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If Renfe believed that the summer of 2025 was being complicated is because he still did not know the worst: the fires

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It is not being an easy summer for the bird. The campaign started with issues In one of its main arteries, the Madrid-Andalusia line, and has been challenging challenges such as The soap opera of the Avril trains, The suspension of services in several sections of the network by fire or A fault that a few days ago affected the Andalusian high speed line. Now, with a good part of the holiday country, add a new challenge that puts the tip: The paralysis of the Madrid-Galicia line. And all this with demand in record levels What happened? That fires have forced Renfe to suspend for hours its services between Madrid and Galicia. Yesterday afternoon the operator He already advanced The stoppage of the trains because the flames were close to the tracks between Vilavella and Galicia Porta and the final blockade It was confirmed hours later. The Initial idea It was resume the services today, but it could not be so. At 7.30 h the operators still They kept examining The ways to confirm that traffic will be recovered with guarantees. Shortly before ten Renfe published in X A message Informing the restoration of the service, but the decision lasted little. Hour and a half after He turned back: “For fire reactivation, the rail service between Madrid and Galicia is interrupted again.” Later Renfe went up A new tweet clarifying that he had been forced to interrupt the circulation between Puebla de Sanabria and Ourense by order of the Cecopi of Castilla y León (Civil Protection). “The traying trains will be separated in stations until the circulation is guaranteed,” he concluded. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Is it the only one affected? No. So far this fire has affected other sections in which Renfe operates. The flames have interfered in the service with greater or less reach in Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Castilla y León either Estremaduraamong other points. In June A fire Between the stations of Valladolid-Campo Grande and Río Duero forced to suspend the high-speed service in the Madrid-Segovia-Valladolid and Madrid-Gijón lines and In July The flames forced to paralyze the line by which the bird that connects Madrid and Andalusia. Is it something exceptional? To a greater or lesser extent, Spain usually looks like forest fires in summer (more than more than 47,700 hectares) and It is not strange that in some cases the fire affects the rail network. In this case, the flames, especially those of Galicia, who have altered the corridor that communicates the community with Madrid for hours, they arrive, however, in a summer in which Renfe has had to deal with other challenges. The campaign began with A considerable chaos in one of the main arteries of the Spanish high speed Redee: the line between Madrid and Andalusia. A fault In a catenary between the Yeles (Toledo) and La Sagra, southwest of the Community of Madrid, affected the services that connected with the South and forced to suspend trains, generated delays and left a notable anger among the affected travelers. “We have been trapped in the middle of a plain, without electricity or bathrooms, with unbearable heat,” He denounced A user in X. Has anything else happened? That episode came shortly after, in May, the operator had to deal with Another chaotic episode in the AVE Madrid-Sevilla that left trains detained for hours and thousands of affected passengers. The reason on that occasion was not a fire, but the theft of copper cable on the tracks, which even led Renfe’s president to publicly lament how difficult it is to control the vast network of the country. “You cannot monitor 24 hours 15,000 km of network, but you will have to put more means,” assumed Álvaro Fernández de Heredia. With that backdrop, in recent weeks Renfe has faced Another controversyalthough of a quite different nature. A few days ago it transcended that Renfe has decided to do without the Avril trains (106 series) in his Madird-Barcelona line and replace them with convoys series 103. The decision comes after the operator detected technical problems in the machinery and forced him to make a ‘sudoku’ to relocate trains of series 103 and 102 to meet the demand. Is it all negative? No. Summer may be more moved than Renfe wanted, but has started with an important level of demand. A few days ago the operator launched A statement To show that Julio closed with his “best monthly historical record of travelers” in AVE and long distance. Throughout the month he counted about 3.5 million travelers, 4.6% more than in June, which held so far the “historical maximum”. The increase is based on high -speed services (AVE and AVLO), which saw how their place offer It increased by 13.9% and the flow of travelers 10.5% compared to 2024. The highest rise were registered between Madrid-Valencia and Zaragoza-Barcelona. Images | Ministry of Defense (X) and John Worth (Flickr) In Xataka | Fire have made a new high -risk activity today in Spain: living near the mountain

It is being a complicated summer for the US F-35. After the NO of Spain, Russia and China have appeared to do more damage

