free access to your reasoning model

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Google has announced he Gemini 2.0 launchtheir new family of AI models. They actually launched experimental versions of Gemini 2.0 Flash in December And above all they showed their preliminary reasoning model, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, but now all those movements are consolidated with more mature and stable versions. Best of all, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, OpenAi O1 or Deepseek R1is already available as one of the available models In Gemini’s mobile and desktop application. Gemini 2.0 is more “agetic”, and according to Google it can “interact with YouTube, Search and Google Maps.” The company announced these days bittersweet fiscal results: they have more money, users and benefits than ever, But they are on the defensive. SUCTAR PICHAI, CEO of Alphabet, highlighted how the company will invest 75,000 million dollars in AI for 2025, when its CAPEX (capital expenses) in 2023 was 32,300. The decision shows that clear intention to invest but not necessarily to lead, but to try not to be left in front of a competition that also seems willing to spend colossal amounts of money. One of the outstanding notes of this Google announcement is the launch of a Experimental version of Gemini 2.0 Pro. This model, successor of Gemini 1.5 Pro, is more precise and “factual”, and according to Google exceeds clearly to the previous version in programming tasks and mathematics related. Google qualifies Gemini 2.0 pro as “your most capable model so far”, and will be available for GEMINI Advanced subscribers and for those with access to VERTEX AI and AI STUDIO. Together with Gemini 2.0 Pro is Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite, a lighter version that offers more quality in its response than the previous Gemini 1.5 Flash, but that maintains its speed and cost. This model has a gigantic context window (One million tokens) and multimodal support, and for example you can generate a brief description of a line for a set of 40,000 different photos … and all for less than a dollar, indicate those responsible. In Xataka | Google demonstrates what is capable: presents an amazing AF agent who can use the browser for you

It seemed that iOS was unwavering. Until this malware slipped in App Store and started reading screenshots

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Talk about iOS (usually) to be synonymous with Talk about security. But there is no infallible operating system. In the case of Android, we are quite accustomed to the fact that occasionally Some type of malware in Play Storebut in Apple’s application store this is not common. For the first time, a malware capable of reading screenshots has been found in App Store. Is, According to Kasperskythe first case detected of an app published in APP Store capable of using technology to extract image text using Google technology. The Antivirus company has explained that this malware is part of a campaign that sought to attack users to find cryptographic keys. The severity of the matter comes from the distribution method: applications infected with both iOS and Android. In the case of Android, these apps exceeded 240,000 downloads. These apps were varied and did not follow a thematic pattern. Some were “Chat AI”, other Delivery apps, others of messaging … Some of these applications had thousands of downloads in the Apple application store. What was its operation? In both cases, the same. Apps executed technology OCR of Googlea Google Cloud solution capable of recognizing text automatically. Once we gave apps gallery permits, they were able to look for text in our images and send it to the server. Thus, the attackers were made with cryptocurrency wallet passwords or with phrases and recovery codes of any app. From Kaspersky they affirm that “they cannot confirm with certainty that the infection has been the result of an attack on the supply chain or a deliberate action of developers.” Similarly, they point out that there may still be apps with this malware available in application stores. As we always indicate from Xataka, it is crucial not to give gallery permits to apps in which we do not trust 100%. Image | Xataka In Xataka | How to detect and eliminate malware with MSRT, the hidden Windows 10 and 11 tool

The tariffs and doctrine “of Minimis”

