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We are on our way to beat all temperature records in a month of June. The fault is of a “jam” in the atmosphere

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Heat is still installed in peninsular Spain. This week a Dana It seems aimed To give us a brief respite but experts anticipate that, as on previous occasions, this will be brief. An exceptional June. There is a week left for the month of June and experts anticipate the possibility of confirming as the hottest in the historical series. All that despite the appearance of tormentous episodes (some of enough intensity) interspersed between extreme heat days. For now the most warm June record The 2017 holds it. That year, the average temperature of the first month of the summer was 24.1 Celsius, three degrees above the average for the period 1981-2010 and 0.1º above the previous record, registered in 2003. That June 2017 was also slightly more humid than it is common for this month, with 3% more rainfall than the average of the period between 1981 and 2010. A stagnant circulation. According to Experts explain As the physicist, disseminator and researcher at Aemet JJ German, the situation could go worse after this week’s truce. An “stuck” atmospheric circulation would be, at least in part, responsible for this month of June anomalous and hot. The situation, if it changes, will be worse. According to German, during the next few days “Subtropical Anticyclonic Dorsal” capable of reaching in itself record levels on the Iberian Peninsula. Meanwhile, under the influence of a Dana. This seems to suggest that the thermal relief caused by the proximity of a Dana will be only temporary. Despite this, the presence of this depression in height implies that we must prepare again for the arrival of instability and rainfall. During the next few days, they will be in force various yellow warnings issued by the State Meteorology Agency (AEMET) to alert the risk derived from these storms. These notices will coexist with those emitted to warn of heat, will concentrate on the north, especially in the northwestern quadrant of the Peninsula. In Your forecastthe agency talks about storms and “locally strong” storms in the northern third, with hail and gusts “very strong”. The situation will affect particularly, says Aemet, north of the plateau, Cantabrian mountain range, Pyrenees and the north of the Iberian system. The risks of a warm summer. Last week, Aemet published its spring analysis and its forecasts for summer. In its presentation, the agency indicated that the first had stood out for high rainfall, while summer could stand out for warmer temperatures. The succession of a wet spring and a summer of heat implies certain health risks: the appearance of some insect pests have put the health authorities alert to the possibility of the appearance of potential vectors of diseases, such as the Tigre mosquito. The hot warm summers also tend to imply a greater risk of fire, although in this case, the rainfall of recent months could play in our favor. In Xataka | We do not know anything about El Niño at this point of the year. That is a meteorological mystery … and good news Image | ECMWF

It is possible that your gmail is destroying the emails that arrive and do not know. The fault is for forgotten adjustment

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Dozens of readers of The country They complained that some of the Newsletters received contained “rude errata”. Meaningless phrases, words that seemed terribly chosen … When doing the checks, the technical team of The country realized that Newsletters They did not contain those errors, the writing was adequate. But in the receptor mailbox they were modified. Why is it important. The ruling was not in the newspaper, but in Gmail. Those who protested had activated the automatic translator into Spanish, so that any mail received was seen in this language. The problem is that this translator acts even in mails that are already in Spanish, turning words when detecting English where there was no. Where he put “secret military plans”, appeared “Airplanes Secret military “. Where he put “Trump uses the power of the State to blackmail institutions”, appeared “Trump uses the power of the State to sing to institutions “. The context. Gmail is The most used mail service in the world, and many users have activated their translator “always translate automatically.” This function, as we have seen, operates even about texts already written in your language. Between the lines. What began as a sum of readers complaints has exposed a much greater problem: platforms can alter content without anyone knowing, at least for a while. The issuer sends a message, the receiver reads another, and none suspects that there is a tool in the background by modifying words. The threat. If Gmail can change “siege” by “seminar”, another of the examples cited by the newspaper, can also introduce intentional biases. Or forced. For example, a government order can force automatically replace “Gulf of Mexico” by “Gulfo de América” In all emails. Users would read it and normalize without knowing that the content has been manipulated. Yes, but. This automatic customization is born from a good idea, is born from helping. The problem comes when the help becomes invasive, is not entirely well designed (no anglicisms in Spanish from homonymous words between languages) and is opaque. Nothing made those affected think that the fault came from there. It does not seem fair to trust years of use of a tool to which at the time the user activated it or granted certain permits if nothing that happens later acts as a subtle reminder. In the foreground. For the first time, readers were not reading what journalists had written. And neither the first nor the second were aware of it. It is the symptom of an era where sometimes machines make decisions about the information we consume without transparency or real control. In Xataka | Hotmail changed the storage, Gmail brought the search. What is coming now will eliminate writing Outstanding image | Xataka, Mockuuups Studio

