, such as stigmatizing those who decide not to have children, other hard, including restricting access to contraceptives.” An objective, several reasons While the pronatalist goal is clear, the argument that accompanies it (and justifies) is not always so much. Under his broad and diffuse umbrella conservatives are grouped with religious motivations that see a social pillar in the family, but also more coincident with Musk. In his case the key is not so much religious as the Fear of demographic collapse and its consequences at a social and economic level. The option to open the doors to migration It would be discarded For them for their fear that It ends up weakening The culture of the country that receives it. Perhaps the best known example of that last profile is the marriage formed by Simone and Malcolm Collinsthe drivers of the organization Pronatalist. Although neither of them arrives at 40, the couple already expects His fifth child and aspires to have at least two more. However, the most striking of their case is not the figures, but it is the ideology that has led them to embrace pronatalism. The Collins They are defined as Tecnopuritanosatheists, anti racist, defenders of LGBTQ+ rights and its vision of pronatalism contemplates the use of in vitro fertilization or genetic selection. Moreover, they themselves They have resorted to both, including the Preimplantational genetic test (PGT) to rule out embryos at risk of cancer or “mental health problems” for which there is no quality treatment. “” We obviously analyze the intellectual coefficient, “they add. Is it something new? No. Natalism or pronatalism exists For several decadesbut in the US it has gained remarkable visibility for several reasons, beyond the expectation that can awaken cases such as collins marriage. One of those reasons, fundamental to understanding its boom, is the Birth decline of the US. The other is the notoriety of certain figures in tune with the main objective of the natives: encourage the birth rate of the country. Vance is one of them. Another is Musk, who has At least 11 offspring and In 2022 came to tweet that “the collapse of the birth rate is, by far, The greatest threat that faces civilization. “Donald Trump himself He has recognized openly that he wants to boost a new “baby boom” in the US. The most revealing movement however has made another high position of Washington, the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy. Father of nine children, Duffy has gone from rhetoric to the facts when signing A memo which prioritizes projects aimed at communities with high marriage and birth rates. There are those He has interpreted it as a clear example of “pronatalist policy.” The decision of the Transport Department is interesting because, no matter how much Trump pursues a new baby boom or vance you share your desire to see more American babies, there is an issue that is still pending: How to achieve it? After all, the US is not the first country that intends to increase its birth rate and many others, such as Japan, China either South KoreaThey have proven how complicated it results. The jump from theory to facts is also relevant to the natives because it transparent their internal tensions and differences. The magazine The Atlantic reflects it well in An article entitled “The loneliness of the conservative pronatalist”. To encourage birth, there are conservative cutting formulas, such as promoting family values; But also other liberals, such as granting more subsidies to parents or betting on housing promotion policies, a solution that clashes a priori with the efforts of Donald Trump (and Musk) to achieve On the contrary: put the scissors in the administration. Another friction point is what the Collins represent: the use of in vitro fertilization and other practices that arouse misgivings among anti -abortion. The connection with Europe (and Spain) Pronatalism has supporters, but also detractors. And there are a few reasons that explain it. Although people like Collins try to mark distances with racism, even It is not so much The most active pronatals in the US were the white nationalists concerned that other communities surpass them in number. His recent boom is also closely linked to the speeches of figures on the right, such as Elon Musk or JD Vance, who pronounced his famous “I want more babies” during the Life marchan act against abortion. The result is that extreme right formations have capitalized the speech pronatalist as a reaction to feminism and the defense of sexual autonomy that It has been dominating for years In the public sphere. Also to immigration. Spain leaves … Read more

Samsung Galaxy mobile, laptops with OLED screen and more. The best offers of El Corte Inglés during the weekend

