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Do zoos make sense in the 21st century? The debate is old. And it has already led to some cities rethinking the model of their zoos (just as they have done with the circuses), renouncing to have wild animals in captivity and even the use of that label. With that backdrop, in Villagarcía de Camposa small town of Tierra de Campos (Valladolid) by just 300 neighborsthey have had a peculiar idea: open a new zoo of several hectares. Of course, there are only cows and oxen. What happened? That in the province of Valladolid they have just done something less and less common in a Spain (and Europe) in which The debate About animal welfare has been gaining ground: release a zoo. That would be striking in itself, but the new enclosure assures also that it is “unique” in Europe. In it you will hardly see bears, lions, elephants, giraffes, hippos, kangaroos, chimpanzees or any other of the exotic species that urban zoos usually populate. No. The new Valladolid installation is consecrated solely and exclusively to cows, oxen and calves. Only beef Nothing else. With you, bos taurozos. The enclosure occupies about 17 hectares, is located in Villagarcía de Campos, less than an hour by car from the city of Valladolid, and its name is a presentation card: “Bos Taurozos”, combination of the species Bos Taurus and Mountains Torozosthe environment in which the center is located. The enclosure either It is presented As a conventional zoo, it is rather a “interpretation center of the Bos Taurus Iberian “,” the animal species that brings together all the beef rates of the peninsula, “their promoters highlight. Those who visit it will be in fact with copies of more than 30 different races of cattle that inhabit Spain and Portugal, from the CACHENA Galician either Sayaguesa to the Black Andaluza, retinta, Blanca Cacereña, Menorcan either Albera. And that to quote only some of the varieties that inhabit the nearly 17,000 square meters (m2) of Valladolid field that Taurozos occupies. A walk between great rivers. If their ‘inhabitants’ are not what one would expect to be normally in a zoo, the structure of Bos Taurozos is not usual in this kind of enclosures. The park is divided into a dozen areas baptized with names by Ríos of the Iberian Peninsula, such as Miño, Duero, Ebro, Guadalquivir, Tajo or Guadiana. The reason? ‘Order’ the different races so that visitors have a more precise idea of how they are distributed throughout the territory. “You can see the cattle of each of the races that live on their banks”, Explain The park, which offers the possibility of “knowing in the first person each of the 32 Bóvidas races in Spain and Portugal, live and first person.” Who is behind? Two siblingsCarlos del Amo (30 years) and Alicia (33), who make up the third generation of a family linked to the livestock and native of the neighboring town of Villabrágima. In their day to day they are responsible for managing hundreds of cattle In several farms and work with the Alistana Sanabresa and Sayaguesa races, but both had a dream that went further: claiming livestock diversity. Neither easy nor fast. “We decided to set up this business because we believe there are many breeds that are being lost and people don’t even know that they exist,” Explain Alicia a The Spanish. “Many do not know that we have so many races with very different characteristics.” However, achieving his dream and gathering about thirty varieties in Bos Taurozos has not been a simple task. The brothers report that to achieve certain specimens, such as the Marshaen, subject to quotas, they have needed to move “A large amount of permits”. In other cases, logistics did not make it easy either. For example, they wanted a Menorcan cowbut the idea that the animal had to spend several days of “suffering” aboard a ship and then travel in a truck frightened them, so they opted for an imaginative solution: implement an embryo in one of their cows. Cattle and something else. To complete its offer and be more attractive to visitors, Bos Taurozos also incorporates extra activities, points Valladolid Diario. In addition to walking between 32 races of different cows, people can enjoy adventure sports, such as archery, horseback riding or paintball. The enclosure also incorporates a Bicycle service free and plans to include an leisure and restoration zone with foodtruck. The price for those who want to visit their peculiar zoo? 10 euros adults and eight children. The little ones do not pay. Images | LOMIG (UNSPLASH) and Bos Taurozos In Xataka | Cantabria wants more visitors in the Cabárceno Park. So you will create a large alpine slide to travel at 40 km/h

What began as a patch after the blackout is already the new normality of Spain: more energy through gas

