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Nuclear fever goes faster than centrals

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Uranium, for years relegated to a corner of the raw material market, Live a rebirth. His prices have shot themselves and investors chase him with enthusiasm, convinced that nuclear energy will be key in an electrified world. As Jennifer Hughes said in the Financial Times: “Investors in Uranium and scientists should have much in common: both seek great benefits from a small starting point.” However, this financial euphoria collides with an awkward reality: nuclear power plants are not built to the necessary rhythm and bottlenecks are huge. A small and overwhelmed market. The spot price is around 76 dollars per pound, After having exceeded $ 100 at the beginning of 2024. Much of this increase is explained by a small market: most uranium is sold under long -term contracts and the immediate market space is very narrow. At the same time, governments accumulate strategic reserves. In the podcast Stock Movers Bloomberg They detailed that The US Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, wants to strengthen national inventories to reduce Russia dependence, which provides a room of enriched uranium that feeds the 94 US reactors. The result is clear: more uranium is purchased than the centrals can consume today, a sign that the geopolitical and financial appetite goes ahead of the real capacity. A spark that lights nuclear fever. Why this boom? The explanation is in global electrification. According to Bank of America analysts, by the end of this decade the world consumption of electricity will increase to 30%driven by the electrification of transport and the rise of AI data centers. According to the International Energy Agencythe data centers already consume about 415 twh per year – 1.5% of global electricity – and their weight will continue to grow with the expansion of AI. In fact, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google, among others need abundant, reliable and carbon free energy to support their operations. Hence, technology companies have taken an unusual step: Bet on nuclear. The turn of many countries. Nuclear energy has returned strongly, even in countries that had a firm predisposition to the closure. Germany He stopped his nuclear blackout plan and Belgium made the same decision. Indonesia, despite its wealth in coal, included nuclear in An energy investment plan of 235,000 million dollars. And the United States He has decided to quadruple nuclear capacity recycling uranium. Today there are about 440 reactors in operation in the worldwhich contribute about 10% of global electricity and are the second low carbon energy source after hydroelectric. The wall of reality: the deadlines. Political promises collide with industrial limitations. The projects are usually expensive and slow, with deadlines that do not fit with the climatic urgency. To this are added concerns about radioactive waste and fear of accidents such as Fukushima, Although even Japan is willing to return. In fact, in the US, only three reactors have been built in the last quarter of a century, two of them with exorbitant costs and significant delays. Today there is no plant under construction and to meet the objectives of Washington it would be necessary to initiate the works of 20 medium -sized reactors every year, According to Morgan Stanley calculations. Even China, famous for its speed When he decides to investit takes between five and ten years to design, approve and complete a new plant. Russia, the bottleneck of the nuclear cycle. The big problem is in the phase of the nuclear cycle that converts the mineral into useful fuel. There, Russia is the dominant actor. Although countries such as Australia (28%of world reserves), Kazakhstan (13%) and Canada (10%) large uranium deposits concentrateonly Russia Master the enrichment on a global scale. Canada emerges as an alternative. With mines in the Athabasca basin, the country not only extracts but can also enrich uranium, which makes it a “safe and reliable” supplier. His new mine, operated by Nexgen, could move to Kazakhstan as the world leader of production in the next decade. For its part, this last country accelerate your own nuclear plans. Kazakhstan has among his plans to build his first central in ülken, with financial support from Russia but technological alliances with France and South Korea, in an attempt to reduce the dependence of the Kremlin. Expectations ahead of reality. Uranium has gone from being a forgotten resource to become a central file of the energy and geopolitical board. Prices reflect it and investors bet strongly. But nuclear infrastructure slowly advance, the dependence of Russia in the fuel cycle continues to weigh and social resistances remain alive. As the energy expert warns in its columnwho invest in Uranium expect “too much, too soon.” The true nuclear energy boom, if it arrives, will take much more than a rebound in contributions. Image | Freepik Xataka | The largest nuclear fusion project on the planet has survived the setbacks. This is the date on which Iter should be ready

We have been submerged in “High Protein” food fever. Science has enough doubts that it is useful