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On February 1, President Donald Trump issued a new Executive order in which he imposed 10% tariffs on all types of Chinese merchandise. That has ended up having an immediate impact on the business of Temu and Shein, two of the great Chinese electronic commerce platforms, and in the last hours a singular situation has been experienced. Duty. The activation of the 10% rate on Chinese goods that arrive in the United States is one of the measures that Trump has created for increase taxes to the countries with which it is most traded. In fact, he raised 25% tariffs for Canada and Mexicoalthough it has postponed its application for 30 days. No Chinese packages. The impact can be huge, and the first side effects have already been noticed. A few hours ago the US postal service stopped accepting packages from China and Hong Kong, which among other things caused all chaos between the Truck carriers They tried to carry their packages as they had done until then. Private courier companies such as UPS or Fedex did not announce restrictions at that time, indicate In The Verge. Restored service. As they point out In CNBCthe postal service ended up accepting those packages. In a statement On their website they indicated that both they and the customs service were “collaborating closely to implement an effective mechanism for collection of new tariffs to China, in order to guarantee the least possible interruption of the delivery of packages.” The exception “of Minimis”. China’s trade with the United States has benefited for years of an exception called “Minimis”, a Latin term that indicated that packages with value below $ 800 could enter the United States without paying taxes. It is a mechanism that platforms such as Shein or Temu have taken the opportunity to offer really competitive prices in their merchandise. They are not the only ones who have taken advantage of that “shortcut”, and also US companies such as Amazon, Etsy or Ebay have benefited from this exception. Trump puts an end to minimis. But this exception, which carries about a century Active, was blocked by the new president of the United States. The impact of this measure can be enormous: the American customs agency Indian Recently that it processed more than 1.3 billion minimis shipments in 2024. Not only that: A report The US government revealed that Temu and Shein are “probably responsible” for more than 30 % of all minimis shipments that arrive in the US, and practically half of all shipments of this type that do not pay taxes came from China. The rise of electronic commerce and the avalanche of arrival of low value products made the limit of minimis products in 2016 rose from 200 to $ 800 With the Obama government. To check all packages. The deactivation of the Minimis doctrine will cause the workload for messaging companies and postal service to increase colossally. In theory they must check all packages to verify that new regulations do not breach, something that could significantly delay (at least, initially) shipping times. Can Temu and Shein continue competing? Both platforms benefited from Minimis and the absence of current tariffs to be able to sell their products at prices with which it was very difficult to compete. Amazon began a plan to do that precisely with the launch of Amazon Haul: All at less than $ 20although shipments are completed in a weeks. Trump’s measures could make Amazon change their plans with that service. Most likely: that everything costs more. All these tariffs and taxes probably end up being paid by American consumers, for whom all products will probably be more expensive. As they explained In The Vergetariff rates “are a tax on the person or entity that imports goods, not to their exporter. A study of the National Bureau of Economic Research of October 2024 made it clear that American citizens with more tight economies will be the most affected. Spain and the VAT package. The situation that is now lived with Minimis’s doctrine remembers what happened in Spain in 2021. It was then that the call was activated “Electronic Commerce VAT Package“That made VAT apply to shipments with a value not exceeding 150 euros. Chinese platforms such as Aliexpress, which took advantage The shortcuts of the lawthey were especially affected. A year later The firm itself made it clear that the mark in its income had been evident. The shopping experience for consumers also changed: They could not trust at all (at least, initially) of the price that appeared on the products of its website, which Normally it was more expensive. A complicated future for Temu and Shein (and for their clients). The measures taken by the Trump administration will undoubtedly have a direct impact on the future of Temu, Shein and other Chinese electronic commerce platforms when operating in the United States. Price increases and perhaps delays in shipping times are expected. Bad news for China … and for US consumers who benefited from those Chinese products at competitive prices. And a jug of cold water for finish or google. But that will also have negative effects for the US economy. It is estimated that last year Temu invested about 3,000 million dollars In online marketing, and Shein has been flooding Instagram for years by advertising their garments at balance prices. Meta indicated last year that 10% of their advertising income came from Chinese companies, and now all that money – which of course invested in other US platforms – could fate. Image | Daniel Torok In Xataka | Elon Musk has managed to convince the government that the priority is to conquer Mars. The question is what happens to the moon

We have a problem with heat in buildings. A Navarra investigation knows how to cool them without air conditioning