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After the blackout of April 28, which exposed the fragility of the electrical system at times of high renewable penetration, Red Electrica has imposed a new way of operating: A reinforcement system based on greater activation of combined gas cycles. What was born as an emergency measure has become a new normality. Spain returns to gas, not due to lack of renewables, but because – for now – it cannot only trust them. And it will stay for a while … Since the end of April, the system operator maintains a reinforced operating mode to guarantee stability. Such as has confirmed ELECTRICAL TO ELECONOMISTA.es, this measure will remain in force while the technical solutions agreed to avoid new incidents are implemented. The incident report concludes that there was a lack of dynamic control on the network, unexpected disconnections and vulnerabilities in tension regulation. The first changes are already underway: Royal Decree-Law 7/2025 He has started A battery of reforms, from the incentive of storage to the flexibility of access for hybrid facilities. However, the sector coincides: the total implementation will take time. Some urgent measures have a deadline until September, but others – as the reform of adjustment services or changes in the distribution network – will be extended until June 2026. Reinforcement, therefore, is not transitory. Renewable yes, but they are not enough. And this situation occurs in a fairly paradoxical context. Spain is producing more energy than ever: in May the lowest wholesale prices in recent history were recorded –With many hours in negative prices-, thanks to the thrust of wind, solar and hydraulic. So, the question comes back: why does it return to gas? The key is in the foul storage and demand variability. The renewable generation is abundant during the day, but it falls dramatically at dusk, just when consumption remains high by heat waves. No batteries or pumping To store the surplusThe system needs firmness. And that firmness, today, gives it the gas. They have just launched an “antiapages insurance.” The government is aware of the risk. That is why he has formally activated the implementation of capacity markets, a tool that had been studying for years and now accelerates after the blackout. It is a mechanism that remunerates for being available, not only to produce, and that seeks to keep firm technologies operational – like gas or storage – to guarantee the supply even in critical conditions. After the authorization included in Royal Decree-Law 7/2025, the Ministry for Ecological Transition You can give way to the specific resolution that sets two key parameters to activate these mechanisms: the lost load value (Voll), at € 22,879/MWh, and a reliability standard (Lole) of 1.5 hours a year. The objective of the Executive is clear: launch the first auctions before the end of 2025 and ensure that the gas plants that requested their closure (9,000 MW in total) can remain available while a structural solution arrives. And prices rise again. June closed with an important rebound in the wholesale price of electricity, after the historical minimums of April and May. The heat wave, the increase in demand and the greater participation of the combined gas cycles fired the average cost in the market to levels not seen in months. The consumers’ invoice with regulated rate has noticed it: it has been the third consecutive monthly climb, According to the official CNMC simulator data. In addition, in the free market, some marketers are transferring these cost overruns to their customers, even without a contractual clause that allows it. This has motivated A FACUA WARNINGwhich remembers that raising rates unilaterally is illegal if it is not expressly foreseen in the contract. In some cases, surcharges of up to 6 % per year have been notified under the argument of greater technical costs, which could constitute an abusive clause according to consumer defense regulations. Structural challenge. The April blackout uncovered deficiencies that were already there: an excessively centralized system, little storage, few micro -redes and little local reaction capacity to disturbances. The solution does not go through abandonable, but by complementing them. The gas, for now, plays that role. But the challenge is to do so in the future the storage, demand management and a more robust network. That requires difficult time, investment and political decisions. Image | Pexels and Pixabay Xataka | Broady in April, more expensive invoice in May: thus has affected the system reinforcement

China promised them very happy with day 996. Until they realized that it was shot in the foot

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You enter to work at 9 in the morning and leave at 9 at night. So Monday to Saturday, with a single rest day. 72 hours per week. It may seem crazy, but it is known as Day 996 They have followed many Chinese companies in the technological sector for years. The Chinese government ended up taking letters in the matter Upon realizing that the endless days were not only bad for workers, they were also bad for the country. Culture 996. A few years ago, working 12 hours a day was common in Chinese technological. Richard Liu, founder of JD.com He described these “blessing” and Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, said that “if you don’t work from nine in the morning at nine o’clock at night when you are young, when are you going to do it?”. The term 996 was coined in 2019 following a protest against this work model to which they baptized 996-Icua word game that referred to that day would take workers to the ICU. This movement unleashed a wave of criticism at the national level and it is believed that it was the seed that The Government prohibited it. The change. In 2021, with the marathon days at the point of view of the government, there were many companies that turned back and brought back the weekend of two days. There were also companies like Tencent that cut the daily work hours from 10 to 6 in the afternoon, from 996 to 1065. Why this change? Fed up workers. Day 996 has been gasoline for the growth of the Chinese technological sector and its end responds to several reasons. The most obvious is that the workers were fed up in these exploitation conditions in which there were even cases of deaths due to exhaustion. The government said in its ruling that “workers are entitled to rest and take a vacation”, but we must not forget that it is the same government known for go against unions and imprison activists. National consumption. Inhuman working hours were a shot in the foot for the Government’s development objectives. In 2021, Xi Jinping promoted the idea of the “Common prosperity”an initiative that intended to grow the economy both outside and within its borders. However, promoting internal consumption was not compatible with 12 -hour working days. Technological workers charged more than in other sectors, but if they spent all their awake weather inside the office, they had no chance to spend it. Birth. Birth problems in China come from afar, but before the problem was that There were too muchnow it is Just the opposite And schedule 996 did not play in his favor. They counted in This articlethat in Chinese companies there is an entrenched idea that they call “ascend or out.” This is the belief that if a worker does not rise to a high position before having children, he runs the risk of replacing him with someone younger. In addition, men who have children and work with these schedules cannot take care of them or home, which in many cases expels women in the labor market. This makes many workers delay the time of having children, some even completely renounce. All happy? Ending 996 benefits workers, but also plays in favor of these objectives. The labor market expands because there is no age roof so low, birth rate and domestic consumption rises. All perfect, or almost. The end of 996 has not left many workers for free, when Bytedance announced that its employees would not work on weekends, He did it together with a 20%salary cut. In addition, for many workers the nightmare is not over. Last year, the head of Baidu media published a series of videos in which he denounced that he was forced to be available 24 hours a day. Culture 996 is still rooted above all in citiesmaking many young people choose to go to smaller nuclei where life is calmer. Image | Amparo Babyloni, Xataka In Xataka | Deepseek marked a turning point in the AI race. Now another Chinese company wants to imitate its success: Kimi K2 is born