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In a quick visit to the supermarket, it is observed how the shelves no longer compete in flavors, compete in promises: High Protein, extra protein, muscle. We see it in yogurts, breads, tuna and even water, under the promise of the protein. Today we are immersed in the Era of chic proteinwhich turned an essential nutrient into an aspirational banner that jumped from the gym to the purchase cart. However, meanwhile container and slogans emerges the question that many ask ourselves: do we really need so much protein? No more is better. To begin with, protein matters, since it participates in the construction and repair of tissues, immunity and hormonal regulation, among other functions, as explained in the MedlinePlus Medical Portal. In addition, it has a satiating effect, which helps control intake, provided it does not derive in hyperproteic diets, Andrea Jarque nutritionist warns. However, to understand the jump to the shelves of the supermarket responds rather to a market logic. The industry, As always happenshe detected a “reef” in the protein claim and extended it from the cultural niche to the general public, with visual codes and messages that They associate protein By force, aesthetics and performance. Do we need “more protein”? It all depends on the person, but there is something in which almost all coincide Clinical guides: The reference figures change little. In an average and sedentary adult, the daily recommendation is around 0.8 grams of protein per kilo of body weight per day. From the age of 40 or 50 – and especially in menopause – it is convenient to slightly raise the intake up to 1 and 1.2 grams per kilo. In other words, a 70 kilos person would need between 70 and 84 grams of daily protein to curb the loss of muscle associated with age: Sarcopenia. Athletes play in another league. Those who train strength or practice resistance regularly may need more: between 1.2 and 1.7 grams per kilo. Above 2 grams per kilo, the benefits are more than doubtful and, in predisposed people, problems could even appear, as they warn in May Clinic. In practice, most arrive – or even pass – from those amounts. In Spain it is not different: meat intake It is still very high. Hence the nutritionist Jorge Jaldón summarize it with irony in the zero habit podcast: “Shortly after breakfasts, lunch and cenes, you have plenty of protein.” Its example is clear: an egg (6 grams of protein), 100 grams of chicken (22 grams) and a plate of lentils (15–18 grams) are enough to meet the needs of an adult in one day. In other words, a combined dish already covers what many are looking for in a container with the High Protein label. Deficit and excess, the two faces. The shortcomings are unusual in the general population. They appear in cases of aggressive caloric restriction, eating disorders either use of slimming drugs that lead meals. Alert signals They are clear: Little satiety between meals and worse recovery after exercise or disease. At the opposite end, the body does not store protein. Once the needs are covered, the excess is used as energy or becomes fat. “The muscle is built by strength training, not the shake”, Clinic point out in May. In the long term, the effect of excessive chronic intake It is a reason for debate. Specialists from the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition (SEEN) They advise caution in people with kidney or liver disease. And what happens to supplements? And this is where the great parallel industry appears. It is not the same to train strength than to lead a sedentary life. Protein supplements can be useful in specific situations: greater with chewing problems, clinical contexts, recovery after training or simply by logistics. Three nutritionists They coincided in a report of this house: They are a tool, not universal shortcut. The Basic Council: Check labels. A good product should provide at least 70–80% real protein by ration, low in sugars, with few additives and reliable brand. And it should not forget the obvious: a shake also adds calories. In addition, many of these products cost more than their equivalent in real food. As some experts ironize, a surcharge is often paid so they already provide lentils or egg. The boom of the plant protein. The other great change is of origin. For decades the recommendation was to replace red meat with chicken or fish. Today the focus is in legumes, nuts, tofu or quinoa. A meta -analysis Confirm that following The so -called Planetary Health Diet (rich in plant proteins) is associated with 21% less mortality and lower carbon footprint. “The more the dish looked like this diet, the lower the risk of dying and the environmental impact,” summarizes the study. Along the same lines, vegetable proteins are also beginning to prioritize food guides, As Stanford professor, Christopher Gardner details: “The beans, peas and lentils would head the list.” Now, the vegetable protein has less bioavailability. “Those who follow exclusively vegetable diets need more quantity and combine different sources,” Remember dietitian Marie Spano. Despite this, as Isabel Martorell, dietitian-nutritionist of Nootric: “No deficits have been observed in vegans with well -planned diets.” Here enters a key concept, that of the Package protein, Popularized by Harvard: The important thing is not only the protein, but the set of nutrients that accompany it. It is not the same to obtain it from a fillet with saturated fats than from a dish of chickpeas with fiber, minerals and antioxidants. Beyond fashion. The evidence points to a simple route (and less expensive): it distributes the protein of the day, prioritizes quality sources – better if they are vegetables -, trains strength and distrust of the Atheat powder. The muscle is built by the gym and constancy. The rest is noise and labels. Image | Pexels Xataka | The greatest study on sustainable food confirms it: the vegetable protein wins the game