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In the Almighty Lockheed Martin must be looking forward to one of the most cruel summers that they remember regarding image. First it was a stranded hunt A month in Indiathen Spain decided reverse to the request of 50 F-35 that I had to the American company. To the “Porazo” have been added countries that have put in Doubt your purchase. Now, to finish off a tragic week, Russia and China have put their finger on the sore. A second breakdown. British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of WalesRoyal Navy’s flagship and leader of the Carrier Strike Group 2025he suffered for the second time in his current deployment Highmast Operation An incident with one of its fighters F-35B Lightning IIforcing this time to the aircraft to make a emergency landing In a foreign civil airport. On this occasion, the device had to deviate to the Kagoshima airport, in southwest Japan, during a joint exercise with the Japanese Self -Defense Air Force, because of of a breakdown which forced to close the track for about 20 minutes and caused delays in commercial flights. Although the ruling did not require urgency technical assistance as in the Previous incident in India (When another F-35B remained inoperative for more than a month), the new episode tarnishes a mission conceived to reinforce the British projection in the Indo-Pacific, and that of Lockheed Martin in the background. United Kingdom and doubt. The first reactions to the failure have not been expected in England. He Telegraph counted A few hours ago, the risk of the risk does not reside solely in the reliability of a specific model, but in the Procurement strategy that the British Ministry of Defense has been applying for decades: prioritizing small amounts of high -tech equipment to the detriment of the operational mass. In other words, mechanical failures in complex systems such as F-35B are inevitable and are part of the life cycle of any advanced technology, but what cannot be affected is that the temporary loss of a single plane involves a 6% reduction In the combat capacity, or that a naval breakdown paralyzes half of a group of escorts. According to the mediumthe lesson of these incidents is not to question the worth of the aircraft, but to recognize that the United Kingdom needs more of everything: more fighters, more ships, more personal and more resilience. Teasing and propaganda. Forbes counted That the nature of the last failures of the hunt, despite its low technical gravity, has served as fuel to the Beijing and Moscow propaganda. Apparently, media and commentators in China and Russia, Like Wang Ya’nanAerospace Knowledge editor have questioned the British capacity to keep a fifth generation furtive hunt in prolonged deployment. In social networks, accounts Like India Sputnik Ironized saying that the HMS Prince of Wales “collects emergency landings such as souvenirs”, while others They ridiculed The reputation of the F-35 of LM with comments such as “World’s Best Jet… Really?”. Analysts like Cliff Lampe They warn That these narratives are extended almost immediately in the current digital environment, where virality and absence of moderation allow misinformation, mockery and propaganda to mix with economic or political interests. Kerala also took the opportunity to “promote” the situation of the hunt stranded for a month Informative war. The F-35 case adds to a pattern of media attacks against high profile weapons systems used by Western powers. Recent examples include Chinese discursive offensive Against the Dassault Rafale after the demolition of an Indian specimen for an Air-Aire PL-15 Missile of China, or the Chinese Networks campaign Against Russian Hunting Su-57 before the Zhuhai Air Fair. These dynamics show how geopolitical rivals use isolated incidents for feed narratives of technological or logistics weakness, exploiting the susceptibility of the public and the press to the stories of failures in advanced military teams. Impact for Lockheed Martin. As we said at the beginning, for Lockheed Martin, manufacturer of the F-35, this new incident adds to a more than complicated period, after the decisions of Spain and Swiss to explore alternatives and two recent accidents In California and Alaska. It We counted Yesterday: although the accumulation of events can affect public perception, the F-35 program maintains a solid positioning thanks to its deep integration into allied forces, the investments already made, their advantages in interoperability and the political support that ensures its continuity. The immediate strategy is to return as soon as possible the F-35B affected to operations from Japan or reincorporate it to the aircraft carrier, while the International narrative To present these cases as isolated failures, preventing them from being interpreted as structural problems. Strategic implications. Beyond the impact on the Image of F-35incidents raise questions about the United Kingdom Capacity to hold large -distance deployments with latest generation media and on the logistics resilience of its shipped air fleet. The deployment in the Indo-Pacific, only the second of a British aircraft carrier in the 21st century, is part of a strategy for strengthen alliances and demonstrate presence in a region marked by the Competition with China. However, episodes such as these can be perceived by partners and rivals as indications of operational vulnerabilitiesreducing the deterrent impact of the mission and offering competing powers an alternative story that exploits each breakdown as a symbol of structural limitations. Image | Rawpixel, Rawpixel In Xataka | The F-35 not only costs a fortune, it has a button that Spain does not like. So he told the US that he doesn’t want them In Xataka | Spain refuses to spend 5% of GDP on artillery. Because what you really want is to sell it to Europe

