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Esperanza Gracia had an early morning horoscope for 30 years. His reign ends because the predictions are already in other places

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Esperanza Gracia has announced the closure of its nighttime space in Telecinco alleging lack of hearing. The underlying reason for this cancellation is not precisely the decline of astrology, a phenomenon that is enjoying its best health in decades, but the collapse of the model that supported it: linear television in the early hours of the morning. Goodbye, Hope. Last Sunday, Esperanza Gracia sat down on the set of ‘Fiesta’ to announce that her very long journey presenting ‘El Horóscopo de Esperanza Gracia’ in the early hours of the channel was ending. Thirty years that were ending for a reason that the presenter made very clear in the interview: “At 2:30 in the morning, the older people who saw me are no longer there, neither is the next generation because they see other things, and the millennials and the Z see me from another side. So I have no audience whatsoever.” Reference astrologer. Funny He spent about seven years on TVE before joining Telecinco alongside María Teresa Campos: first in ‘Día a día’ and then in ‘De Sunday to Sunday’, with Belinda Washington. His own program started in 1999 and has been on the air for 27 years (which adds up to 30 in total with the network), becoming one of the longest-running programs on Spanish television. His question “Is there something that worries you, torments you or disturbs you?” became a pop catchphrase, one that she herself admitted “everyone started copying.” Astrology is not dying, it is moving to mobile. Just because Gracia leaves television does not mean that her audience has stopped consuming astrology. He simply does it somewhere else. On TikTok, the hashtag #astrology accumulates 4.5 million videoswith Generation Z as the main driving force. Gracia herself had already colonized that terrain: several of her videos on TikTok have more than a million views and on YouTube he has 78,000 subscribers with an average of 30,000 views per video. The same television format, the weekly ranking of signs, works vertically and in thirty seconds. There is business. The astrology app market reflects this migration with figures that are striking for an often ignored, but very profitable sector. Co-Star, the American app that combines NASA data with personalized astrological readings, went from 7.5 million users in 2020 to 30 million in 2023 The global market for this type of applications was valued around 3 billion dollars in 2024 and projects to reach 9,000 million in 2030, with an estimated annual growth of 20%. What does Gen Z like? The boom does not respond to a return to superstition. Generation Z consumes astrology with a different frame than previous generations: not as a prediction of the future but as a tool for introspection. A survey from February 2024 Among more than two thousand American adults, it was detected that 70% believe in astrology and that 85% have positive or neutral feelings towards it. 61% consider it a source of comfort in times of uncertainty. On the same date, another study reported that 63% of users belonging to Generation Z stated that astrology has had a positive impact on their professional decisions. As they explained, astrological content “does not need to be searched, it appears in the feed.” Like a fixed program on TV at 2:30 in the morning. Heirs of late-night television. For decades, the dawn of Spanish television was the Comanche territory of cathodic low cost: teleshopping, old movies, calling contests, tarots and moorings, contacts, jazz-pop groups. They accompanied insomniacs and night shift workers. This function has ended up being absorbed by Netflix, YouTube and TikTok itself, available without a grill and without time restrictions. Times change, Geminis with an ascendant in Capricorn continue. In Xataka | Horoscopes and other lies: why reading the horoscope (sometimes) makes us feel better

In 1982 Seiko created a watch for making calls and watching television. His only problem was arriving too early