Less science fiction is being written than ever, and the fault does not have the lack of ideas or the lack of readers

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Literary science fiction interests less than ever. Devoured by subgenres of fantasy with more popular pull, such as Romantasythe books that were previously guaranteed Best-Sellers are now only oddities, samples of a genre that is disappearing from libraries. Why has a genre that has been so popular now languishes? What has changed since a couple of decades ago was the king of the mambo of fantasy? Sales fall. In an article on reading habits, The Washington Post revealed A singular fact: only 12% of readers are interested in science fiction. The figures accompany that fall, to the point that in what we have been in, if we analyze the sales figures in the United States which provides publishers weeklyonly a gender book has sneaked into the top 10 of each year: ‘Ballad of singing birds and snakes’, very significantly the sequel to one of the great successes of the previous decade, ‘The Games of Hunger’. The power of Young adult. The science fiction had never sold as much as in the previous two decades, and all thanks to the dystopic and youth variants of the genre: 12 books sneaked into the best-sellers lists of the Decade of 10 and in the first ten years of the centurywith sagas such as ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘Divergent’, ‘The Host’ and ‘A Time Fold’. There was also space for adult science fiction, no doubt pushed by this receptive state for the genre, especially works of big names such as Stephen King or Michael Crichton. And now, al Romantasy. What makes all the meaning: simply the same readers who augated youth dystopias are now interested in genres such as light fantasy and Romantasy… And that is what occupies the highest positions. In the last two years, books and sagas of the genre such as ‘Alas de Blood’, ‘A court of roses and thorns’ or ‘blood and ash’ have almost totally dominated (especially the 2023 and 2024) lists. Authors such as Rebecca Yarros or Sarah J. Maas repeat, year after year, with a frequency that was only available to the aforementioned King or Crichton. Media avalanche. This change in interest within the fantastic genre of readers who propel sales is the most immediate reason for the descent of science fiction in sales lists, but there are other more endemic causes, not so apparent. One of them is the media ecosystem: The public’s taste for science fiction stories is satisfied with films and series, faster and less demanding to consume. As contradictory that may seem, the absolute relevance of fantasy and science fiction in the mainstream audiovisual has played against books: Who wants to read science fiction sagas if In the cinema it has it embodied more spectacularly? The dystopia is here. From a more sociological perspective, interest in science fiction may have dissipated because reality has advanced to any fiction. It is a recurring bitter joke to talk about how reality has exceeded before planned Future pessimistsas those presented at ‘Blade Runner’ or ‘The maid’s story‘. With the Truncated future sensation That it occurs to generation Z, it is normal for the romantic escapism of ‘blood wings’ to be preferable to reminders that ‘1984’ has come true by advancing on the right and without caught the irony. Creative crisis. To all this is added the creative crisis that crosses current culture and the fantastic genre in particular. Most of the productions that They triumph at the box office and in the book sales They are sequelae or belong to franchises. Science fiction has always been a genre that has fed on risk, innovation and new ideas and with this panorama, it is normal to be stagnant. A classic like Orson Scott Card (‘Ender’s game’) in an article entitled ‘Are we facing the end of science fiction?‘: It is said that “all the really good stories that were possible within science fiction have been written.” Is there salvation? Orson Scott Card himself details in that article that a possible problem of gender is that science gives rise to less narrative formats, such as space trips or stellar wars. Now science focuses more on “theoretical, or sub-psychopic, or trans-cosmic” aspects. But in those sections where authors such interesting and renovating such as Greg Egan arise, Liu Cixin either Ted Chiangperhaps away from the tastes of the general public, but more than trained to make the genre remain alive. And perhaps that is the key: what else does it give whether or not you enter the supervent lists, while the genre continues to innovate Header | Daniel in Unspash In Xataka | The 25 best science fiction books

Most likely you are drinking your coffee with bad milk. And the fault of everything has a factor: the temperature