China is living a fever for cherries and Spain wants to become its great garden. It will not be easy

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He was waiting, but the Spanish cherry has just received news that had been waiting for a while: China has opened the doors of Its gigantic market. After years of negotiation between Beijing and Madrid, the Asian giant has given green light to the export of fruits cultivated in Spain, an agreement that had already been profiled In spring but that has not resolved its last fringes so far. Now there are two other goods expecting: The pistachio and the dry fig. What happened? That one of the main markets of the world, the Chinese, has just opened to the Spanish cherry. And that is an important news for several reasons. First because that vast market is made up of more than 1.4 billion of potential consumers. Second because the Asian giant seems especially interested In this fruit, valued both for its taste and its cultural impact (it is considered a symbol of fortune, especially during the New Year), a demand that has been benefited until now especially Chile. But what has changed? Basically, that the General Administration of Customs of China (AGA) has given its definitive approval to exports of Spanish cherry. The news has been advanced by the department led by Luis Planas in A statement confirming that the Asian Administration has already published the registration of authorized establishments for the sending of fruit. “It puts an end to a complex negotiation process of several years”, stands out. The sector Trust in which the new protocol “expedite” its ability to export. Is it a novelty? Yes. And no. Beijing has just opened its doors, but the news will catch few by surprise. It was expected Since AprilWhen Planas and Chinese Customs Minister Sun Meijun signed several protocols for the export of pigs and cherries, agreements that add to the dozen of pacts signed since 2018 on sanitary requirements oriented to food export. To move from political theory to commercial practice there were nevertheless several pending procedures. In June, AGA technicians conducted an audit of plots and stores related to the export of cherries to confirm that they fulfill the sanitary protocol. Before, in 2024, a delegation sent by Beijing had already been in charge of visiting some producing areas of the country. Are the details known? Yes. The Government He has revealed Some details of the agreement signed with China. The closed protocol with Beijing, for example, that the phases of processing, packaging, storage and transport of the fruit that is exported to China is carried out “under the supervision” of the ministry. “This will also be responsible for ensuring that only the cherries of the registered orchards can enter the clothing warehouse for their selection and processed.” The agreement will be valid for three years and adds to the bilateral export pacts between Spain and China of those who already enjoy other crops, such as citrus, peach, plum, table grape, chaqui or almond. Among other merchandise, Chinese authorities also allow the sale of fodder oatmeal, olive paste and dehydrate alfalfa destined for animal feed. Soon the list could be extended even more. The Planas department acknowledges that, after closing the agreement for cherries, the files of two other products with roots in Spain continue to negotiate: The pistachio and dry figs. Why is it important? For several reasons. The cherry cultivation is not equally extended throughout Spain, but there are provinces in which it is relevant, such as Cáceres or Zaragoza. According to The latest statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture, in 2022 the production of cherry and icing of the country as a whole touched the 114,000 t, with a fundamental weight of Aragon (48,600) and Estremadura (40,000), followed quite distance in Catalonia (6,800), Andalusia (5,300) and Murcia (3,500). The sector expects the agreement with Beijing to expand its horizon. “It will open new possibilities for export to this fruit, whose culture has had an important development,” celebrated Already in April Pemex, the Federation of Producers of fruits, vegetables, flowers and plants. “The export of cherry from Spain in 2024 stood at 39,968 tons, the European Union being the first destination, with 33,440 T”. Among the extra -community markets stands out above all the United Kingdom, which received more than 5,700 tons, and South Africa and Hong Kong, with around one hundred tons each. Fruit shipments reached a value of 139 million euros. Will it have it easy? No. Although the agreement is good news for the Asian aspirations of the Spanish cherry, the truth is that it must compete in a complex market. According to the last forecasts collected by Produces reportit is expected that in the 2025/2026 season, which will last until March, the production of China cherries will grow 6% to 900,000 T, which demonstrates the bet within the country itself. One of the keys to that rebound is the increase in cultivated area, which during last season was around 199,000 ha. His high demand has led Beijing to use Chilean productionincreasingly focused on China. If in 2016 the South American country exported about 40,000 t of fruit to the Asian giant, in 2023 that figure had already fired until exceeding 370,000 t. At the beginning of the year the Xinhua agency He pointed out That during the last season Chile expert to the world more than 625,000 tons of fresh cherry, of which 568,000 left for China’s markets. Images | US Department of Agriculture (Flickr), Dominic Kurniawan Suryaputra (Unspash) and Ok Apartment (Flickr) In Xataka | Extremadura promised them very happy with its powerful Spanish tomato industry. Until China arrived