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Every year we repeat the phrase that this has been the year less hot in the coming yearssince it is one of the consequences of climate change. One of the “traditional” ways that we have to refresh in our homes is with an air conditioning system, but poses an economic problem, because the invoices are not paid alone. However, a new Navarro study has managed to find a solution to refrigerate buildings with hardly any energy expenditure. Short. A research team, Formed by Amaia Zuazua Ros from the University of Navarra and Cristina Salazar Castro of the Luredera Technology Center, has developed a project to cool buildings without the need for air conditioning. Under the financing of the Government of Navarra and within the framework of the Navarro R&D System (SINAI)and with the coordination of Aditechthe proposal has sought to boost new passive cooling technologies through modules coated with nanomaterials, designed to eliminate heat from buildings without resorting to electrical systems. The challenge is not less. In the last 30 years, the energy consumption for the cooling of a home is It has tripled. These data, detailed in the International Energy Agency, have highlighted the impact on global electrical demand. For this reason, reducing this consumption without compromising thermal comfort is one of the great challenges of energy efficiency today. The operation. The system is much simpler than it seems. To explain it more easily, the researchers have identified a material that allows to cool the surface of the building, even when exposed to the sun. On the other hand, they have designed a structure to eliminate accumulated heat and thus improve air circulation on the facade by vertical dissipating modules. In addition, they have developed a system to easily adapt to different types of construction. The possibilities. Since the investigation they have detailed that the implementation of these modules in residential and commercial buildings would mean a reduction in energy consumption aimed at refreshing the environment. In addition, in cities with the large amount of solar panels that are being installed and The urban heat island effectthis new system will help mitigate high temperatures from these factors. However, the researchers, who are optimistic, have explained the challenges they have to overcome and how they should observe the long -term application. However, they have added that this technology represents a step forward in the fight against climate change and the design of more sustainable cities. Any other alternative? In the search for sustainable solutions for refrigeration without energy consumption, researchers from different parts of the world are betting on different approaches. An interesting example comes from Indiawhere a system based on recycled clay has been developed. Inspired by botijo ​​technology, this system uses clay cylinders to reduce the ambient temperature by up to 15ºC by evaporation of water, without the need for air conditioning. Image | Aditech and Unspash Xataka | It consumes five times less and does not need gas: it is the French invention that wants to replace the air conditioning

Copper has reigned in the chips industry for decades. It already has an unbeatable substitute: Ruthenium

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Rare earth monopolize the prominence in the field of semiconductors and other industries since they began The tensions between the US and China. Gallic, Germanio and antimony do not belong to this group of exotic chemical elements, but they are also being used as exchange currency For these two great powers To assault yourself. Anyway, in the domain of integrated circuits there is a chemical element that is much more humble, but that is also essential. And it is not the essential silicon. It is copper. This transition metal is not one of the most abundant chemical elements on our planet, but it is not uncommon either. And fortunately, it is relatively simple to extract and process it. It stands out for its high electrical conductivity and good thermal conductivity, as well as its ductility and corrosion resistance. These properties have caused it to be one of the essential elements in the manufacture of semiconductors for decades, but little by little an alternative is being made that seems to be called to unseat it. And it is really exotic. Ruthenium is making its way in the integrated circuit industry Before we investigate the properties of Ruthenium, it is good for us to know precisely what the chips manufacturers use the copper. And they use it first of all in the connections of the transistors within the integrated circuits. Copper links are responsible for transmitting electrical signals between some transistors and others, so their intervention is essential within the semiconductors. In fact, the electrical properties that I have highlighted in the previous paragraph are responsible for this metal having such a relevant role. However, its adoption was initially not simple. And it was not because copper can be filtered in silicon. This process is known as the diffusion of copper in silicon, and is similar to the electromigration of which We talk to you in this other article To explain why this last phenomenon represents a threat to our electronic devices. In any case, during the diffusion the copper atoms move and infiltrate the crystalline structure of the silicon, degrading it and conditioning its physicochemical properties. “Now I think the industry is probably considering ruthenium as the next great advance in interconnections beyond copper.” Fortunately, IBM found the solution to this problem in 1998. His researchers realized that it was possible copper infiltrate silicon. This strategy was so effective that the semiconductor industry adopted it and has maintained it so far. However, innovation makes its way, and Ruthenium, as I mentioned a few lines above, seems to be called to replace copper in connections between transistors. Jon Yu, the person in charge of the Newsletter The Asianometryhe has suggested very rightly During the conversation who has maintained with Ben Thompson, the author of the interesting publication Stratechery. “The entire industry followed the steps of IBM And copper had to be treated in an innovative way that has worked well for more than 20 years. Now I believe that the industry is probably considering ruthenium as the next great advance in interconnections beyond copper. “ Like copper, Ruthenium is a transition metal. The two properties that make it so interesting to occupy the place of copper within the integrated circuits are its high electrical conductivity and its excellent corrosion resistance. However, we cannot overlook something very important: Ruthenium is very scarce in the earth’s crust. Very scarce. Only 0.0000002% of the cortex of our planet is Ruthenium. The main reserves of this metal are found in South Africa, Russia, Zimbabue, Canada and the US. We will see if it is finally consolidated as one of the essential ingredients of The next generation of integrated circuits. If so, in all likelihood it will become another object of desire for the great powers. Image | TSMC More information | The Asianometry Newsletter In Xataka | The 2 Nm chips race will start in 2025. And it will be the most fierce of all