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There is a scene that you have surely lived if you have asked for a coffee in a restaurant or a cafeteria: you ask for a coffee with milk or a capuchino and, after assembling value, you ask that the milk is not very hot. That is when such a coffee serve you darkness And you hear the crackling of a milk that ceased to be a edible product to become a lava. And there is something important to take into account in all this: although the coffee they use is good -Not Torrefacto-, such hot milk is ruining the drink. Specialty coffee shops against lava. Prepare a coffee It is a very meticulous process. The problem is that the coffee culture of many sites is quite improvable, which has led us to think that the way of drinking any preparation that is not a single with ice must be an experience in which we have to spend ten minutes waiting for coffee to cool. The difference between a specialty cafeteria and any bar is not alone in coffee, but also in how they treat milk. And that is where the temperature comes into play. In specialty coffee shops, any coffee that carries milk will be rather temperate. You can even start taking it as soon as they serve you. This is not for Eviction the table as soon as possible and that the following client passes, but for something deeper and that has a scientific basis. 65 ° C.. That is the maximum temperature that the milk of a coffee with milk should have. Anyone between 55 and 65 degrees Celsius, happens to be more accurate, and maintaining it is crucial to protect something fundamental in milk: its proteins. When we heat the milk with the foamer, if we stay in that temperature range, their proteins experience something called ‘denaturation’. This means that milk proteins lose their structure and form spheres around the air bubbles that are produced when milk subjected to the sparkling. That process, together with the interaction between the casein and the fat of the milk, serves to stabilize the foam, making it more creamy. The sweetness of the liquid is also enhanced without falling into the burned of it because the natural sugars of milk break down just as not to pass. And? If we pass temperature, the balance between fats and proteins is broken, so the foam will be more airy and lose that softness and creaminess, making the drink less dense. But apart from the aesthetic function (because the art is worse with milk that exceeds 65 degrees) and the alteration of the texture of the drink, there is another issue that we must take into account. When we exceed the temperature, the proteins are excessively denatured, which leads to the excess of air bubbles that we have already commented, but also to the presence of a flavor that can be unpleasant because the sugars are passed and the fats are oxidized. In addition, the texture will not be so velvety and we will not only have a much flatter drink in flavor, also in terms of density. Template, better. And it happened to me. Going to a specialty cafeteria for the first time and finding a tempered capuchino was a surprise, but beyond the initial by temperature, the next was that there were fruity notes of the coffee I could appreciate. Preparing the same type of coffee in my house, with a foamer who later saw that it exceeds that temperature, all those notes, simply vanished. My mistake during all that time? Do not pay attention to temperature. And that temperature is one of the many reasons why drinking coffee with milk in many countries, and out of specialty coffee shops, is a battle. Preparing good coffee is very complicated, so much that there are those who study What are the best reactions and temperatures To, among many other issues, heat the right the milk to change the texture of the drink without affecting its flavor too much. Ojito with reuse. On the other hand, and I recognize that it has also happened to me, we cannot reuse the milk that we have already subjected to this process in the foamer. The scene may sound to you: it is one of the first times you make coffee with your new coffee maker and you throw more milk in the jar. That goes up as it is foam, so we have half left and we decided to take a glass jar, let it temper and store it in the refrigerator to use it in another coffee. We spread it again and … there is the error. It’s something James Hoffman –Barista and coffee disseminator- already explained A few years ago: when we heated milk for the second time, we are exaggerating the denaturation of proteins and promoting oxidation of fats, which generates a more stale flavor and an unpleasant texture. Therefore, if you want to prepare a better Latte At home, it is best to have a steel jar that allows us to feel the ideal temperature and, until we have trained the sense of touch to identify what that temperature is, something like a cheap kitchen thermometer will serve as a guide. Everything is to stop drinking milk in poor condition with each homemade cap … Image | Chris Reyem In Xataka | The first step to improve coffee you drink is to grind it yourself. Science has the explanation

The mystery of the best photography made to a UFO is still unresolved. And the United Kingdom Government has the fault

