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This frog is one of the most colorful creatures in the world. Photographic tourism is costing it its existence

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The frog you see above is one of the most striking amphibians that exist, so how can you not stop to take a photo of it if you find it in your path? Well, in practice it is difficult for you to come across one if you live in Madrid, London or New York because this frog that looks like it’s from another galaxy is native from a very specific place in India: the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats mountain range, at an altitude of between 900 to 1,200 meters. So if the mountain does not go to Muhammad, Muhammad goes to the mountain: just as there are those who leave to Mexico to swim with wild orcasthere are people who prepare a getaway on their own to immortalize the galaxy frog, which is its name. These unregulated photographic excursions are already taking their toll: an entire group of specimens has disappeared from the rainforest. As you can deduce from the photograph of the galaxy frog, it gets its name from its cosmic appearance, with a black background and little black spots that look like stars. It is not an appearance that goes unnoticed, but between the fact that it is similar in size to the tip of a finger and that they hide in small spaces such as cracks under rocks, fallen leaves and decaying trees, It is not easy to see them with the naked eye.. Going to photograph an endangered species is not the best thing for the species. Handle it carelessly, either And it is not easy to see them simply because they are disappearing from the face of the Earth: galaxy frogs have a conservation status classified as “threatened” that is getting worse, according to this study published in Herpetology Notes.In the paper They point directly to one of the main culprits: uncontrolled photographic outings, insofar as they cause alterations and changes in behavior that have an impact on the feeding and reproduction of the frogs. The study’s research team, led by Rajkumar K. P, a scientist at the Zoological Society of London, has been monitoring that area of ​​​​the jungle since 2019, which has allowed them to follow the population of the Melanobatrachus indicus (its scientific name) over time. Back in 2020 they discovered a group of seven galaxy frogs hidden under some logs. Via: Drjpmenon When they returned to the area after COVID-19, they found that this group had disappeared. So, all the alarms went off: What had happened to that group of frogs? Well, two summers where different groups of photographers came en masse, trampling the area and moving the logs looking for: 1. the frogs. 2. get the perfect composition to take the ideal photo. As the investigation states: “The photographers knew the microhabitat of the species through publications and local trackers and moved numerous logs while searching for the frogs.” The researchers are aware of groups of up to six photographers who came to the place eager to photograph the frogs. And not only that, they often moved the specimens to place them on moss or logs, so that they could take a photo with a more attractive background. For frogs, it not only involves the presence of man or undergoing changes in their location and that of the elements where they hide and find food, but also enduring repeated manipulations and powerful camera flashes to illuminate the scene for hours. Touching such a sensitive wild animal without biosafety protocols is not a good idea: stress, heat, potential illnesses… are some of the conditions they suffered, such as pick up the paper. One of the trackers assured the researchers that two small frogs perished during the sessions, although the scientists could not verify this. The investigation concludes with a series of good practicesa measure that researchers say should be established in the form of ethical standards for nature and conservation photography. This is not a study against natural photography, since as Rajkumar explains, done correctly it can be the best ally: “It’s a huge resource to help conservationists better understand things like animal distribution and behavior, and the resulting images can educate others about these incredible species. (…) However, irresponsible photography can turn that resource into a danger.” Rajkumar takes this sad episode as an example as “a strong warning about the consequences of unregulated photography” but that without careful and responsible management “we run the risk of disappear from the planet forever“. In Xataka | In its fight against mass tourism, Italy has entered uncharted territory: a tax on tourist dogs In Xataka | Ultra-rich tourism has found an oasis in Kenya. A Safari at $3,500 a night that blocks animal migration Cover | Davidvraju

Starship has arrived in space, then has lost control. Spacex is costing horrors to get out of the bump