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History is full of devices that were ahead of their time. I am not referring to literary or cinematographic machines like the tablet by Kubrick or the multiple predictions from Verne, but to other devices that were put on sale decades ago and now we realize that they are very similar to some of the latest gadgets on the market. One of these inventions was Seiko TV Watch. In its day this rarity was considered and recognized as the smallest television in the worldand even made appearances in some movies, but today no one can miss its striking resemblance to current smart watches, and in a way we could say that we are facing a distant relative. The history of this device began in 1972, but the first step was not taken by Seiko but by another North American company called Hamilton. They were the creators of Press P1the first digital wrist watch in history. The Japanese they acquired to Americans, and they embarked on their own path into the digital age by launching their first watch of this type in 1973. At that time it was said that society was moving towards a revolution in visual information, and to join it with its new range of watches the japanese company started to work on the research and development of liquid crystal panels (LCD) with active matrix that were capable of reproducing moving images. Over the following years, these efforts helped their watches become increasingly smaller and thinner, with higher component density and more energy efficient. They were also implementing new functions such as stopwatches and calculators. After three years of development and hundreds of millions of yen invested, the summer of 1982 Seiko advertisement in Tokyo a new watch. It was about TV Watchthe first to finally allow us to watch television on our wrist. This was Seiko’s TV Watch A watch that you can watch television on. Today this concept seems simple, but back then being able to carry it out was a little more complicated. The TV Watch was made up of three different elements that had to be connected together for it to work. The result was a science fiction product, yes, but a little uncomfortable to wear. On the one hand we had the clock, but we had to connect it to a radio and television receiver the size of a walkman. We also needed headphones, and these also had to be connected to the signal receiver. And how could you carry so much cable with you in a fairly comfortable way? Well, very simple, pay attention to this drawing that appeared in your manual. As you can see, the trick was to put the receiver cable under the sleeve to connect it to the watch. But in case we didn’t want to complicate our lives, the TV Watch also had a function to listen only to the audio of television broadcasts. The watch itself had dimensions of 40 x 49 x 10 millimeters and a weight of 80 grams, and all its magic was concentrated in its innovative 1.2-inch white and blue LCD screen with a resolution of 32k pixels and 10 shades of gray. I also had a second smallest screen in which we could see the time, set the alarm and use the stopwatch as with any other digital watch. During the presentation of the device, its creators had to give certain explanations about how they had achieved such ingenuity. They said their new panels controlled the molecular arrangement of liquid crystal within an electric field, and that this made it possible to create miniature images with very low power consumption. Especially when compared to the cathode ray tubes of conventional televisions. The receiver measured 74.5 x 125 x 19 millimeters and weighed 140 grams. This made it too big to carry in a back pocket, but perfect for the inside jacket pocket. Its battery consisted of two AA batteries that gave it a range of five hours, and it tuned both FM radio and television on VHF & UHF channels. What could have been and was not The TV Watch arrived on the Japanese market in December 1982 with a single DXA001 model that cost 108,000 yen, although a second, cheaper DXA002 model was later released. The difference between the two was that the second included a hearing aid instead of headphones, and its price dropped to 98,000 yen. In exchange, these two models today would be worth around 600 and 500 euros respectively. The presentation of the device managed to generate a lot of interest, and the watch made front pages of newspapers and headlines on television. It was considered an innovative product for allowing us access a large amount of information in real timeand it attracted so much attention that a year later it also ended up reaching the US market. Errr, okay? During its launch in Japan, Seiko managed to sell 2,200 units, and the president of the company’s North American subsidiary said that the reception from the American media had been so good that he believed he could sell all the ones they manufactured. This optimism translated into the production of between 15,000 and 20,000 units ready for export. But not everyone saw the TV Watch as an invention destined to revolutionize the market. In fact, it is known that at Sony they came to say that their laboratories had the capacity to develop a similar product, but that They didn’t think there was a big enough market. for this type of devices. In the end it turns out that they were right, and the watch did not end up becoming a successful product. In the TV Watch curriculum we find several dates indicated. In 1982 he won the Nikkei Award for Superior Quality Products and Services, and a year later he made an appearance in Octopussythe new James Bond movie. The watch culminated its career in 1984 by entering the Guinness Book of Records as … Read more

The counterculture gen Z does not smell like tobacco or drinks, but to coffee and early dinners