The loss of the Broadcom chips factory is a malazo for Spain. Now you have to trust everything to your plan B

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For Spain lose the packaging plant Integrated circuits that Broadcom was going to build on Spanish soil is a real maza. And it is for several reasons of weight. The most obvious is that the presence of a factory of this American company would place the country on the European map of The production of advanced substrates. And, in addition, presumably would generate high qualification jobs, would develop the technological ecosystem of the area in which new investment would finally be installed and attracted. As we explain yesterday, this project finally It will not come to fruition. The leaks ensure that the negotiation held by the Spanish government and the Broadcom directive since July 2023 entered a man -dead point several months ago. There is no doubt that it was a very interesting plan for Spain, but, fortunately, it is not the only project that seeks to develop the local semiconductor industry and increase the relevance of Spanish companies in the global market of integrated circuits. These projects give Spain the opportunity to grow in the chips industry The installation that we can see in the cover photography of this article is the authentic protagonist of one of the most important projects that Spain is developing in the sector that concerns us: INNOFAB. The image building is the Alba synestron, which is housed in the Catalan town of Cerdanyola del Vallès, just 6 km from the center of Barcelona. And his role in the Innofab project will be crucial. An note before moving forward: a syncrotron is an electrons of circular electrons used to analyze atomic level the properties of matter, such as various types of materials, or even proteins. The Spanish institution that is involved in this Plan is the Barcelona Microelectronics Institute belonging to the CSIC (IMB-CNM-CSIC), a center that has a lot of experience in both microelectronics and in advanced techniques for integrated circuit manufacturing. INNOFAB will be a state -of -the -art semiconductor factory which will be housed next to the Alba syrrtron. It will cost approximately 392 million euros and will be financed with funds from the Next Generation Plan of the European Union, as well as with capital contributed by the governments of Spain and the Generalitat. Innofab’s construction works will begin soon with the purpose of the plant starting chips production in 2028 Construction works will begin soon with the purpose of the plant starting chips in 2028. This project is led by the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and will reside very close to the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Its purpose is to develop, as I have mentioned a few lines above, next -generation integrated circuits, but it will not be conventional chips; They will be semiconductors in which advanced materials, such as graphene, will be used to unmark silicon semiconductors whose production It is controlled by Asia and the USA. When the INNOFAB factory is ready, the ALBA particle accelerator will allow to analyze the candidate materials to be used in the production of semiconductors atomic. And also the properties of integrated avant -garde circuits. An important note is that Innofab will not produce chips in large quantities; Your role will be to develop advanced technologies which will then be commercially exploited in other plants. This role in a way justifies that its cost is somewhat less than 400 million euros. In any case, Innofab is not the only project dedicated to the chips that Spain is developing. The Godic plan It seeks to develop the necessary technologies to make possible the large -scale manufacture of polyristaline silicon carbide. This initiative is framed within the belonging of microelectronics and semiconductors (popularly known as the chip) and has a budget of 3.3 million euros to which the State contributes by assuming 68% of the total cost. It sounds good, but there is more than we should not overlook: the reason why this project is so important to Europe and Spain. The Godic plan seeks to develop the necessary technologies to make possible the large -scale manufacture of polyristaline silicon carbide The current situation of tension in geopolitical and geostrategic fields That they support the US and Europe on one side, and China to the other, it is promoting that the old continent is doing everything in its hand to reinforce its supply chain linked to the integrated circuit industry. Its purpose is put an end to its deep dependence of Asian suppliers in general, and of China in particular, so having a manufacturing plant of their own silicon carbide is crucial on the road to this objective. It is for Spain and also for Europe because it currently lacks this resource. The Diosic project began its journey at the end of 2023 and will last 26 months, so presumably the Spanish companies involved in it will conclude the development of innovations that are necessary to carry it forward in early 2026. Or, perhaps, if everything goes like silk, at the end of 2025. Anyway it is important that we do not overlook that beyond consolidating the independence of Spain and Europe Cost of the production of integrated circuits by 30%, and, at the same time, increase their yield by 35%. Before concluding this article, it is worth not overlooking another project that is also very important for Spain: the set -up The new European pilot line that pursues Lead the integration and encapsulation of components and electronic systems. The Spanish institution that is involved in this plan is the CSIC Barcelona Microelectronics Institute (IMB-CNM-CSIC), a center that has a lot of experience in both microelectronics and in advanced techniques for manufacturing integrated circuits. Any initiative that increases the competitiveness of Europe in a strategic industry such as semiconductors must be welcome “We intend to work on two approaches depending on whether the evacuation of high heat densities is required, as in the case of the ASIC, or if what is sought is a homogeneous distribution of temperature, more applicable to … Read more