There are 2,838 kilometers of high risk and these are its locations

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In 2024, 1,154 people died on Spanish roads, according to DGT data. It is the highest figure since 2018 and slightly higher than 2023 when 14 deaths were counted less. According to traffic accounts, 323 of these people died in rapid accidents and 831 deaths were counted on secondary roads. These ways are traditionally the deadliest. Although it is mandatory to drive more slowly and You can no longer exceed 90 km/hthe characteristics make an error paid. The road out It is still the main cause of death, with 479 deaths, followed by the frontal collision, with 252 dead. Both circumstances are common in accidents with fatalities on this type of roads. In recent years, the DGT has focused on the Mobile phone usedistractions And the speed. But from other organisms they also try to reinforce other ideas: the maintenance of some concrete roads or sections is insufficient. To do this, Race makes a report called Evaluation of the accident on the state road network. It analyzes which are the most dangerous sections in Spain and adjusts its accidents depending on the volume of traffic that goes through them to understand where it is more likely to suffer a fatal accident. The most dangerous routes in Spain According to the data collected by Race, 2024 was a bad year on Spanish roads. They point out that in Spain there were 3,510 fatal or serious accidents (there has been some fatal victim or some person has been seriously injured). It is a rebound of 17.51% compared to 2023 when 2,987 accidents that met these characteristics were recorded. The data is the highest since 2020 and breaks a downward trend which had been producing since 2009. In the last 15 years, only in 2019 there was a small increase in these accidents compared to the previous year and was only 0.30%. All these data are analyzed by Race who cross the number of accidents and their severity with the number of vehicles that circulate in that same section. In addition, they take into account some additional characteristics such as the maximum permitted speed limit, if the senses of the march are physically separated or the number of intersections and if they are at the same level or at different levels. Adding all these variables, a number that indicates the risk level is achieved. The highest corresponds to a value above 90, qualifying these sections as a high -risk section and where it is more likely to suffer an accident. The second range ranges from 53 to 90 points and is qualified as a medium-high risk section. Below, there are medium, half-low and low risk sections. Taking all this into account, Race ensures that 9.2% of the Spanish road network can be qualified as high or medium-high risk. In total, they total 2,838 kilometers distributed throughout Spain. Of these, 1,411.66 kilometers enter into the stretch category with a high risk of suffering an accident. The risk is much greater when we enter conventional roads. According to their data, there are 153 sections in Spain where the risk of suffering an accident is high, representing 8.37% of the kilometers that can be traveled by secondary road. And 148 sections are medium-high risk (8.10%). That is to say, 16.47% of the kilometers of a secondary road in Spain are framed within the medium-high or high risk category. With all these data, Race points out that the most dangerous sections of the Spanish roads (with more than 5 km in length and a average daily circulation greater than 2,000 vehicles) are the following: Road Home and End Autonomous Community Risk Index N-260 187,70-193.84 Catalonia 163.9 N-340 940.77 952.40 Valencian Community 159.7 N-6 516.30 523.40 Galicia 152.8 N-110 154.50 162.10 Castilla y León 152.8 N-345 0.00 7.20 Murcia 139.1 N-340 1,133,02 1,138.90 Catalonia 133.0 N-4 566.20 570.90 Andalusia 124.2 N-323 181,20 187.10 Andalusia 124.0 N-211 311,20 318.40 Aragon 118.8 N-111 234.70 244.60 Castilla y León 114.0 A-1A 40.60 46.60 Madrid 112.0 N-630 87.11 99.10 Castilla y León 111,1 N-630 556.50 565.30 Estremadura 110.7 N-631 0.00 5.00 Castilla y León 108.1 N-6 49.08 56.98 Madrid 107.4 N-325 9.00 20.15 Valencian Community 103.9 N-340 1,065.30 1,073.70 Catalonia 102.4 N-634 581.20 588.80 Galicia 100.1 N-123 8.00 14.60 Aragon 98.4 N-623 5.90 11.50 Castilla y León 97.7 N-123A 21,37 29.00 Aragon 94.5 Photo | Pricob ioan In Xataka | Spanish road numbers are not randomly placed: they obey a system that dates back to 1760