A complicated summer can put the advances in recent months at risk

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Experts tell us that we are faced with a new change in the weather tendency. After a first half of the extremely warm summer, the second half of June He gave us a respite based on a reduction in temperatures and several tormentous episodes concentrated in the north third and in the Mediterranean basin. Now this slight respite has the days counted: the heat will return strongly and the rainfall is expected below normal even for the summer. How is this affecting reservoirs? How are our reservoirs? The Last data of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge indicate a slight decrease in the embalmed water in the Spanish swamps in the last week. The reservoirs have passed to be at 68.4% of its capacity to 67%. A fall is significant of more than one percentage point In a week it is significant even taking into account that we are in summer, more if we consider the fact that this has been a wet week in several areas of the Peninsula, such as the northern third, Catalonia or the Segura basin. The good news is that, despite this descent, the water reserve It is maintained Above the average in the last five and ten years, and also above its level now a year ago. Different trends. This does not mean that the rains have not been worth In hydrographic data: the internal basins of Catalonia and that of the Segura have been the only two that They have resisted the pull this week. The former have managed to maintain their level of filling at 77.5%; And the second has seen its swamps to increase in volume compared to the previous week, moving from an average filling of 28.7% to 28.8%. In contrast, the internal basins of the Basque Country went from being at 90.5% of its capacity at 85.4%. With regard to the big basins, they all lost water, but the decrease was more marked in the Ebro, whose swamps went from being at 77.5% of their capacity to being at 74.4%, below the Catalan basins. A complicated August. August does not seem aimed at bringing an improvement in the situation. Monthly predictions The State Meteorology Agency (AEMET) indicates that the weeks ahead will be warmer and drier than it would correspond to the first weeks of August. The anomaly in rainfall will be mild, but will affect most of the country over the next weeks. Regarding the anomaly at temperature this will be more irregular. While we can expect a thermal anomaly between three and five degrees in most of the country, next week it is possible that the East Peninsular will see temperatures even somewhat lower than normal for these dates. In Xataka | The next great drought is a matter of time. It is the one we have to solve the problem of sediments in reservoirs Image | Niels Baars