Eclipse fever has filled Soria and Teruel one year after producing

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It is Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Shortly after half past eight in the afternoon, the sunset light becomes strange, as a metal, the air suddenly cools and the birds are silent. From a hill of Burgos or a rock of Soria, thousands of people observe how the moon has completely covered the sun. Exactly one year is left to total solar eclipse that will obscure Spain for the first time in more than a century. World capital of astronomical tourism. The Eclipse of 2026 will mark the opening act of an unrepeatable cosmic carambola in several generations: the “Iberian trio”, a sequence of three solar eclipses (two totals and one annular) that They will cross the country in 2026, 2027 and 2028turning Spain, for three consecutive years, in the world capital of astronomy. The countdown for the first eclipse, which will bless the north of the country, has begun, and what is at stake goes beyond two minutes of shade. Emptied Spain, where hotels and light pollution is scarce equallyprepares to fill itself as never before. In Airbnb alone, searches have increased by 830%. “Especially in rural destinations such as Teruel and Ariza (in Aragon), Guadalajara (in Castilla-La Mancha), Reus (in Catalonia), sample of Los Olmos (in the Valencian Community) or Valldessa (in the Balearic Islands),” an Airbnb spokeswoman told Xataka. Eclipses hunters have already reserved. In Calatañazor, a small medieval Soriana villa that looks from the heights La Vega del Río Milanos, are “up to the eclipse”. The Casa del Cura told Xataka that the entire inn has been reserved for months by American and French clients. “They get to everything first.” Similar responses are repeated in much of the province, where the phase of the entire eclipse will last 1 minute and 42 seconds. “The first reservations are received last summer, two years in advance,” the Rural Hotel Pinares de Soria, in Molinos de Duero, told Xataka. Eclipses hunters choose Spain because alternatives are not so encouraging in clouds (Siberia, Greenland and Iceland). And the most early stay with the peoples of the Iberian for their low light pollution. Few rooms, triggered prices. With much less beds than coastal municipalities, the occupation in the villages of emptied Spain has shot, but also prices. Although it does not allow to reserve so in advance, the Castilla thermal Hotel in the Burgo de Osma has already been able to estimate its rates: the night in a double room for eclipse day will be around 500 euros, twice its current price. “The Solar Eclipse of 2026 is a unique opportunity that places the Spanish rural communities in the center of the world map,” summarizes Jaime Rodríguez de Santiago, director of Airbnb in Spain. Meanwhile, in hotel Spain. While Airbnb has enormous penetration in the rental of rural houses and apartments in small villages, Booking.com still has its main strength in the hotel offer, concentrated mostly in cities. Unlike Airbnb, Booking has seen more growth in provincial capitals than in rural areas. Especially in Santiago de Compostela (+85%), A Coruña (+67%), Bilbao (+45%) and Zaragoza (+39%), according to the statements sent to Xataka by the platform. Luxury eclipse. The entire eclipse band will enter the Peninsula along the Asturian coast and will leave by Castellón, passing, minutes before sunset, on the island of Mallorca. These coastal areas have emerged as “Premium” options to enjoy the astronomical phenomenon. Despite the Counterreloj career with sunsetMallorca has become the luxury option with 6,000 -euro tourist packages of 6,000 euros per person and suites at 1,700 euros the night that are already reserved. Hotels on the coast of La Tramuntana, such as the Port de Sóller, They have already sold 65% of the accommodation For those dates. Everyone wants their piece of cake. And public machinery is already underway. Asturias will enjoy the maximum duration of the eclipse in national territory (1 minute and 48 seconds in Oviedo). The Principality has announced the elaboration of a map of insurance points to avoid agglomerations, ocular health campaigns and an international conference with NASA experts to position the region as a reference in the space industry. Under the motto “Burgos Te Eclipsa”, the Diputación de Burgos has also presented today A 12 -month program of activities and a website. The web recommends six strategic observation zones in different regions (Merindades, Bureba, Demand, Arlanza and Ribera del Duero), remembering that King Alfonso XIII has already chosen the province to see the total eclipse of 1905. A stress test. Despite the good economic prospects, the eclipse of August 12, 2026 will not be a stress test for the country, especially in areas that are not prepared for the influx of so many tourists. The Government has created an interministerial commission To face possible challenges, such as road traffic and infrastructure overload such as water, light or mobile connection in rural areas. Not only the Sorian hoteliers of villages of 40 inhabitants are overwhelmed with so much called by the eclipse. The countdown for a historical eclipse has begun in much of the country. Image | Henar boats (Unspash) In Xataka | A third of Spain will be completely dark for one or two minutes. The astronomical event of the century is approaching