save to the maximum on Xiaomi, Huawei and more devices

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It is true that The prime day of Amazon It has already happened, but that does not mean that we have lost the opportunity to take advantage of offers and chollos. In fact, right now Aliexpress has active new Vacation offersthat come with a ton of offers on devices of the most important brands. Not only that, but we also have at our disposal A series of discount coupons To save more in our purchases. code discount Minimum purchase ESGD03 3 euros 29 euros ESGD06 6 euros 49 euros ESGD10 10 euros 79 euros ESGD20 20 euros 159 euros ESGD30 30 euros 249 euros ESGD40 40 euros 359 euros ESGD50 50 euros 469 euros The only limitation of these discount codes is that They cannot combine with each othernor can they be used for mobile phones or virtual products. We have offers on devices of the best brands These coupons are not going to allow us to make devices of all kinds at a very good price, since we can add them to the offers that Aliexpress now has. To make them the task a little simpler, we leave you some of the most prominent below: Realme GT 6an outstanding quality-price phone, by 330.99 euros. Xiaomi Mi Band 9 Proideal to control our health and training, by 43.90 euros with the ESGD03 code. Little x7 proa device with great autonomy, by 223.76 euros. PlayStation 5 Slim Digitalthe most economical version of the console, by 396.97 euros with the IFP11pj code. Huawei Watch GT5an elegant smartwatch and with a great screen, by 143.18 euros with the ESGD13 code. Realme GT 6 If we are looking for a phone that stands out in its value for money, we have a very good option with the Realme GT 6. A very interesting device that comes with chip Qualcomm (the 8S GEN3), a 6.78 -inch OLED screen with A high brightness of 6,000 nits and a 5,500 mAh battery that is loaded in a sigh thanks to its fast charge of 120 Hz. All rounded by a Triple Sony camera system and now comes out of 330.99 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi Mi Band 9 Pro If we are looking for a new activity bracelet, one of the best in the market is this Xiaomi Mi Band 9 Pro. With it, we will have a 1.74 -inch AMOLED screen that looks great outdoors in a resistant structure that It barely weighs 24.5 grams. He has a ton of sports modes, autonomy for practically two weeks and we can acquire it right now for 43.90 euros with the ESGD03 code. * Some price may have changed from the last review Little x7 pro Now of this little X7 Pro, a phone of this year that we can already acquire quite lowered. Power and a huge battery of 6,000 mAh are its great buzas, although it also stands out Its 6.67 inches screen with 1.5K resolution and maximum peak shine of 3,200 nits. Double camera system, fast charging of 90 w and a price that now falls to 223.76 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review PlayStation 5 Slim Digital If we are looking for a new console, we have a good opportunity with this PlayStation 5 Slim. It is the digital version of the same, That is the one who comes without a reader (although we can acquire it separately). A hardware that still has rope for a while and that this year has new quality exclusive such as Death Stranding 2. We can acquire it for 396.97 euros with the IFP11pj code. PlayStation 5 Slim Digital * Some price may have changed from the last review Huawei Watch GT5 We now close with a smartwatch, in this case of Huawei. He Watch GT5in its 46 mm version, it is a device that stands out for having a screen with very good quality (1.43 inches) and a classic and elegant cut design. In addition, it is loading ways for us to measure our training. Its battery is able to reach 14 days of autonomy And now it goes out for 143.18 euros with the ESGD13 code. * Some price may have changed from the last review Note: Some of the links published here are affiliated and can report a benefit. Images | Iván Linares in Xataka, Realme, Xiaomi, PlayStation, Huawei In buying | The five mobile phones with better value for money with their analysis In buying | Bluetooth speaker: which are the best? Tips and recommendations