Fruit fear fattening. Reality is more complicated

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We are in full summer and the heat is not giving us truce, despite the Dana that is touring the Mediterranean. Above, at night, the high temperatures is not that Dén a lot of truceso turning on the fire to cook becomes somewhat difficult. And in Spain, where we had dinner later than anyone in Europethe idea of ​​a heavy dinner at 22:00 can be almost offensive to the stomach. Therefore, there are people who are opting for the easy: Fruit dinner, but is it really a good idea? A tempting combination. Between the heat and the effervescent idea of ​​the “bikini operation” – which charges strength with the arrival of fashions on social networks, Like the obsession with flat belly– Some people see in the fruit a kind of dietary lifeguard. Refreshing, quick to prepare and with a light reputation, it seems the ideal option for dinner without adding calories. In fact, publications like Vogue They have pointed out that this practice has become popular as a detox strategy or to lose weight, while Men’s Health He has pointed out that those who seek to control their caloric intake usually resort to fruit at night. But, like almost everything in nutrition, things are not as simple as they seem. An easy solution. The fruit is healthy, nobody doubts. It is a food that provides vitamins, water, fiber and antioxidant compounds. Eating only fruit for dinner is not a dangerous practice by itself, but it is not a magical solution either. In a report for Telvaseveral nutritionists have warned that many fruits have a high glycemic index (such as very mature banana, grapes or chaqui). This means that they can raise blood sugar quickly, something that is not convenient if you are going to sleep later without moving a muscle. In addition, the point is that fruit has no healthy proteins or fats, which generates less satiety and can cause hunger the next day. This situation can cause a cycle of excess for food anxiety, such as have pointed out in Vogue. And what can be done with this heat? Nutritionist Jerlyn Jones has pointed out in Heathline that the fruit is Perfectly compatible with a healthy dinner, provided that it is not the only thing on the plate. Combine it with proteins (such as natural yogurt, cooked egg or white fish) and healthy fats (avocado, nuts, olive oil …) helps stabilize blood sugar levels and feel more satiated. For his part, dietitian Rocío Práxedes has insisted on an interview for Infosalud that the fruit does not fat at night: the relevant is not the time, but the daily caloric total and the balance of the diet. However, remember that excessive consumption of fruit can displace other essential nutrients, especially if dinner becomes regularly into a bowl of melon and little else. If you are determined by the fruit … Some fruits are more suitable than others for dinner. The low glycemic index – as apple, pear, kiwi or red fruits – are good allies. On the other hand, others such as mango, mature pineapple or watermelon raise glycemia faster, something that does not interest just before sleeping. As have pointed out in the voice of Galiciayou have to be careful with the juices and the dehydrated fruit. Although they seem healthy, when fiber is eliminated, its effect on blood sugar is faster and less satiating. Most recommended. It may sound to Cliché, but the key is in variety and balance. A healthy dinner in summer can be light, yes, but it must be complete. A yogurt with fruits and nuts, a salad with fresh cheese and fruits of the forest, or a cold cream of vegetables with a hard egg and a piece of fruit at the end can be simple, fresh and very healthy options, According to Vogue. Not everything is the fault of the fruit. The fact of late dinner and in large quantities can alter rest and favor Fat storage, since the body does not spend energy while we sleep. The general recommendation of experts: dinner at least three hours before going to sleep, and that dinner does not exceed 20% of the daily caloric daily. And while dinnering fruit may seem like a way to compensate, it is not worth any fruit or any amount. In Men’s HealthNutritionist Tiziana Stallone has pointed out that, in cases of diabetes, insulin resistance or digestive problems such as dysbiosis or Sibo, it is convenient to limit high glucemic index fruits, such as watermelon or grapes, especially at night. Neither myth, nor miracle. No, the fruit does not get fat at night. But it is not an infallible plan to lose weight. Eating well is somewhat more complex than opening the fridge and chopping watermelon with the light of the refrigerator. The fruit is an ally, but not the only one. And taking care of yourself does not suppress food, but to learn to combine them. So this summer, before skipping dinner or limiting it to a peach: it’s not about eating less, but eating better. Image | Pexels Xataka | To promulgate raw liver as a nutritious food to end up arrested for threatening Joe Rogan, Liver King’s unique route

Some neuroscientists believe they have found the trick to solve the most complicated problems: take a nap