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In the set of UVNI eventsacronym for unidentified flying object that over time has been slightly modified to UAP, there are some more relevant than others. Obviously, those who have not been able to answer for lack of information They are the ones who have caught the public’s attention. Without going very far, Incidents revealed by New York Times In 2017 with The pentagon fighters avistando “something”They have turned the world around. And if we stick to a photograph, none like Calvine’s. Encounters in the moors of Scotland. Historius took place One night of August 1990when two hikers who worked as chefs in a nearby hotel claimed to have witnessed an inexplicable event in Calvine’s moors, a remote town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. While they walked between the fog, They noticed the presence of a huge diamond -shaped object floating in the sky“A stranger” without sound or visible propulsion signs. Its metal structure remained static in the air, challenging common sense itself on the behavior of a conventional aircraft. The astonishment and fear of witnesses increased when A combat plane Harrier appeared on the scenesurrounding the object as if it were in a recognition maneuver. Before the men could process what they saw, the mysterious artifact amounted to high speed and disappeared. One of the witnesses managed to capture several photographs of the moment, images that, years later, would become one of the most enigmatic visual tests in the history of this type of events and considered as Better photography ever made to a UFO. The Ministry of Defense intervenes. Days later, hikers They sent the photos and their testimony to the newspaper Daily Record of Scotland. Andy Allen, image editor of the newspaper, was hit by the clarity of the photographs and decided to send the best to Craig Lindsay, then press officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF) at the base of Pitreavie Castle. Lindsay, surprised by the sharpness and realism of the image, referred it to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MOD), that immediately requested the negatives and other copies. In addition, he instructed Lindsay to contact the witnesses and collect more details. Again and according to the story of one of the hikers, the ship had a metal appearance and levitated without any source of visible propulsion. The conversation with Lindsay was the last time the witnesses gave statements about the event, and His identity was never publicly revealed. Shortly after, the MOD instructed Lindsay to cease any investigation and to leave the case in his hands. One of the two poor quality photocopies of ‘VUFOILS’ (Transparent Plastic Images) made from Calvine UFO photography, published by the National Archives of the United Kingdom in 2009 Photography disappears. That same fall, during a meeting at the MOD offices in London, Lindsay noticed that the best of UFO images had been extended to poster size and hanging on a wall. He was also able to observe the other five photos, in which the Harrier was seen moving around the object while he remained motionless. When consulting with the Ministry analysts, they confirmed that there were no indications of fraud, but that they could not identify the object. Despite the apparent initial interest, Calvine’s case was quickly filed. The Daily Record never published the story, and The photographs disappeared from any public registry For more than 30 years. It is unknown if the newspaper decided not to publish the article on its own initiative or if it received pressures from the British government to hide the incident. Where is the photo? It appears then The figure of the journalist and researcher David Clarkewho was aware of the case in 1996 through the book Open Skies, Closed Mindsby Nick Pope, a former MOD official who worked at the Ministry’s UFO investigation office. Pope described the case as one of the most intriguing in the MOD files and said that the analyzes had determined that the images were genuine, although the object remained without explanation. In 2009, Clarke began to examine declassified documents in the national archives of the United Kingdom and found a memorandum aimed at Ministers of Defense of the time of Margaret Thatcher. In this document, under the title “Defensive Lines to Take”, it was claimed that The mod had not reached definitive conclusions on the objectbut that the plane in the image was undoubtedly a Harrier. In addition, the memorandum indicated that there were no records of unusual activity in the area. Written version of a handwritten summary of Calvine’s sighting in September 1990, published by the United Kingdom National Archives in 2009 The (re) discovery. Over the years, Clarke tried to locate the original image without success, until In 2018 he found the name of a former defense intelligence department in government documents. After locating it on LinkedIn and contacting him, he confirmed that he remembered Calvine’s case and that at the time caused a stir within the ministry. According to his testimony, the most likely explanation was that it was an American experimental aircraft. This revelation led Clarke to Craig Lindsay, who still retained a copy of the photograph inside an old book in his garage. Thus, in 2022, after more than three decades of mystery and After examining with experts if the photograph was realClarke made the image public to the entire world, generating enormous media interest. What the hell happens here? The big question is still unanswered, although obviously there is hypotheses and possible explanations about the nature of the object. The most popular are three. The first is that, yes, That day an extraterrestrial ship was seen. In this regard, some ufologists argue that the object does not resemble any known aircraft, which reinforces the theory that it could be a ship of extraterrestrial origin. The second most commented option speaks of A United States Secret Project. This tip theory to which the object was an American aircraft prototype, possibly from the Aurora program, an alleged hypersonic spy developed … Read more

The time of the year in Japan has arrived where everyone has a mask. The fault is World War II