Send a clear message to China

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He Taipéi Metro It has a vast network of roads, stations and wagons that cover a good part of the bustling metropolitan area of the Taiwanese capital. So far exceptional or that cannot be found in the suburban of other large cities, such as Paris, Madrid or New York. What is much less common is what was lived there on Monday At dawn: instead of passengers loaded with wallets and suitcases, the stations of Taipéi began to arrive military, soldiers and more soldiers armed with anti -tank missiles. The reason: send a message inside and outside the country. Uniforms in the subway. In the Taipéi subway it is usual to see parents with children, people brought from the office, schoolchildren, tourists pulling suitcases or with the camera hanging around the neck … normal in any urban transport network. On Monday at dawn, however, in the city’s cars and stations, it could be seen Something different: Armed military, anti -tank missiles and army commands by displacing ammunition and food from the outskirts of the city. The department of National defense Taiwanés and his Military News Agency They were responsible for disseminating photos in which armed military is seen in the capital’s metro network. In the operation, Precise Business Insidersoldiers of the Military Police and the third command of the Army participated. The maneuvers concentrated on the heart of the Taipéi Transport Network, between the Shandao and Longshan temple stations, a route that passes through the main station. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Why’s that? It is not that the Chinese army progresses towards Taiwan or the island authorities have proof of some new imminent threat. Monday’s military deployment in the Taipéi subway is part of Han Kuangmilitary exercises with which Taiwan intends to be prepared in case of attack by the Chinese Liberation Army (EPL). The maneuvers themselves are not a novelty. The Han Kuang have been held every year for several decades. What is striking this year is its scope and especially the staging. Means like The BBC either Reuters They point out that it is the drill of greater draft and duration made to date, with a deployment significantly greater than last year. Han Kuang will last 10 days (from July 9 to 18), almost double that in 2024, during which the military will display drones, launcher and missiles, including the Himars launch system supplied by the United States. As for the number of mobilized troops, the maneuvers will participate 22,000 reservists50% more than in 2024. To the house door. The Han Kuang of 2025 (and especially the deployment of Monday morning at the Taipéi Metro) stands out for something else: its visibility. And not only for the gallery or Beijing, but towards the civilian population itself. As Point out Financial Timesthe army wanted to bring its “preparations” for a possible Chinese invasion to the doors of citizens. It is no longer about deploying soldiers in ports or fields, but about mobilizing them in the subway stations, in the caps and before the coffee shops where the Taiwanese have breakfast. “If there is ever a war, they will fight right here,” Recognize An old man from Taipéi to the British newspaper. It is about increasing the public awareness of what would mean an attack on the island, better prepare the population and also prove the use of public transport in case of emergency. Monday’s maneuver It also served so that the military learn to operate in the subway if necessary and “use underground facilities to move troops.” “We are learning from Ukraine”. Not all operations have been carried out in the Taipéi subway. Throughout the last days the Taiwanese army has simulated attacks on infrastructure, decentralized operations, drills of “Urban Resilience” and maneuvers areas and naval to defend the coast. On Monday For example, Taiwan lived live a mines placement exercise to demonstrate his ability to respond to a hypothetical amphibious assault of the EPL. The country also wants to try high mobility artillery rocket system (Himars), by Lockheed Martin, in addition to Earth-Aire missiles Sky Sword. “We are learning from the situation in Ukraine in recent years and thinking realistically about what Taiwan could face in a real combat,” Explain To the Reuters agency an official of the Taiwan defense area, who also reveals that one of the priorities is to protect communications. “The commanders should consider the problems that their troops would face.” “It will never succeed”. It is not causality that Taipéi has decided to strengthen Han Kuang right now. China sees Taiwan as A rebel territory And he aspires to reunify it with the continent sooner or later, an objective that has led him to intensify the military pressure around the island in the last five years. In May the US Secretary of Defense assured That Beijing raises “invading” the island in 2027, and warned: “The EPL is trained for it, is rehearsing.” With that complex backdrop, Taipéi seems determined to show (both inside and home) his ability to defense and response. From China you insist on the opposite message to reduce importance. “Taiwan’s attempt to seek independence through force or relying on foreign actors will never succeed,” He came to proclaim MAO NO, spokesman for the Foreign Affairs. The Government has already warned that, “no matter what weapons use”, “Taiwan cannot resist ELP’s back against independence.” Images | Ministry of National Defense, Roc (Taiwan) In Xataka | While China debate about Taiwan, Europe does not waste time. Its greatest port has left a hole for war