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Swallow at seven in the afternoon, or even before, it was until recently a gesture associated with tourists from northern Europe or retirees who surprised the waiters for their punctuality. But that costumbrista postcard is transforming. A new generation, the Z, has turned early dinner into an act of modernity: they reserve a table at six, they ask for mocktails instead of cocktails and, in parallel, they reinvent up to the holidays with coffee. CENING EARLY. According to a report from The TimesLondon restaurants record a growth of reserves at 18:00 of 11% compared to last year, and the new national average hour for dinner is 18:12. What was previously an empty shift is now full of young people looking for tranquility, trains on time and an environment where conversation is heard better than background music. A trend that was already settled in the United States. According to The Wall Street Journalrestaurants serve 10% of their customers between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., twice as much as in 2019. Broadway advances functions at seven in the afternoon and cinemas have replaced night premises with Matinés. Even in New Orleans, where the holidays used to start at one in the morning, the concerts now end before eleven. Why is this hurry for dinner? What began as a postpandemic anomaly has become a structural change. “Those who telework usually start and end before, which naturally leads to dinner earlier,” explained Professor Lucia Reisch, from the University of Cambridge, In The Times. The confinement broke routines and allowed many rethinking the schedules. The idea of getting home at nine o’clock after dinner began to lose attractive. For restorators, this cultural turn opens a new front. Chef Joe Laker, at his local Counter 71 of Shoreditch, London, has summarized it in the same medium: “Many of our guests now live further than before. They want to have dinner early so they don’t have to run to take the last train.” Its £ 50 menu at six in the afternoon is not only a gastronomic change, but a symbol of accessibility: haute cuisine without the requirement of a late closure. Well -being before bustle. The movement is not explained only by logistics. There is an increasing awareness that eating late affects the body. According to Voguethe Z generation is popularizing the intermittent fasting in its 12/12 version, with an ideal dinner range between 17:30 and 19:00. Dr. Joseph Antun has explained it as a circadian issue: “That period of time to digest before the nightlife is activated.” Early dinner is not only digestive: it is preventive. “Going out to eat is becoming a way of socializing without sacrificing other objectives,” said Linda Haden, from Luminina Intelligence, In The Times. That translates into visible habits: More shakes and less cocktails at the tables, Skincare routines Before sleeping and morning training without hangover. Less alcohol, more coffee. Generation Z, As Business has stressed Insiderit relates distantly to alcohol. They prefer “sober” experiences and functional drinks. It is no accident that raves are also mutating. As we have explained in Xatakain cities like Madrid or Barcelona, the Coffee Raves triumph: morning parties in cafes converted into clubs where young people dance with cappuccinos in their hand. What at other times was synonymous with rebellion – excess, Blackout, hangover – is now replaced by an equal countercultural act: stay lucid, dance at dawn and connect with others without substance. “I didn’t want to give up the fun to leave, but I didn’t want to continue turning around something that became ill,” said Lauren Branc, founder of The Oracle Project, In a report on these parties. A consumption with conscience. The background of this transformation is broader than a schedule change. According to a Capgemini report73% of consumers of generation Z prioritize sustainable products, compared to 64% global. Early dinner is just one more piece of a lifestyle where health, planet and pocket are taken care of. In other words, rest, diet, sport and money management have become pillars of everyday life. Eating before is, in that sense, strategic: less expense in posterior glasses, more hours of sleep and more energy the next day. Table for six. “Senter at 18:00 indicates the end of the working day. It is not just about eating, but about recovering time,” Analyst Peter Backman has detailed to The Times. In that seemingly simple gesture – the table at six in the afternoon – generation Z is reformulating the relationship between work, leisure and health. The early dinner, which was once associated with Nordic and retired tourists, now becomes a symbol of modernity. It is not just a menu or clock change: it is a reflection of how young people rewrite their ways of socializing, taking care and projecting the future. Image | Unspash Xataka | The Z gene has disregarded the vice that is celebrating daytime raves with coffee and “Sound Healing”

More and more people take a “pacifier” of vinegar or herbs early to lose weight

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Until recently – and some video may still appear Scrolleando In Tiktok – they marked trend the Morning Shedswhere people recorded showing step by step how their day began. Between cafes, cold showers and positive statements, somewhat more questionable practices were also sneaking. But the curious thing is not only what they did, but what has remained: now, many of these videos focus solely on what they take in the morning. A morning habit. In social networks, especially in Tiktok, the morning chupitos have taken prominence. What started as A punctual gesture between celebrities “Such as the chest of wheat grass,” it has become a viral phenomenon that floods the feeds of hundreds of users. From ginger chupitos to herbal combined, the concept is always the same: a quick dose that promises great results. But beyond the format, the question arises from whether the idea that a simple drink can be the key to thinning and detoxifying the body is really transmitted. There is one that stands out. Among all these drinks, apple vinegar has won a special prominence. In the videos we can see how Drink apple vinegar pacifier Easy under the pretext that it will help them flatten the belly and burn fat. Yes, it is true that some studies They have observed That consumption of this type of vinegar can slightly reduce blood glucose levels and total cholesterol. Now some specialists They have warned on the possible adverse effects of its excess consumption and on an empty stomach ranging from the irritation of the stomach or the esophagus to the damage to the dental enamel. There is even more. This trend of Shots morning is not limited to apple vinegar, there are also infusions of Tik Tok or ginger and turmeric chupitos that have entered the category of natural remedies presented as rapid solutions to detoxify the body or accelerate metabolism. “I’m going to show you this Tik Tok recipe,” A user comments While preparing a tea with ingredients that, according to what you have seen, can help lose weight. However, some experts They have pointed out That many of these combinations do not have sufficient scientific support and can have adverse effects. For example, excessive green tea consumption It can interfere In iron absorption. Behind the investigations. Despite the rise of morning chupitos on social networks, specialists They have coincided that there are no conclusive evidence that supports the alleged detox or slimming benefits. The available evidence is limited and, in many cases, the observed effects are minimal or circumstantial. More than resorting to fast solutions, experts They have insisted in prioritizing a balanced and sustainable long -term diet. A healthy intestine. For a while now, hashtags like #gutok and #guthealth They have popularized Jengibre chupitos, turmeric supplements and probiotics that, supposedly, help eliminate swelling and improve intestinal health. However, what really needs intestinal microbiome is dietary fiber from cereals, whole grains, fruits and vegetables, such as He explained for The Guardian Dr. Saman Khalesi. Along the same lines, natural infusions such as green tea or chamomile have been viralized, associated with anti -inflammatory and digestive properties. The culture of immediacy. We live in an era where everything seems to be fast, from purchases to the results. In that sense, it is not surprising that the morning chupitos have captured the attention of many users on social networks. The promise of rapid and visible results appeals to those who seek immediate changes in their health, but specialists insist that it is important to contextualize these practices. To what extent are these morning gestures provide real benefits or only perpetuate the illusion of express solutions? Image | Pxhere and Pexels Xataka | We take more and more mercury through fish. There are those who want to solve it with “design” probiotics