The National Police has arrested the alleged author of a cyber attack against NATO: it is linked to 40 more intrusions

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Last Tuesday, agents of the National Police and the Civil Guard moved stealth through the streets of Calpe, in Alicante, until the domicile of the alleged responsible for tens of High Profile cyberbrains. THE LIST OF OBJECTIVES released by the authorities in a press release It includes institutions and organizations such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the United States Army and the National Currency and Timbre Factory. During the registration, which materialized after months of previous research, cryptocurrencies and a variety of computer devices that are already being analyzed by the specialists were intervened. The name and age of the suspect have not been announced by the official roads, but police sources They have told the 20 minutes newspapers and the avant -garde that it is an 18 -year -old man who used to hide his true identity under the pseudonym “Natohub”. An attacker that aimed the institutions The detainee is accused of several crimes, including discovery and revelation of secrets, illicit access to computer systems, computer damage and money laundering. The National Police investigation started last year, after the complaint of a Madrid business association which detected in a cybercrime forum to someone who claimed to have stolen information from their website. In the system, the attacker had left a sign as proof of intrusion. {“Videid”: “X9DKWB6”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “The National Police stops a suspect to infiltrate in NATO databases”, “Tag”: “Cybersecurity”, “Duration”: “60”} According to the authorities, the investigated continued with criminal activity, focusing on international organizations and government organizations. Thus, among its victims was the National Currency and Timbre Factory, the Public State Employment Service, the Ministry of Education, Professional Training and Sports, different Spanish universities, the United States Army, the General Directorate of Traffic, the Directorate General of Traffic, and the Generalitat Valenciana. The suspect, in the custody of the agents | Photo: National Police Natahub, they explain, changed pseudonym frequently to avoid being tracked, but it was possible to follow its track on the Dark Web, an area where all kinds of illegal content are shared. There he claimed to have a NATO database And he claimed attacks against the Generalitat Valenciana, the United Nations, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the Ministry of Defense and one of the Spanish security forces that participated in its persecution, the Civil Guard. In Xataka The Depseek online version has been publicly exposing users’ chats, according to Wiz. This is what we know The operation was developed with the collaboration of the National Cryptological Center (CCN) of the National Intelligence Center (CNI) in Spain. In the international arena, Europol and the United States Investigations (HSI) of the United States were involved. Now, the detainee is no longer behind bars. According to sources that spoke with reasonthe case entered into the orbit of the Court number 1 of Alicante, which left him provisional, although with the withdrawal of his passport. We will have to wait to see how the case evolves, especially because of the possible evidence that can be found in the intervened devices. Images | National Police | Home Office In Xataka | The Bank of Spain alerts a malware capable of “capturing bank credentials.” His name: Trickmo (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || ; – The news The National Police has arrested the alleged author of a cyber attack against NATO: it is linked to 40 more intrusions It was originally posted in Xataka by Javier Marquez .

‘The island of temptations’ had been without great successes for years, but it has revived thanks to an unusual memes reef: Montoya