Eight people were locked in a mini-earth. The only ones who prospered were cockroaches

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In full desert of Sonora, on the American side of the border, a large glass building that looks like the scenario of a science fiction novel set on another planet is erected. We are not unchanged. Biosphere 2 is a complex of more than one hectare which houses a tropical jungle, a savanna and even an ocean with coral reef. Here, between 1991 and 1993, eight crew members known as the “biospheric” enclosed themselves tightly for two years. The mission. Survive self -sufficiently, cultivating their own food, recycling the water they drank and breathing the oxygen generated by their plants. An extravagant scientific experiment to better understand the complexity of our planet and prove if possible Create similar habitats To colonize the moon or Mars. The experiment, however, ended up becoming a logistics nightmare and a media drama. As Murphy’s law sends, “everything that could go wrong, went wrong.” In spite of this, Biosphere is seen today as a lesson advanced in his time, whose facilities are now a laboratory to study climate change and a popular tourist attraction. An Eden in an aircraft carrier. Biosphere 2’s idea was not born in a NASA laboratory, but in an ecoaldea in New Mexico. John Allen and other organic agriculture enthusiasts dreamed of creating a closed system to better understand the earth. The project was possible thanks to the financing of billionaire Ed Bass, which invested about 150 million dollars of the time (equivalent to more than 400 million dollars). The structure was a wonder of engineering. Above, biomes full of life; below, a “techno -sphere” of bombs, pipes and systems to control from temperature to moisture. One of the biosphericos described him as “the garden of Eden on top of an aircraft carrier.” In September 1991, eight people (four men and four women) crossed the air lock to embark on a two -year msion. It lacked oxygen. In A TED talkthe biosfical Jane Poynter described her experience as “visceral.” It took four months to make a pizza. He had to harvest the wheat, grind it, milked the goats to make the cheese and wait. “I was eating the same carbon again and again,” he recalls. “We ate so many sweet potatoes that I began to put orange.” But the small land had a much more serious problem: the chopped drop in oxygen levels. Oxygen went from 21% to 14.2% in 16 months, the equivalent of being at the top of a mountain of more than 4,000 meters. “We crawled through the biosphere,” says Poynter. “At night we had sleep apnea. I woke up desperate to take a breath.” The culprits were soil microorganisms. They had used a nutrient -rich substrate to accelerate crop growth, but this caused an explosion of bacteria and fungi that consumed much more oxygen than plants could replace. They were left over cockroaches. While humans had difficulty breathing, other living beings in Biosphere prospered. The pollinating species, such as bees, were extinguished, probably because the glass blocked the ultraviolet light they need to see the flowers. The plants did not do very well either. Some trees grew weak and broke through the lack of wind, which did not stimulate them to create tension wood to strengthen themselves. Without predators, ants and cockroaches became the queens of the place, invading everything. The situation became unsustainable. They had to pump oxygen from the outside, which for many media sentenced the project as a fraud. Personal conflicts between the eight inhabitants, isolated and under immense pressure, became Carnaza for the headlines. When a biosphical had to be evacuated by an accident on a finger, they were accused of cheating. Success or failure? Although the experiment was ridiculed in its day, today it is no longer seen as a failure. He crudely demonstrated how incredibly difficult it is to replicate the ecosystems that the earth provides us for free. And he put relevant who really govern the world: Microorganismswhose role in the regulation of the atmosphere had underestimated. For biosphericos, the experience was transformative. “Being in a small system where you see that your survival depends on the health of the ecosystems that surround you change your way of thinking to a very deep level,” he told BBC Future Mark Nelson, another participants. Today you can visit. After the end of the original mission, and after a second mission that was aborted shortly due to lack of financing, Biosphere 2 passed to the University of Arizona. Today, far from being a relic, it is a top -level scientific laboratory and a popular tourist attraction that has received more than three million visitors. Scientists use their controlled biomes as a time machine to simulate the effects of climate change. In the tropical jungle the effects of extreme heat droughts and heat waves are studied. In addition to testing the limits of coffee and cocoa culture. In the ocean, heat waves are simulated to prove the resistance of the corals to acidification. And fish banks are also created for their future reintroduction in their natural habitat. Biosphere 2 has completed the circle. He was born as an attempt to escape from the earth and has become one of our best tools to understand it and, hopefully, save it. As Jane Poynter concluded: In the end, we all live in a biosphere and we are connected by each breath we take. “They inhale deeply. There may be carbon of dinosaurs in this breath. The carbon that they exhale can now be in the breath of their tátara-tara grandchildren.” Image | Arizona University In Xataka | The bad news is that the oxygen of the Earth has an expiration date. The good is that we will not be here to see it