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It is one of the great paradoxes in Japan. Also one of those images of postcard of the nation. When spring arrives, a colorful veil of vibrant flowers and intoxicating fragrances covers the entire country, nature reveals itself beautiful, but under that harmonious layer it runs and displays a more strategy ruthless For humans. Almost in unison, millions of people begin with uncontrollable sneezing, irritated eyes and low productivity. Today, the seasonal crisis has become a social problem, and all because of a war. An invisible enemy. In 2023, the then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told that he called it as hay fevereither Kafunshō (Literally, “pollen disease”), was, de facto, a national emergency that demanded an immediate response. With pollen levels in Tokyo reaching record figures in the last decade, Kishida cataloged the crisis as a government priority, announcing A plan that left no room for diplomacy with the enemy: trees. With 42.5% of the affected population and An estimated economic impact at 2.2 billion dollars annuallythe problem had reached a national scale that forced the government to consider it a matter of public policy. The origin of everything: war (and man). Unlike other countries where hay fever is an annoying but manageable condition, in Japan its impact is due to a historical political decision. During World War II, Japan suffered an unprecedented devastation. The incendiary bombings of the allies destroyed a large part of the cities built in wood, generating a crisis of construction materials in the country. After the end of the contest, The government promoted mass reforestation with cedars and cypresses to boost the national wood industry. It had logic: they are native species of rapid growth and with straight trunks ideal for wood production. However, over time, the demand for wood decreased due to the importation of cheap wood from abroad and these forests were abandoned to their fate, vast extensions of abandoned monoculture forests becoming gigantic pollen factories. Today. In The present, More than 40% of Japanese forests are dominated by these highly allergenic specieswhich has caused even people without allergic history to develop symptoms after a few years of residence in the country. The situation is so serious that Some companies have begun to offer subsidies for medical treatments and antiallergic products to its employees, since hay fever reduces the productivity of one third of the population. The counterattack of Japan. The Japanese government response has been radical: In 2023 he ordered the trees responsible for pollen. In an unprecedented campaign, the country began a massive logging and forest replacement plan, replacing current ceders and cypresses with species that produce less pollen. Although the process will take years, the objective is clear: to weaken the production of pollen and relieve the load on the millions of Japanese affected every year. A more intense (and early) seasonal season. This weekend counted the Japan Times media that Japan faces this year one of Kafunshō’s most severe severas in its history, with pollen levels that could double in some regions compared to the previous year. The early detection of cedar pollen in Tokyo, recorded on January 8, marked the beginning of that particularly challenging period for millions of people suffering from symptoms such as sneezing, congestion, irritated eyes, conjunctivitis, fatigue and skin problems. Given such a panorama, the need for protection measures has promoted a transformation in the allergy product industry, merging aesthetics. A society adapted to seasonal war. While the government advances with its selective deforestation plan, the population has developed its own defense against the plague of pollen. In Japan, Hoating fever has generated an entire economy of specialized products ranging from ergonomic masks with antipole filter to protective glasses, repellent sprays and personal air purifiers. Leading brands have developed increasingly advanced solutions. Shiseido, for example, has perfected The antipolen spray Ihada Aller Screen Ex, which creates an invisible shield on the skin to avoid allergenic particles. Fumakilla Allergy Shut Virus, meanwhile, not only blocks pollen, but also the yellow sand transported from the deserts of China and Mongolia. Another level. Companies have brought the fight against hay fever to another level, incorporating avant -garde technology to minimize the effects of allergy in everyday life. This has resulted in the integration of masks designed not only for pollen filtration, but also To enhance facial aesthetics and protect the skin from environmental damage. The masks, omnipresent in Japanese society even before pandemic, They have evolved from simple filter barriers to products that incorporate additional benefits. Before 2020, the options were limited to white surgical models without greater visual attraction. Today Demand has promoted market diversificationallowing the masks to align with standards of beauty and skin care. The role of aesthetics. As we said, the new mask designs not only focus on protection, but also on aesthetics, Reflecting the Japanese beauty ideals, where a well -defined jaw and a stylized nose are desirable features. The brands have responded by creating masks with angled cuts, reinforcements on the nasal bridge and strategic folds that enhance the user’s features. A trend that has been well received by consumers like Hana Satowho recognizes that current models, in addition to offering better filtration, “are more attractive and better mold the face.” The functionality and appearance now go hand in hand in the fight against hay fever. The principle of a new era. Hoating fever has been, for a long time, A cruel nature of nature, an ambush disguised as spring. But Japan seems to be raising against that invisible enemy with an unprecedented strategy: eliminating the root problem, literally. If the government offensive manages to significantly reduce pollen levels, The nation will become the first country to win the war against hay feverestablishing a model for other affected nations. Meanwhile, hay fever has ceased to be simply a seasonal discomfort to become a phenomenon that has promoted innovation in the beauty and well -being industry. The evolution of masks, sprays and skin care routines reflect that growing integration between … Read more

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