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As every week, the English Court has prepared a generous selection of offers in all types of devices. Until April 9 at 09:00 hours, we can take advantage of discounts on mobiles, computers, air conditioners and much more. Therefore, we have made a Selection with the five best store offers. Samsung Galaxy A56 5g by 479.90 eurosa good price considering that right now the configuration of 128 GB costs the same. ZTE NUBIA FLIP 5G by 399.90 eurosa super adjusted price if we seek to make the leap to folding mobiles. ASUS VIVOBOOK GO 15 by 549 eurosa laptop with interesting OLED screen if we look for a model to study or to see multimedia content. Samsung Q77D by 949 eurosa 75 -inch QLED TV that is at half price. Fujitsu air by 575.20 eurosa good model to make the summer at home something more bearable. Samsung Galaxy A56 5g He Samsung Galaxy A56 5g It has been launched very recently, and the brand has taken advantage of the launch to leave it with a good price in its 256 GB configuration. If we buy it right now (it is not necessary to be in the official store), we can have it for 479.90 eurosthe same price that the configuration of 128 GB has. Of course, at this time Amazon has even cheaper, since it has dropped its price to the 453.82 euros. Samsung Galaxy A56 5G (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review ZTE NUBIA FLIP 5G On the other hand, if what we are looking for is to make the leap to the folding mobileswe can do it without spending a fortune. He Nubia Flip 5g of ZTE has dropped to 399.90 eurosnothing wrong to be a folding. Among the most remarkable of this mobile we find its folding screen (for the price it has), The exterior screen is of good quality and its design is Premium. ZTE NUBIA FLIP 5G (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review ASUS VIVOBOOK GO 15 In El Corte Inglés we can also find some laptops at a very good price. One of the most interesting is the ASUS VIVOBOOK GO 15a laptop oriented to see and see multimedia content that we have for 549 euros. The most remarkable thing is that a 15.6 -inch OLED screenhas certification of military grade (US Mil-Std 810h), has 512 GB of storage and 16 GB of RAM and comes with Windows 11. * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Q77D Some televisions also have a good price in El Corte Inglés. One of the best examples in the Samsung Q77Da smart tv qled 75 inches which has dropped from 1,999 euros to 949 euros. The most remarkable, in addition to panel technology and inch size, is that it has a film director, it comes with multi-view mode and integrates the voice assistant Alexa. Samsung Q77D (QLED, 75 inches) * Some price may have changed from the last review Fujitsu air In some areas of Spain it is already beginning to make hot, so it is the ideal time to buy a good air conditioning. If we are looking for a good price, the English Court has this model of Fujitsu (ASY35-KL) by 575.20 euros instead of 829 euros. It has a compact format (770 mm width), offers a nominal refrigeration capacity of 3.010 Frig/Hy has a Energy classification in A ++ cooling. * 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 | Samsung, Zte, Asus, Fujitsu In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis In Xataka | Best laptops in quality price. Which to buy depending on the use and eight recommended models

Transform smartphones sensors into an antimatter chamber

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One of the reasons why Antimatter is so interesting Not only for particle physicists, but also for the people to whom we are passionate about science, is that the tools we have They still do not allow us to understand what role he played in The origin of the universe. However, the enigma does not end here; Nor do we know what laws govern the faint line that delimits the imbalance between matter and antimatter in the cosmos. Before moving forward, we are worth stopping for a time to briefly review what antimatter is and what makes it so peculiar. Actually, it is nothing more than a form of matter constituted by antiparticles, which are particles with the same mass and spin as the particles with which we are familiar, but with opposite electric charge. In this way the antiparticle of the electron is the positron or antielectron. And the proton antiparticle is the antiproton. The antimatter has a surprising property: when they come into direct contact with the matter, both are annihilated, releasing a large amount of energy in the form of high-energy photons, as well as other possible particle-antiparticle pairs. It is currently being studied in much of the research centers specialized in physics of most important particles in the world in the hope that knowing it better helps us understand some of the mysteries of the cosmos that remain out of our reach. The AEGIS experiment demonstrates how ingenious particles are physicists The sensors of the cameras of our mobile phones are very valuable when it comes to unraveling the mysteries of the antimatter. This a priori statement may seem strange, but it is reliable. And is that a team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (Germany) who works side by side with scientists from the Cern (European Organization for Nuclear Research) has designed an experiment that, precisely, resorts to this strategy. It’s called aegis (Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy or ‘Antimatter experiment: gravity, interferometry, spectroscopy’) and is extraordinarily ingenious. AEGIS uses modified sensors of mobile phone photo camera to identify the points where antimatter and matter are annihilated In the cover photography of this article we can see what the device they have built. Broadly the purpose of this experiment is to study the interaction between gravity and antihydrogen, which is a form of antimatter, to verify if the latter behaves before gravity in the same way as ordinary matter. As we can deduce from its name, it resorts to interferometry and spectroscopy techniques to carry out its objective, but the most surprising thing is that the detector uses modified sensors of camera photo cameras to identify in real time the points in which the antimatter and the subject are annihilated. “For AEGIS to work properly we need a detector with an incredibly high spatial resolution. And the smartphones camera sensors have pixels of less than 1 micrometer,” Francesco Guatieri explainedmain investigator of the experiment. “We have integrated 60 camera sensors in our detector, which allows you to reach a resolution of 3,840 megapixels, the largest amount of pixels of any image detector to date.” It is spectacular. Let us trust that Aegis fulfills its mission and these scientists manage to understand a little better how the interaction between antimatter and gravity is. Image | Cern More information | Cern In Xataka | CERN physicists believed that symmetry between quarks up and down is broken. Is much more than they expected

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