If the question is "How are the sales of electric cars in Spain" The answer is: Beating figures at vertigo

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57,374. Those were the electric cars sold in Spain 2024. The numbers were not especially good. The country was expected to take a step forward and begin to cut land to the European average. However, we barely stay in a market share of 5.6%, by the 13.6% European. Last year, our country grew more than 11%while in Europe the electric car contracted 5.9%, dragged by falls in the sales of Germany (first European market by volume) of 27.4%. However, Spanish numbers They were not good If we take into account that our Portuguese neighbors enrolled more than 41,000 electric and their market share was 19.9% despite being a much smaller market. Austria, where a fifth of the cars sold in our country is sold, also exceeded 44,000 units. However, 2025 is being very different. Spain is still far from the European average. By size, less electric cars are sold. And yet, the trend indicates that we can find us about 100,000 electric cars sold at the end of the year. In Xataka The Rimac Nevera R is the fastest car to reverse. What he does not even get back is that millionaires buy it The 100,000 units barrier With the last day of June, vehicle registrations were closed in the first half of the year. Then we knew that the volume of electric had reached 46,235 units. It is 83.87% more than the previous year when at this point 25,146 completely electric cars had enrolled in Spain. At this time, this technology already represents 7.58% market share. It is still very far from the 15.4% marked by the European Union. But growth is very substantial and is well above the common market, which grows by 25.4%. In Xataka Electric cars with more autonomy that can be bought in 2025 Although it remains to be known how the month of July will end, everything indicates that the 50,000 units barrier will be exceeded. Only in June 11,243 electric cars were sold so it is evident that this barrier will be overcome and in The most optimistic horizon The possibility of exceeding 100,000 electrical units begins to be interwoven. Last year, the last months of the year were an incentive for companies to give a good push to sales. Either with discounts to improve the numbers of the year or, As other experts also point outto improve photography with automation. {“videoid”: “x8qycii”, “autoplay”: fals, “title”: “xiaomi su7 !! a real bomb! Keep in mind that in recent months a good handful of electric vehicles have arrived at more competitive prices In all segments, which should bring electric mobility to more and more buyers. This year the concessionaires have reached the Renault 5an electric car of between 25,000 and 30,000 euros that has been very well received for its aesthetics and its behavior. He KIA EV3a very competitive car for autonomy/price, also reached the Spanish dealers at the end of 2024 and has settled in 2025 as one of the best selling. Do not forget about Tesla, whose Model 3 and Model and They are still the best selling electric cars. To this is added that Byd and Hyundai have put affordable and perfect vehicles on the street Dolphin Surf and Insert. And large but competitive vehicles are to arrive in price such as the Mazda 6e. In Xataka We have traveled 2,500 kilometers with an electric car and we have learned something: diesel is still the king And do not lose sight of the fleets or taxis effect. He TOYOTA BZ4Xdisappeared in 2024, is already one of the 10 best -selling electric cars in Spain since was approved for taxi and His autonomy was improved. Byd already reached an agreement with Uber In 2024 but it is also providing cars to Cabify In a clear strategy for Teach your cars On the street. It must also be taken into account that European manufacturers still need to enroll large volumes of electric. The extension granted by the European Union To avoid fines it only delays the problem of having to put on the market More than 30% of electric cars to be below the maximum emission limits allowed. Not doing so means leaving by 2026 and 2027 even higher volumes of electric registration difficult to digest. Photo | Renault In Xataka | Spain will manufacture the electric car that Europe needs. And Stellantis’s bet for Vigo and Zaragoza is the test (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news If the question is “how are the sales of electric cars in Spain” the answer is: beating figures at vertigo It was originally posted in Xataka by Alberto de la Torre .