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Surely, on some occasion you have obcended to find the solution to a certain problem and, no matter how much you insist on finding a solution, nothing, there is no form. However, another day, Without coming to mindZas! A brilliant and creative solution appears before you as a revelation. Congratulations, that’s a “Eureka moment“ No one knows exactly what mechanisms in the brain activate that spontaneous creative lighting momentalthough a group of neuroscientists of the Institute of Psychology of the University of Hamburg, believe they have found a culprit: the light sleep or N2, which is mainly reached to take a nap. But a brief, we know each other. N2 dream and creative connections A group of neuroscientific has published A study in the scientific journal PLOS BIOLOGY which points to sleeping one (or several) light naps during the day can be the key to unlocking creativity and the ability to solve difficult problems. This discovery not only attracts attention for its simplicity, but also values ​​a practice as healthy as it is nap. The study results suggest that, far from being a loss of time, sleeping a few minutes can activate certain mechanisms involved in the Creation of neuronal connections and in the processing of abstract concepts. To reach these conclusions, scientists recruited 90 young and healthy volunteers. Each one was assigned a seemingly simple task, but they were not revealed that there was a trick to solve it more easily, so they had to discover it for themselves. After four rounds of trials, the volunteers were invited to Sleep a 20 -minute nap while monitoring their brain activity with an electroencephalogram. The results showed that all groups improved their performance after nap, but the difference was notable depending on the sleep phase is achieved. 85.7% of those who reached the N2 phase of the sleep, that is, a light sleep state, managed to discover the solution to the problem. Instead, only 63.6% of those who stayed in phase N1 (a more superficial sleep level) achieved it. Only 55.5% of those who remained awake found the trick to solve the task. “Sleep EEG data showed that sleep N2, but not the N1, increases the probability of having mental lucidity after a nap, suggesting a specific role in the deepest sleep. We find a beneficial effect of sleep N2 in the Probability of having a vision after the napwhich suggests the need for a deeper dream to have a vision, “says the researchers in the study. “What really struck me by sharing these findings with my environment, especially with creative people, was the great impact they had. Many identified with our results and personally experienced a great advance (creative) after a nap,” assured to Newsweek Anika Löwe, one of the study authors. Limitations and nuances of the study Although the data is promising, the authors themselves warn that the method used does not allow precisely to be completed if the benefit observed is exclusively due to entering a certain Sleep stateto the simple rest, or other mental factors that occur during the pause. However, as indicated in their investigation, the results obtained only delimit an increase in the chances of getting a time Eureka after reaching a N2 sleep phase, but recognize that they cannot determine exactly the reason why this spontaneous inspiration occurs. “In summary, our findings suggest a role of sleep N2 in facilitation of inspiration, but more work is needed to determine precise mechanisms and to distinguish the effects of the dream of other factors such as disconnection of the task or rest,” which implies that there are still open questions about the exact mechanisms that facilitate these moments Eureka. Get away from the problem to find the solution Rest, approach change or simple fact of “take distance“The problem could be playing such an important role Like the dream itself In itself. Therefore, although phase N2 seems to be associated with a greater number of chances of having a eureka moment, it cannot be ruled out that other elements, such as mental relaxation or temporal disconnection of the task, they are also decisive. In statements to Eldiario.esPablo Barrecheguren expert neuroscientific In sleep, it emphasizes that the candidates were exposed to the evidence under a lack of sleep of 30% during the previous night, so “in addition, when performing only very short naps, the work also does not give information about what is the effect of leaving the subjects to sleep longer naps until reaching the deepest states of sleep.” Beyond the technical details and doubts about the neuronal mechanisms involved, the main message is clear and applicable to everyday life: if you face a complex problem and You can’t find the exitit is best to change activity, take distance and, if possible, sleep a brief nap. “It is often informed that inspiration occurs during periods of rest or sleep, when the mind is disconnected from the problem in question,” so the moments Eureka usually appear in the shower, When you try the dishes Or while driving. These are times when the brain is not consciously focused on the problem and can activate its abstraction capacity. This idea is not new. Geniuses like Thomas Edison or Salvador Dalí They already practiced The creative nap to stimulate its ingenuity by promoting the appearance of these moments of revelation. Friedrich August Kekulé, said he had deciphered the secret of the benzene chain After waking up a nap. Now, science begins to demonstrate that, indeed, sleeping a light nap can be The definitive trick to solve the most difficult challenges. If it doesn’t work, then what you take. In Xataka | “Doing nothing” is a great technique to improve your productivity. Neuroscience is clear Image | Unspash (Mika Ruusunen, Adrian Swancar)

Today Apple has its most complicated event in many years

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For decades, WWDC has been a triumphal showcase for Apple. A moment of glory where the company took chest to developers, press, partners and fans. Cook took the stage with the confidence of who knows that he will impress and Federight deployed charisma and Pompadour between demos that worked perfect. The public applauded with almost religious fervor. That time is over. Today’s WWDC (seven in the afternoon, Spanish peninsular time) will be the most complicated in Apple’s recent history. The reason: The company arrives of credibility. A year ago They promised a revolution with Apple Intelligence and a new Siri. They showed dazzling videos where AI understood the personal context, anticipated needs and executed tasks between apps. It was the future and Apple was going to put it in the palm of the hand. But That has not happened. Months later, the best functions were silently postponed. Then, indefinitely postponed. The announcement came with the typical discretion of those who do not want to make noise about a failure. The new Siri that was going to change everything was a mirage. Meanwhile, Chatgpt, Claude and Gemini continue to evolve, but in another league. Apple’s AI stays in anecdote. And the problem transcends AI. Apple today faces an audience that is no longer the same. Developers are historically their most condescending audience (fans apart), but many of them have already lost patience. Epic has starred in a five -year war which exposed the rentist practices of the App Store. The EU forced changes that Apple resisted until the end. 30% commissions They are no longer accepted Like the natural price of paradise techbut as an abusive toll. Blind devotion has become informed skepticism. Of the ancient evangelists there are still some left, but many have become critical observers that applaud the successes but already point out the errors. The iPhone is still excellent, but it is no longer a mystical revelation. It is a product Premium In a saturated market, manufactured by a company that a year ago promised more. This WWDC is not going to be another power exhibition, but a credibility examination. A scenario in which Apple is not used to handling. And another demo of unreal concepts cannot be affected, he cannot promise what he cannot deliver. You cannot trust that your last story gives you indefinite white checks. You must demonstrate, step by step, that you still know how to innovate without fooling. The twilight of the “Apple culture” It is not the end of Apple, but its forced maturation. The company that was once the technological rebel must learn to be a responsible giant. Its most sophisticated users no longer seek blind faith, but tangible results. And that, paradoxically, could be the best that has happened to the company in a long time. In Xataka | Blackberry sold more phones than ever in 2011. It is a disturbing reminder for Apple and its indifference to AI Outstanding image | Apple