Cold shower is as useless as early

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In recent years, some of the welfare and productivity gurus seem to have proposed torture their followers with the most inhuman torments. First was the fashion of getting up at five in the morning to complete An endless ritual. Now, the new fashion is to make immersions in ice water every morning with the excuse of relieving stress, reducing inflammation and strengthening defenses. Science has already dismantled the supposed benefits of get up at five, And now it is the turn of the icy water baths. Researchers from the University of Southern Australia They have not found evidence Of the miracles that the gurus attribute to this practice. The Influencers of the cold. In recent years, polar baths, also known as dives in cold water have won Huge popularity. Elite athletes and professional players like LeBron James, immerse themselves in ice water baths behind competitions. Even Gwyneth Paltrow dedicated one of the episodes of Your series The Goop Lab to show the alleged therapeutic benefits of immersing yourself in frost waters. That trend has become popular reaching all kinds of people who only seek general welfare or simply reduce stress levels. Social networks and influencersThey have attributed multiple benefits to physical and mental health to these bathrooms. However, science has wanted to verify whether the dives in ice water are as beneficial as social networks have made us believe. Bathing is fine, the temperature is optional. The researchers from the University of Australia del Sur decided to scientifically evaluate the alleged benefits of soaking in ice water. For this they carried out a meta -analysis of 11 global studies, whose results were Published in Plos One. For the analysis, the dives and cold showers were used with temperatures between 7 and 15 ºC for a time range between 30 seconds and two hours. Although some benefits attributed to this practice were identified in the results, the researchers discovered that existing evidence focuses mainly on athletes and not on the general population. Forget the cure for stress. The researchers assured in their report that the effects of the dives in ice water against stress were not the announced “we discovered that immersion in cold water could reduce stress levels, but only for about 12 hours after exposure.” That is, no evidence of the immersions in ice water was observed have an immediate effect on stress levels, or an appreciable long -term effect. “We noticed that the participants who took cold showers of 20, 60 or 90 seconds granted slightly higher quality of life. But again, after three months these effects had disappeared,” the researchers explained in their report. What does not take away your dream, makes you stronger. Nor were the results in the improvement of sleep quality. The study found links between the improvements in sleep quality and dives in cold water, although this conclusion was based on limited data exclusively to men, which, which Claim more research in various population groups. The researchers did not venture to ensure that the dives in cold water could have a positive effect on the immune system because, although it is true that a 29 % reduction in labor absences Related to diseases among those who took cold showers, no significant improvements were recorded in the immediate immune response to exposure to cold. These data indicate that, although there are possible advantages in exposure to ice water, the effects of this exposure are not consistent or durable, which doubts the generalized efficacy that the gurus attribute. The “Agujeta” of the cold. Among the most amazing findings made by Australian researchers is the inflammatory response to dives in cold water. Contrary to popular belief, instead of reducing inflammation, baths in ice water caused “significant increases in inflammation,” both immediately and an hour later. According to the researchers, this reflects an “acute inflammatory response” of the body to the stress caused by the cold. In the words of the study co -author, Ben Singh, “this immediate peak in inflammation is part of a process of adaptation similar to muscle damage caused by exercise, which subsequently strengthens the muscles.” That is, like bosples, this adaptive effect can be positive for athletes from High physical performancebut Singh stressed that it could be harmful to people with some pre -existing pathology. In other words, unless you have just participated in an Olympic test, shower with cold water alone Your productivity will improve in which the sense that it will take less to shower and you can Dedicate that time To other tasks. In Xataka | In 1947 the Yukón reached -63ºC. So a scientist began to listen to conversations five kilometers away Image | Pexels (Olavi Antila)

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