What is seen at the bottom of the map is an extreme anticyclonic dorsal. And that is what is going to put Spain again to boil

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It is a story that has been repeated from the beginning of summer: an anticyclonic dorsal will dominate the atmosphere on our heads, which in turn implies the return of heat. The return to 40º. The next few days will be, again, of extreme heat. The State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) has warned of temperatures that They can exceed 40º in large areas of the South and that could also reach 42º in specific areas of the Peninsular South. An extreme dorsal again. The person responsible is a dorsal, and a considerable magnitude: 600 DAMMERS (DAM) Geopotential with the center located in North Africa. This means that we have to ascend about six kilometers in the atmosphere before reaching the point where the atmospheric pressure is 500 hectopascal (HPA), when the “normal” value of this altitude would be around 5.5 km. Although the geopotential in most of the peninsular Spain is rather something above the 594 DAM, this involves “record” levels for this time of year in the southwest peninsular quadrant and part of the center, indicated on Twitter The physicist, meteorologist and disseminator JJ German. Stability and sun. The dorsals They imply An anticyclonic context that in turn entails stability and clear skies and high insolation. If we add its ability to drag air from North Africa and its recurrence we will see with a situation like this, a summer that has already served to break numerous records in temperature and other atmospheric variables. Yellow and orange warnings. Temperatures may not reach the levels of previous warm episodes, and the fact that we are already in July (one month on average warmer than June) implies that this geopotential anomaly will not translate into large anomalies. Despite this, mercury will rise enough to Aemet activates various notices associated with extreme temperatures in much of the country between today and Thursday. The orange notices between today and Wednesday will be concentrated in areas of the center and southwest peninsular: Valleles del Tajo, Guadiana and Guadalquivir, especially. On Thursday, extreme heat will also affect the East, with part of the Ebro Valley, La Mancha Albacete and the interior of some Mediterranean provinces under orange warning. High maximums and tropical nights. The agency’s prediction For these days they talk about temperatures that “will exceed 38-40 (Grada) in large areas of the southern half of the Atlantic aspect” tomorrow Wednesday, with areas of the Guadalquivir Valley, being able to exceed 42º. The forecasts for Thursday will be somewhat less extreme, although the 35º will be exceeded in most of the southern half and in the northern plateau. As if this were not enough, the minimums will also remain high: large areas of the south and the Mediterranean basin will see how mercury does not fall from the 20º. Again the Guadalquivir Valley would be the most affected Peninsula area: the minimum could stay here above 25º, that is, we could see the return of the “Equatorial nights” Change of trend. For now, the dorsals have alternated with tormentous episodes driven by vaguadas, danas or other phenomena associated with a low pressures zone. This week the pattern will be repeated with a thermal relief that will arrive on Friday, accompanied, yes, storms that already concern some experts. In Xataka | The hydrological bonanza could not be eternal: drought is a real threat after an extremely warm, and also dry June Image | ECMWF

We thought that the law against the so -called spam had not served at all. But we already have the first fine of 5,000 euros

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Facing telephone spam is complicated, it seems even impossible. Nor the Robinson list nor the Call filters They manage to eradicate them completely. In 2023 we thought we were close to the arrival of The antispam lawbut hopes were diluted today We continue to receive commercial calls. It has taken two years, but something could happen: already They have fined the first company to make unwanted calls. The case. It happened in July 2023, only one month after the law entered into force. The Digital Marketing company Adverbis Spain SL made a call to an individual, who was also registered in the Robinson list. So far as normal, except that this person decided to report him to the Spanish Agency for Data Protection that, two years later, has sanctioned the company with 5,000 euros. Notice a spammers. Although we have talked about Other telephone spam finesthis is the first that applies after the entry into force of the new law. For two years the feeling that the law had not served at all was installed among users and it seems that spammers also, since Calls increased shortly after. It has taken a long time, but this fine feels an important precedent and could be the change we had waiting. The law. The known as antispam law establishes that companies cannot make commercial calls without prior consent And it establishes fines that could reach two million euros, depending on the size of the company that commits the infraction. In the case of Adverbis Spain, it is a small company, so the fine is much lower, but if the offender is a larger operator can find a sanction of many more figures. How to report. We have already seen that, although they take, denounce the AEPD works. Yes too You receive commercial calls and want to reporton your website you have a section called “Receipt advertising phone calls” Where can you do it. You have to take screenshots in which the phone is seen from which they call us and record the call as proof. Image | Mikhail Nilov, Pexels In Xataka | Spam calls are a problem for everyone and Apple knows. Its solution with iOS 26 has been stopping braking

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