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Long faces once again in Spacex, despite the advances that Starship’s ninth flight has achieved with respect to its predecessors. And the thing has ended badly for the ship anyway. First Super Heavy. The highest rocket in the world took off seven minutes late at 18:37 of May 27, local time in Starbase. The takeoff was perfect, with 33 of the 33 Raptor engines roaring at the same time, which marks the first reuse of a super heavy propeller. Booster 14 had first flown on flight 7. Although they were restored between Misiones, 29 of their 33 Raptor engines were second hand. One of them, on 314, has taken off today for the third and last time, moving forward in the rapid reuse objective of the two starship stages. Raptor 2 Restored Motors for Flight 9, including 314 with the reference to the PI number Disintegrated in full return. Two and a half minutes after takeoff, the ship turned on its six engines and separated from the propeller. Spacex has tried for the first time a super heavy turn in a controlled direction to save fuel. It has gone well. Next, Booster 14 initiated a more aggressive return sequence, with a higher angle of attack. Six and a half minutes after takeoff, when the propeller had to turn on its engines, it exploded in the air. Due to the experiments in the return maneuver, an explosion was not out of the pools, but it was the worst scenario in this flight phase. The data that Spacex has collected will help to avoid being repeated. Starship has reached space. Meanwhile, the upper stage of the rocket, the Starship 35 ship, continued its trip, reaching for the first time in three attempts a suborbital trajectory that would take it from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean. Although the failure streak of the two previous missions has broken (7 due to a harmonic response that caused propellant leaks and 8 for a hardware failure in a Raptor engine), the ship ended up failing anyway. It is the third prototype of the second generation of Starship. All have failed. Starlink satellite models (center) that were left without going out for the gate (right) The gate has not opened. One of the objectives of this flight was the deployment of eight new generation Starlink satellite models, which would have meant the first time Starship released a useful load. Scheduled for about 18 and a half minutes after takeoff, the test could not be carried out because the cargo bay gate, a mechanism that Spacex knows as “fish dispenser”, did not finish opening, forcing the attempt to leave, as happened on flight 3 of Starship. The ship has lost control. The other similarity of flight 9 with flight 3 is that Starship lost control 30 minutes after launch. The ship began to rotate uncontrolled after Spacex detected a leak in some of the fuel tank systems, many of which are used for the attitude control of the vehicle. As on flight 3, Spacex had to cancel another of the important experiments of this mission: the redempted of one of the Raptor engines in the space flight. But the worst of the failure was not to prove, once again, the improvements and experiments related to the thermal shield and the new ailerons of the ship. Spacex lost contact with Starship 35 during the reentry, thus ending a mission with more shadows than lights. The third second generation starship It has ended like its two predecessors: disintegrating.

AMD and NVIDIA are promoting unreal prices for their new graphics cards. They end up costing much more

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The same thing happens to each new generation of graphics cards. We excite ourselves thinking that we will finally have an opportunity to update our PC for a reasonable amount, and then the tortazo arrives. Because what manufacturers promise to which a world actually happens. On the one hand, Nvidia. Nvidia recently launched its RTX 5070 at a recommended price of 659 euros. Nvidia’s own edition, which had that price, It has been exhausted from the zero minute And it doesn’t even seem to be available in stores. The RTX 5070 TI, which has a recommended price of 899 euros, is possible find it at that pricebut is exhausted right now. Those that are available are more expensive versions. On the other, AMD. With the new Radeon RX 9070 / XT, three quarters of the same. The cards have gone to the market with recommended prices of 549 and 599 dollars respectively. There are not even PVPS in euros, but it doesn’t matter, because just being available in stores, its price is much higher. The most affordable we have found, a Gigabyte RX 9070, is 759.99 euros. If we want an RX 9070 XT, the most affordable model we have seen, 835 eurosIt is not available. Yes we have found one from Sapphire to 1,087.99 euros. It is a lot of difference with the prices recommended by AMD. But are they improved versions, right? The manufacturers take the reference designs of AMD and NVIDIA and try to raise additional improvements. For example, they preconfigure them with some overclocking to be something better in performance, they place additional cooling systems or add other elements, but the difference seems too high with respect to the recommended prices. Only a few at recommended prices. In Videocardz They have managed to talk to INET.se, a chain of stores and stores that sell these cards. Those responsible indicate that the recommended prices “will be applied to a limited number of cards.” In fact, they stand out, “they will only apply to the first shipment of each model.” Thus, it is not only that a few cards come out at those announced prices – which are exhausted right away – but it is very likely that such prices will not be repeated again, and go up depending on who sells them. AMD tries to soften the situation. In The Verge They have managed to contact AMD responsible, who neither confirmed or denied those allegations. What they said is the following: “It is inaccit that the recommended PVPs of 549 /599 dollars are launch prices. We hope that the cards are available in several suppliers to 549/599 dollars (excluded the tariffs and / or specific taxes of each region) based on the work we have done with our AIB partners (ADD-IN-IN-IN BOARD AIBs have different premium configurations at higher prices, which will also continue to exist. “ Deceptive advertising? The technique used by AMD and Nvidia is really worrying. Although there are users who in social networks claim to have found cards at recommended prices, many others point out how these models are exhausted and the only options are theoretically improved versions that manufacturers put at much higher prices. There is also a lot of resale and speculation, something that has been lived other times in the past. A lot of availability … if you buy an entire PC. Many of these stores offer these graphics without problems, but only if you buy them as part of a new gaming equipment. There it is more difficult to assess whether the price of the graph is really closer to the recommended or not. What is happening? The truth is that the situation is terrible for consumers, who can hardly access those graphs at the prices promised by AMD and NVIDIA. In Xataka we have contacted pccomponent, one of the main chains of sale of these products, to know if they can clarify the situation, but for now we have not obtained an answer. We will expand this article if we receive it. In Xataka | Nvidia has beat its income record again. Paradoxically, Wall Street does not seem to import much

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