There is a chatgpt fever among public officials. What we do not know is how it will affect us as users

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In the City of Bétera (Valencia) they have turned Chatgpt into one more employee. He told so In the country Marcos Gallart, the Deputy Secretary of the Urban Planning Area of said town. According to him, AI saves “20% of the time in the writing of reports.” The OpenAI chatbot, like its rivals, allow it, of course to gain time to time, but there is a problem with that adoption. Or several. Be careful to save time. Although chatgpt can of course Help perform all kinds of administrative tasksGallart himself explained how formation, accompaniment and how far this type of tools can be used. And there is the problem, because the dimension and complexity of public administration makes this type of processes of adaptation and use of new technologies suppose a colossal challenge. There are no standards. Despite the EU regulatory obsession and Spain in the field of AI, there is no clear regulation that guides officials on how to use AI and how to manage data that are handled with it. Here teachers, health personnel or judges are included that are part of a huge group (1.6 million workers) who can of course use these tools, but very carefully. To tell the police. In recent months we have proven how the indiscriminate use of AI and confidence in these systems can be a real disaster. The National Police, for example, had been using ia for six years to detect false complaints, but The real reliability of the system was very debatable. In the recent ‘Ábalos’ an AI to transcribe the statements of witnesses and accused in the interrogations, but There were paragraphs that were a gallimatisms. Even more serious was what happened with the IA Viogén system, which was theoretically destined to solve cases of gender violence and It has ended up causing mortal tragedies. Spain wants in administration. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Function advertisement These days his intention to incorporate AI to the public administration. To do this, he raised a “sovereign platform of AI” with an investment of 14 million euros. His mission, among other things: to expedite procedures in the administration to provoke the one according to Minister Óscar López will be “the biggest revolution of the general administration from the Internet.” A nightmare for privacy (and security). Someone asked ChatgPT about personal issues is already delicate for both the answer – which may not be accurate or even correct – and for the fact that the chatbot keeps that data. The thing is especially serious If an official introduces documents of all kinds in this or other chatbots to summarize or analyze them: if those documents contain sensitive or private data, they are under the control of these chatbots, which in fact They can filter them By mistake to other users. Citizens, possible victims. That makes AI become a double row weapon for public administrations and citizens. On the one hand they can help expedite efforts and even solve problems much more efficiently. On the other, a Incorrect use Chatgpt and its alternatives can make private and personal data They end where they should not, or even something worse: That the result of a management is wrong because an official used it and considered that it was correct without adequate supervision. Zero Data Retention. In this sense There are many services offered by plans without data retention. (ZDR, Zero Data Retention) This is: The data you enter will not be stored on the supplier’s servers. OpenAI It has it In its Chatgpt Enterprise service, a business version precisely designed so that professionals can use Chatgpt’s capacity without fear of data leaks. Microsoft It is another example. Public administration is more “released”. In March It was approved he Draft law for ethical, inclusive and beneficial use of AI. That document was an adaptation to our legislation of the European Regulation of artificial intelligence Approved in March 2024but there we found a contradiction. It was criticized that the law of AI It was too restrictive “The EU had to back down,” but the funny thing is that it was not with the public administration: there the regulation is warm, does not specify bad clear uses and only considers minor offenses those referred to the deployment and use of the systems (articles 25, 26 and 27). Image | Pickpik In Xataka | The EU regulatory obsession raises a world in which AI will have two speeds. And Europe will lose