After the blackout, the government defended the nuclear closure because “in Spain there is no uranium.” Reality is more complicated

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The question of uranium has returned to the forefront after the president of the Government affirm that “in Spain there is no uranium and therefore we will have to import it.” Although Spain has large uranium deposits, reality is always more complicated than the usual black or white policy. The second European country with more uranium. Spain has between 25,000 and 30,000 tons of uranium, “the second most important reserves of the European Union,” According to the geologist Jesús Martínez Frías. Both the ‘Red Book’ of the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) as the National Geographic Institute (IGN) indicate the existence of resources with the possibility of exploitation in Spanish territory, mainly in the province of Salamanca. Why they stopped exploding. Spain had uranium mining, but The last mine closed in 2000 for the “exhaustion of economically exploitable mining resources”, according to the Ministry for Ecological Transition. The Spanish Nuclear Society (SNE) said that production costs had exceeded 30% market prices, which made its continuity unfeasible. Two decades later, the Law 7/2021 of climate change and energy transition Truncó any new attempt To exploit the deposits: “Due to their prejudices, their cost will not be granted new exploration, research or concessions of exploitation of radioactive minerals, nor will new authorization requests be admitted.” Environmental problems. The risk of radioactive water contamination is another elephant in the room. A study Posted by Environmental Pollution In 2018 he documented “much higher” uranium concentrations than background geochemical levels near old mines abandoned in Salamanca. The levels in the soil ranged between 207.2 and 542.4 mg kg⁻¹, when the natural background levels are 29.8 mg kg⁻¹ for granite and 71.2 mg kg⁻¹ for slate. The study proposed environmental restoration measures, such as reforestation, in areas close to old farms. They are not entirely unfeasible. The political landscape has changed with the European Union in search of energy sovereignty and resources. The economic landscape too. With The price of upward uraniumthe Berkeley Minera company has a revived interest in its Retortillo project. The request for exploitation of this deposit was delivered before Law 7/2021 applied, but the Nuclear Safety Council also issued An unfavorable environmental report for “the low reliability and the high uncertainties of security analysis in geotechnical and hydrogeological aspects.” Uranium you have to enrich it. Although there was a political change that leads to the reactivation of Retry, the uranium that is extracted from the earth (natural uranium) barely contains 0.7% of Uranium-235, the necessary physiognable isotope for most nuclear reactors. It would be necessary to enrich uranium, a process that consists in increasing the concentration of uranium-235 to 3-5% levels for light water reactors, which are the most common. Spain does not have its own high -scale enriched uranium, or facilities in which to enrich uranium at the industrial level for use as fuel in nuclear centrals. Can Spain enrich uranium? Spain had the capacity to produce uranium concentrates (in the form of yellow cakes or Yellowcakes), But obtaining enriched uranium is a subsequent, technologically more complex and expensive process, dominated by a few countries. Today, 60% He leaves Russia and China. ENUSA (the national uranium company) already had difficulty replacing Russian enriched uranium after Commercial vetoes for the Ukraine War. Enriching it would be a major challenge. A change of direction. In the new geopolitical context, the European Union is promoting the reactivation of mining to ensure a sovereign supply of key materials for energy transition and defense. Spain is rich in Uranium, but also in resources such as copper, which is the second EU producer. Besides, It has lithiumcobalt, Coltán and possible lower land deposits. Seven of the 47 new Strategic Mining Projects promoted by the EU They will be developed in Spainalthough most face the rejection of environmental organizations for its environmental impact, such as the lithium mine in Cáceres. The epicenter of the debate. Discussions on Spanish uranium are a broader reflex of tensions: the strategic autonomy of resources, the imperatives of the energy transition, environmental protection and social acceptance of mining activity. In the end, the epicenter of the debate is the high cost of building and maintaining traditional nuclear plants in the face of renewable energy sources, of which Spain is world power. Only last year, Spain produced 148,999 GWh of renewable energy, 56.8% of Mix. If the blackout was A notice that the electricity is not prepared To stabilize large renewable energy fluctuations, what touches is wondering what are the investments in storage, investors, interconnections and energy sources alternative to pollutants combined cycles of gas to avoid another blackout. Everything is said regarding the closure of nuclear plants or the extraction of uranium in Spain, but the solar industry will not go anywhere. Image | Tecnatom In Xataka | In Salamanca there is a high -tech nuclear fuel bars factory that exports to all of Europe: we have visited it