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‘La Revuelta’, in La1, coincides a couple of days a week with ‘The island of temptations’, the tronado reality of TV5 of couples who undergo high pressure tests to demonstrate their love. On January 29, Broncano and her guest, singer NIA, chatted for a while of the abundant plots that the Mediaset program has generated: that is the level of the eighth edition of the program, commented to In its direct competition. Or as with Retraca they recognized in one of the subtitles of the program, “the debate of ‘The island of temptations’ is in La1. TV in Spain is more complex than Marvel Multiverse” Ascent audiences. The audiences with which this edition of ‘The island of temptations’ started They were not especially high. Although it is still to see the average audience of the season, which currently is around 15.4% of Share (something less than last year), in recent weeks its audiences are exceeding 16%, as its content is viralized in networks: its maximum was obtained this last Monday, with a remarkable 18.5%. In any case, it remains far from those stratospheric audiences of 24.1%, 22.5% and 26.3% of the first three editions. What makes this edition different? Without a doubt, their contestants, who have managed to generate viral content without a price. Let’s briefly remember the rules of the contest. A series of couples come to an island, where they separate in two large groups: boys and girls will be tempted in their respective residences, and their partners will later see the images of nonsense, erotic games, dances and falls in plate in temptation. Of course, the more exaggerated the reactions of their partners seeing them “sin”, the more television it results. And thus, the Sevillian Jose Carlos Montoya has become a living meme with his exorbitant reactions to the behavior of his girlfriend Anita. What Montoya has done now. In these weeks that the eighth edition of the program has been running, there have already been criticism for the High level of toxicity of one of the couplesbut Montoya like for that imposed drama, almost an involuntary parody of the Latin character. That personality of an advertisement of colony that has led to Open several shirts to pull As a gesture of spite, literalizing so many couplets about misfortunes, passionate (not knowing that “breaks the shirt” is sometimes also a metaphor); to run aimlessly and finally collapse in the sand of the beach between shoutsas in a karaoke video; And as a great final number, break into the house of the brides to catch her In fraganti in bed, crazy whose conclusion will be seen on the night of February 5. A meme that crosses borders. Montoya’s clear precedent on the island are contestants from other editions that ranged from the cartoon jealousy (“Manué, La Manita Relajá“) or the passions that spread much further further and their weak human wrappings (that cristofer scream”Estefaníaaaaa! “In the first season and that closes the circle with the escape of Montoy Trochants Memesnext to threads that review their life out of the island and inside. But Montoya also transcended borders: It is not necessary to understand Spanish to alone in your body expressiveness of MUPPET in love. A dead end. Montoya is the perfect example of all the needs, attractions and problems of the program: it is very hilarious to contemplate its naked behavior, but we all know that it is creating show. There is an abyss between Montoya and the Primal “Who puts my leg on me“From the first edition of ‘Big Brother’, disarming in its naive ‘Blind trust’ that was crowned as the best reality Spanish of all time. Here we all know the rules of the game, and that makes it more wild, but in essence, much less human. Header | Mediaset In Xataka | Japan had a real “Truman show”. And it was starred by a man locked up, naked and forced to survive with coupons

The impact probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 has risen to 1.6%. The UN has already activated a special protocol

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In just a few days of observations, the probability that The 2024 YR4 asteroid Impact with the Earth has risen from 1.2 to 1.6%. Once otherwise, there is a 98.4% chance that the newly discovered object passes by long. But the risk of not doing so is high enough for the UN to activate, for the first time, its planetary security protocol. Revised calculations. 2024 YR4 was discovered on December 27 by the latest land impact alert system (Atlas) from Chile, but did not caught the attention of astronomers until it automatically appeared on the NASA Sentry list on December 31 by its impact risk (then just above 1%) with the planet Earth. According to the Updated data which published yesterday the Coordination Center of Objects close to Earth (NEOCC) of the European Space Agency (ESA), the 2024 YR4 asteroid measures between 40 and 90 meters in diameter and has a 1.6% chance of impacting with the Earth on December 22, 2032. He would do it near Ecuador, at some point that goes from northern South America to northern India, passing through central Africa. Meetings in NASA and ESA. We can agree that the probability of impact is still very small, but has put in suspense the Space Missions Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) of the UN, the committee that coordinates the response to asteroids of more than 50 meters with an impact probability of more than 1% in the next 50 years. With the planetary security protocol officially activated2024 YR4 has triggered, for the moment, two SMPAG meetings. One with the NASA Planetary Defense Coordination Officeand another in Vienna with the experts of the ESE Planetary Defense Office. What the experts have decided. Actively observe the asteroid and meet again at the end of April or early May (or before, if the risk of impact increases significantly) to reassess the situation. The probabilities can change in favor or against time as astronomers make more observations and refine the calculations of the asteroid trajectory. If the asteroid remains greater than 50 meters and the probability of impact is maintained above 1% for the next meeting, the SMPAG will issue a recommendation on future actions to the United Nations External Space Affairs Office (oneo). We will definitely need offices with acronym that is easier to remember if Armageddon comes true. We have some practice. Let’s not forget that humanity has already successfully diverted an asteroid. NASA did as proof of concept in September 2022 with the Dart mission, a ship that Dimorphos’ trajectory slightly divertedthe small moon of the asteroid Didymos. The European Mission Hera He now goes there to study the impact result. Everything we can learn from this test (And the one that China will do in a few months) It could make a difference in future planetary defense missions, the case may be. Images | Astrophyscia Institute of the Canary Islands, NASA/JPL In Xataka | Dart has been a success. The question is whether it will really save us when an asteroid goes to Earth