What’s behind the fever for drinking electrolytes every day

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During a trip to Mexico, the heat passed me an invoice. She was soaked in sweat, exhausted, with dry mouth, despite not stopping drinking water. At that time, a friend offered me a drink with electrolytes. I tried it, without many expectations … but the truth is that something changed. I felt better. It was the first time I tried something like that. Since then, I have asked myself: did you really need those electrolytes or was it pure placebo effect? What are exactly? To understand it easily, electrolytes are minerals such as sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium or chloride. However, there is a superlative difference that makes it different: they are electrically loaded. In other words, they play a fundamental role in processes such as heart rate regulation, muscles contraction, nerve function and liquid balance in the body, According to Medlineplus. And how do you lose them? They leave with sweat, with urine, and also when you are sick and your body loses liquid quickly. In such cases, replenishing them is not a whim, but a necessity. Dr. Javier Marhuenda, nutrition expert, He has warned at the Spanish Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in losing too many can have serious consequences: from fatigue and spasms to heart problems or seizures. Should we replenish them daily? The short answer is: not necessarily. And for most people, it is not recommended either. In a report for The New York Times They have pointed out That there is a belief that we need to replace electrolytes constantly, even in moderate training or in everyday life. However, this theory does not have as much scientific support as it seems. “Everyone believes that they need to replenish lost electrolytes immediately,” Dr. Tamara Hew-Boutler, a scientist of sports medicine at Wayne State University, said for the New York environment. It is easier to find them. Actually, a balanced diet already provides the necessary electrolytes. According to nutritionist Heidi Skolnik cited in the same mediumit is not necessary to resort to supplements to obtain electrolytes: everyday foods such as bananas, nuts, legumes or dairy products already provide minerals. Only in specific cases: a dehydration caused by severe diarrhea, high fever, very prolonged exercise sessions or intense exposure to heat, makes sense to use specific drinks with electrolytes. In these scenarios, isotonic drinks can be useful because they usually contain more sodium and potassium than conventional sports options. Optimized water. Social networks have turned “improved” water into a welfare ritual. Electrolyte mixtures, superfoods, adaptogens, natural caffeine and vitamins parade each morning in Stanley vessels and Owala bottles. In an article for glamor They have summarized it In a very ironic way: “The water alone is out of fashion.” Danika Daal, Content creator that shares hydration routines in ASMR, He has commented In the fashion magazine: “The videos about electrolytes have had excellent performance. It is a recent trend and there is still little information available.” In this way, electrolytes have thus added to a broader wave of supplements turned into lifestyle: Collagen milkshakes, Tinuras, vitamin envelopes and “loaded waters” that combine multiple ingredients to achieve functional and tasty well -being. According to Stacie Stephenson, an expert in functional medicine interviewed by glamor: “If the taste helps a person drink more water, welcome. But there is nothing wrong with classical water.” But is there any risk? The electrolyte content in these products is not usually so high as to cause hypernatremia (too sodium) or hyperkalemia (too potassium), although it is important to check tags: some drinks contain Both sugar and a soda. In addition, like most supplements, They are not regulated with the same rigor as medications. Another risk is to drink too much water without replenishing sodium. This imbalance, known as hyponatremiA, it is uncommon but it can be serious, especially in athletes that train for many hours. So, I need them or not? The answer is not black or white. As Marhuenda has summarized: “A person must use these drinks based on their individual needs and their level of activity.” A yoga class is not the same in the park as a triathlon in summer. For those who do intense exercise, they work in the sun or are sick, electrolytes can be useful, even necessary. But for the general population, with a balanced diet and an active lifestyle but not extreme, water – yes, only water – remains enough. Between fashion and physiology. That day in that town in Mexico, the bottle of electrolytes was my relief. Did you really need those minerals or was it the power of salty flavor and autosugestion? Maybe both. The truth is that, beyond marketing, science insists that hydration begins with water. As Dr. Kenefick has detailed to The New York Times: “Many drinks are marketed using electrolytes as a marketing tool.” And while the market bombards us with promises of optimized hydration, the most effective recommendation remains that your mother repeated again and again: drink water. Image | Unspash Xataka | Heat ravages: there are people freezing mandarins and clementines to eat them later as a “ice cream”

There is so much fever for the Xiaomi Yu7 that there are already those who pay more for buying one used than for a new one. And it makes sense