After the surprise, ‘La Revuelta’ is discovering to what extent ‘El Hormiguero’ is a complicated colossus to win

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Although in its first months of life the fight between ‘El Hormiguero’ and ‘La Revuelta’ He was fiercewith victories in audience almost alternating Mathematical, the situation has changed. David Broncano has not advanced ‘El Hormiguero’ for weeks, which puts the star program of the Nights of La1 in a hurry: he needs to find a way of counterattacking. A 2025 fall. The competition during the first months of ‘La Revuelta’ resulted at the end of last year with A tight victory: 15.7%against 15.6%, with Broncano beating more clearly in the strip of strict coincidence (16.3%/15%). But Something seems to be failing in 2025: The first quarter 46 days of ‘La Revuelta’ and 47 of ‘El Hormiguero’ were issued, and Antena 3 imposed on LA1: it obtained an average of 14.8% compared to 13.4%. In 35 days he won ‘El Hormiguero’. Second quarter with a clear winner. But in the April months And May the thing has not gone much better: in these five weeks, only three days got ‘the revolt’ to beat ‘El Hormiguero’ (April 2, 3 and 15, the last one being the motorcycle program a replacement). That is, the Broncano program has been advancing its rival for more than a month, with figures that are close to 10% of Shareeven often without exceeding it, while ‘El Hormiguero’ is accommodated closer to figures around Share 13-15. That is, not only does it advance to his rival, but his audience has dropped: he is far from that 14.8% he averaged in 2025. Is it a ‘the revolt’ disaster? Actually, they are not bad figures, especially if we compare with the average audience that La1 made in that strip of Access before the arrival of Broncano (for example, in the first half of 2024 the 1 averaged 9% share). Thanks to Broncano the 1 passed in the annual ranking of Ser the third most watched chain of 2024 to be the second (With the additional impulse, yes, of the Eurocup and the Olympic Games in June and July: it was in those months the most watched chain, after 12 years without leading a month). The figures of ‘La Revuelta’, as a whole, are not disastrous, but Broncano resists leadership. There is no surprise anymore. There is another possible reason for this fall: the known as “wow effect” (that is usually used in marketingbut it also serves any content proposal for the general public, such as television programs) is no longer that of the early days. Gone were the reaction to the theft of a guest with a Documentary about the Berrea del Ciervo By way of response, the splendid Amaia’s performance which closed 2024 or how two icons of the program, such as Broncano and Lalachús, attracted the attention in the New Year’s Eve bells. Since then, few actions in the program have achieved that effect: perhaps the Short around the lottery raffle or the striking LEIVA LIVE performance With numerous invited stars. Little thing for a program that has not been assigned to Trends of social networks, something that A few months ago I got almost daily. ‘La Revuelta’ no longer surprises the same. A formula that accuses tiredness. What could happen? One possibility is the exhaustion of the surprise effect: ‘La Revuelta’ started as ‘the resistance’ in Movistar Plus+ in February 2018, which is seven years in which the formula has barely experienced variations. It is an exhaustion that It does not affect the much more veteran motorcycle program: The solid but well -founded structure in some collaborators and sections that have been among the most watched on television make not evolving a problem for Broncano. For motorcycles, however, and as it has demonstrated by liquidating A rival behind another, His monolithic scaffolding is his main weapon. The TV family does not take off. It is not the only proposal of the renewed TVE that Sergio Calderón directs that does not finish finding its space before the competition. On its third day on antenna, after a Dubitative start with a ride‘The family of TV’ It fell yesterday to a very lazy 6.2%with only half of the fee that the winner, an increasingly grown Jorge Javier with 12.1% of Share. It was the most ambitious bet of this first half of 2025 for RTVE and the return of Belén Esteban to the front line awakened expectation, but the result does not seem to be convinced in its week of debut to the public. Header | Atresmedia / RTVE In Xataka | Broncano, Giró and Buenafuente: the plan of the new director of TVE to put the audience war upside down