Of the seven wonders of the ancient world, there is one that we do not know where it is. That makes it the most fascinating of all

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Of the Seven wonders of the world Old, alone The Great Guiza Pyramid is still standing. The others, destroyed since ancient times, They have left archaeological traces or detailed historical records. Except for one: The pendant gardens of Babylon. The structure is still involved in an enigma: without conclusive archaeological evidence or mentions in contemporary Babylonian inscriptions, its existence is a subject of speculation among historians. Between the myth and the lost wonder. The pendant gardens of Babylon have been for centuries A symbol of greatness and ingenuity of antiquity. The best known version says that They were supposedly built by King Nebuchadnezzar II in the sixth century ac As a gift for his wife Amytis, who missed the vegetation of his homeland. We talked about gardens that were described as a feat of engineering, with terraces covered with lush vegetation and an advanced irrigation system. The problem? That as we said, despite their status as One of the seven wonders of the ancient worldwe don’t have Not a single conclusive archaeological test that once existedwhich has generated a debate about whether they were a tangible reality or simply a historical exaggeration. Moreover, Not even Herodoto, the “father of history”, mentions them in His descriptions of Babylon. Plus: The sources that support this theory are Greek and Roman, written centuries after the supposed existence of the gardens. In this regard, Flavio Josephus, based on the Babylonian Babylonian priest, described a “pendant paradise” within the walls of Babylonbut, again, without contemporary evidence, this story remains uncertain. Babylon: the city (above); The pendant gardens of Babylon (below) The mystery of its location. Although tradition places the gardens in Babylon, near the current to Hillah in Iraq, excavations have not found concrete evidence of it. The German archaeologist Robert Koldewey thought he had found his foundations in a vaulted structure In the South Palace, with robust walls and evidence of wells, but today most experts rule out this theory, suggesting that it was actually a warehouse. Gardens Representation Another hypothesis. Raised by academic Stephanie Dalleyfrom the University of Oxford, the story suggests that the hanging gardens They were not in Babylon, but in Nineive, north of Mesopotamiaand that they were the work of King Assyrian Senaquerib. According to their analysis of cuneiform inscriptions and reliefs that show channels and vegetation in Nineveh, the Assyrians would have built monumental gardens with an advanced system of aqueducts and water elevation. The “but”: the confusion in this case, Dalley holdsit originated when the Assyrians conquered Babylon in the 689 AC, Reboutizing Nineve. In other words, this theory raises the possibility that ancient historians confused the monarchs and territories in their stories. So myth or reality? As we said, the descriptions of the gardens They speak of a series of terraces supported by stone columns and a complex hydraulic system that allowed irrigation in full desert. Some scholars consider that such structure would have been difficult to sustain with the technology available at the time, which reinforces the possibility that its existence could have been a propaganda myth to enlarge the power of Babylon. The unfathomable wonder. Thus, if the gardens really existed, their disappearance remains a real mystery. Estrabón mentioned that for the first century ac were in ruinsand some suggest that Alexander the Great planned to restore them before his death. Over time, as some point, changes in the course of the Euphrates River could have buried any evidence underwater. If you want also, and despite uncertainty, The legend of hanging gardens He has endured as a kind of symbol of human ambition to create beauty in hostile environments. Be a myth or a lost wonder, its history continues to captivate generations of explorers, historians and dreamers. At least, a privileged place in history has been secured as The most enigmatic of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Image | Fantasy Art, Wikimedia, Dorotheum In Xataka | 7 Wonders of Antiquity today Derrupted, rebuilt in these fantastic GIFS In Xataka | Ancient Egypt had something more impressive than its pyramids: a colossal death industry

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