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The fever by the Xiaomi Yu7 has reached its climax: it is already paid more for the electric SUV sold as a “used” than like a new car. The waiting list is so wide that the bubble has swollen to unsuspected limits. Not only is the mirror of an excessive demand. Used, yes, but more expensive. Specifically, about 2,400 euros. That is the area that those who aspire to have tomorrow (in China, of course) have to pay a Xiaomi Yu7 In the garage, according to Carnewschina. The specialized medium collects that there are up to 80 ads in vehicle sale stores where Xiaomi Yu7 is sold above the market price as new. Specifically, the profits is between 1,200 and 2,400 euros (depending on the version). The most coveted. Among the units that are sold, the most desired is the Max, which are generally offered with less than 100 km registered. Exit, The car had prices of 253,500 yuan (about 30,191 euros) for the Standard version, 279,900 yuan (33,335 euros) for the Pro version and 329,900 Yuanes (39,290 euros) for the MAX, the most powerful option. The more version has 101.7 kWh battery but it is not the option with greater autonomy. This is reserved for the Standard option which also has a huge battery (96.3 kWh capacity) but its power is lower, registering lower consumption. That, precisely, is the most attractive of the Xiaomi Yu7 Max, a car with an autonomy of 770 kilometers (according to the Optimistic Chinese homologation cycle) and a rapid power of 690 hp, an acceleration from 0 to 100 in 3.23 seconds and a maximum speed of 253 km/h. A business. That is, the most expensive option is registering overprices of about 2,400 euros. Or, what is the same, about 6% about its purchase price. It does not seem excessive but it is a pinch for those who made one of the company’s first reserves and want to do business or prefer the money to the car. But those who, of course, are doing business are concessionaires. They point in the Chinese environment to which a good part of the Xiaomi Yu7 overcrowded with respect to their output rate are concession automation. That is, these companies are playing with the usual margin and, right now, selling them more expensive than the company itself. Endless. The trend responds to the wide waiting list that Xiaomi faces when selling its cars. The fever for the electric SUV, the company’s second car, has led the brand to stop the reserves since the delivery of them has shot until 60 weeks in its Standard version. That is, about a year and two months. Pro and Max options offer better waiting times. But not much better. For the Xioami Yu7 Pro you have to wait between 49 and 52 weeks and for the Max between 39 and 42 weeks. That is, the delivery of the Xiaomi Yu7 Max has been almost 10 months. All this is a consequence of A wave of excessive reservations In the first hours. Before finishing the day of the presentation, Xiaomi registered 248,000 reservations in 18 hours. Of these, 200,000 were recorded alone In the first three minutes in which the page was open. Dragging the company. In Carnewschina They echoed another striking movement. The Xiaomi Su7 Yay had a really long waiting list but after relieving it slightly, the electric Berlina has re -delayed its delivery times. The company has decided to dedicate part of the current Berlin line to produce the electric SUV to try to balance the wait between both models. Again, the price of the Xiaomi Su7 was shot again in the second -hand market. To the point that the Su7 ultrathe most radical option rose up to 15,000 euros above of its rate price. Of course, there is no possible comparison with Yu7 because the latter has not yet announced a similar version. The risk. The greatest risk that Xiaomi faces is very evident: the tired of the client. China is the country where more electric cars are bought but also where competition is greater and The renewal time of the models is shorter. If Xiaomi fails to lighten the waiting list, it runs the risk of Your car is slightly obsolete In relation to the rest of the market and customers begin to flee to other brands. To solve it, the company works for forced marches to expand its factory for electric cars. For the moment It already has two factories dedicated (one to each product although, as we have seen, that of the Xiaomi Su7 is also giving way to some SUV units) And you have another in progresswith the aim of being able to serve a demand that has the company completely overwhelmed. Photo | Xiaomi In Xataka | The Xiaomi Su7 self -imposed a challenge: to eat Porsche in his own land. And they just got it