Spain wants to be the paradise of the data centers. The blackout has complicated that ambition

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Spain aspired to be The great HUB of data centers in Europetaking advantage of our surplus electrical capacity and the abundant physical space that we have available outside the large metropolitan areas. But The recent national blackout has exposed the structural vulnerabilities that could make this ambition derail, as analyzed The confidential. Why is it important. The data centers could attract up to 49,000 million euros in investments, representing a new form of industrialization for a country that has seen its traditional productive fabric diminish. In figures: The contradiction. The Spanish model has A difficult tension to solve that the blackout has put on the table: On the one hand, the commitment to renewable, necessary but variable. On the other hand, the nuclear abandonment plan, precisely those that give stability to the network. Yes, but. The data centers exceeded the blackout, as well as hospitals or radio stations, thanks to their support generators. However, the risk is in the perception of international investors. Seeing that a national blackout is a real possibility in Spain because it has already happened is something that can make them question their reliability about the Spanish system from something as basic as the energy supply. The competition. France, neighboring country, is the most notable rival: it is developing A data gigafactoría backed by the State and financed by United Arab Emiratesfed by a network where 70% comes from nuclear energy. Spain recovered from the blackout in a few hours – with some hard consequences along the way -, but perhaps it costs him more to recover from the problem of perception generated by such an event. The one who questions If you can guarantee basic stability that this industry demands … or if investors will prefer destinations with greater energy certainty. Outstanding image | Claudio Schwarz in Unspash In Xataka | “11 signs that you have ADHD and you don’t know it”: more and more people are self -diagnosis of mental health problems

We knew that Holy Week was going to be complicated. What we didn’t know is that a polar dough was going to complicate it even more

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That Holy Week was going to be complicated, we already knew it. What we did not suspect is that, taking advantage of the absence of high pressures, they were going to strain on the whole peninsula A series of polar masses That not only They are going to erase all trace from Borrasca Olivierbut the country’s temperatures will collapse. What comes from Greenland. As Victor Gonzalez explainedin the next few hours “a very cold air tongue in medium-high layers will take off from the immediate vicinity of Greenland” and “will cause a sharp change of time.” It is logical, the storm that now affected us (Olivier) came from the Canary Islands with a southern air upstage that contributed to soften temperatures. Polar mass It will move The storm (which will still leave showers and storms) and will knock the thermometers. So what can we expect from Holy Week? Aemet He has just published An update about the time of the week that begins. Monday 14: The models expect rainfall (locally strong and occasionally with a storm) in Galicia that “will be extended by the rest of the Atlantic aspect weak or moderate.” In the Mediterranean, we are likely to meet intense stormy showers and wind gusts. In addition, temperatures will fall throughout the country (except in the Cantabrian, where they will rise). Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16: The rains of the Atlantic facade was a front that preceded the entrance of a polar mass that will collapse temperatures. The snow level, in fact, will remain between 900 and 1,200 in much of the northwest. Generalized rain is expected in much of the country. Thursday 17 and Saturday 19: PAt the end of the week, the situation will tend to stabilize. However, everything seems to indicate that a new storm in Galicia will begin to enter and gradually will spread through the northwestern third of the Peninsula. Sunday 20 and Monday 21: Although the uncertainty is high, it is “probable that rainfall continues throughout the northern part of the Peninsula, in the Balearic Islands and in part of the east. It is not ruled out that some of these showers can be very intense. There are no changes on the horizon? The truth is not. Atmospheric circulation does not show great changes and that not only guarantees us a few unusually fresh days, but also makes front and storms continue. It doesn’t hurt to remember that The monthly forecast of the ECMWF is bet “For an extremely rainy April in the southwest quadrant and peninsular downtown area, with wet anomalies of up to 50 l/m2 compared to the average in Western Andalusia, Sierra de Gredos and locally in the community of Madrid.” That is, although It is not clear what will happenwe better get used to the rains. Spring continues to delay. Image | ANDCMWF In Xataka | Time at Holy Week 2025: The best websites and apps to know what time you will have on your vacation

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