What’s behind the fever to cool food so that it fattens less

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Something is changing in the kitchens, and I’m not talking about The arrival of the Cosori. Rather, those small, apparently insignificant decisions, which take shape between common foods. It is no longer enough to choose between integral or white rice, between mother’s bread or industrial slices. Now, the debate moves to temperature: have you cooled rice? Have you saved that pizza to reheat tomorrow? What looks like a more domestic mania is, in fact, part of a silent revolution driven from social networks and backed – at least in part – by science: that of resistant starch. From networks to the large intestine. The story begins in social networks and other corners of the influencer universe. They appear Videos cooling and overheating rice bowls and even ensuring that a pizza involved in the fridge becomes “healthy”. Everything is summarized in a promise: less glucose, less calories, more health. Resistant starch? Let’s enter into matter so that it can be understood well. The starch It is a chain of molecules of glucose that some plants store as a source of energy. There are different ways of organizing those chains, and according to their structure – more or less accessible to our digestive enzymes – the body may digest it or not. When foods rich in starch are cooked (such as pasta, potatoes or rice), heat causes a process called gelatinization: chains are messy and become more digestible. But if they get cooled later, part of those chains are reorganized in a new, more compact and difficult to break for our enzymes. That process is called retrogradation, and the resulting product is resistant starch. This “reborn” starch reaches the large intestine without being absorbed. There it is fermented by the microbiota, producing beneficial compounds such as butyrate, a fundamental fatty acid for intestinal health, According to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Butirate not only feeds the intestine cells, it also protects the mucosa and can help prevent diseases such as colon cancer. Is it really beneficial? Science partially supports enthusiasm. According to Cleveland Clinicresistant starch behaves similar to fiber: it helps maintain intestinal health, improves the composition of the microbiota and helps to regulate blood glucose. You have to differentiate in four types: Type 1: Present in legumes, whole grains and seeds. Its cell structure makes it inaccessible during digestion. Type 2: It is found in raw foods such as green banana or potato without cooking. Type 3: It is the one that forms when cooking and then cooling foods rich in starch (such as rice, pasta, bread or potato). Type 4: It is a chemically modified starch, present in processed products. According to A meta -analysis cited in Scientedirectthese effects are more notable in types 1 and 2 of resistant starch (those present naturally in green legumes and bananas). Type 3, which is formed by cooling cooked foods, also seems to have benefits, although somewhat more modest. It is not the philosopher’s diet. From Cleveland Clinic They have explained That resistant starch acts similarly to the fiber: it improves the microbiota, it can help regulate blood sugar and have positive effects on the immune system. However, There is no solid evidence that alone it helps to lose weight or reduce appetite, although it may have a light satious effect. There may be risks. The part that does not always appear in the networks of networks is that cooling foods such as rice or potato can have microbiological risks if it is not done correctly. Specifically, the Bacillus cereus, a bacterium that survives cooking and produces toxins in food that spend a lot of time at room temperature after being cooked. In a report from El País They have warned that the heating and cooling cycles – just those promoted to generate resistant starch – are perfect for this bacteria to activate. Basic recommendations: Cools food in less than an hour. Store it in the fridge and consume it at 24-48 hours. Reheat only once already high temperature. Never leave it several hours at room temperature. In search of a balance. Is it worth eating more resistant starch? Science says yes, especially when it comes from integral foods, legumes, firm bananas or well -manipulated tubers. It has effects similar to fiber, helps microbiota and can be part of healthy eating. Will you magically convert a pizza into salad? No. like We have explained in this mediumthe real effect on health is minimal if it is not accompanied by a context of healthy habits. The total diet and your lifestyle continue to weigh much more than a cycle of cold and heat on a plate of rice. It may not be a revolution, but a track of where part of the current interest in food moves: look for more fiber, more microbiota, more glycemic control … and less ultrazúcar disguised. The resistant starch, by itself, will not convert ultraprocessed dishes into healthy or to replace a balanced diet, but can add – like so many other small decisions – to a more conscious way to eat. Image | Unspash Xataka | The spicy is proof that we can fight heat with “fire”

A lysergic trip to the byd fever in China

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When I wanted to realize, two women were making selfies by my side. They were looking for, without dissimulation, the best way to frame me next to them. They did not, of course, for my beauty. I don’t believe it, at least. It is much more likely that the last thing to be expected to meet when they accepted byd’s invitation to attend the ceremony that the unit celebrated 1,000,000 Dolphin Surf It was seeing a group of European journalists. We were there to know some of the Latest Innovations of the Company But also cover what is his first great milestone. On his way to climb to be “one of the three major car manufacturers in the next five years”, Byd has put on the street a million units of the units of the Byd Seagull. Or, as we know him in Europe, Byd Dolphin Surf. A figure that they have reached in just 27 months and for which they had a great party prepared. Accompany me on this trip to the heart of the byd fever in China. A sometimes lysergic trip, sometimes incomprehensible and, of course, totally different from what we can expect from a European manufacturer. Lost among the metadata of a mobile to know who Byd had promised us that we would know the Xi’an factory. Considered the largest vehicle production plant in the world (according to the brand maturely 13.3 million square meters), the immensity seemed even greater with all the lines stopped. “On Sunday, you don’t work,” explain the workers of the company itself. Although they also pointed out that everything depends on demand and market requirements. It seems that in China, as in any other part of the world, the market sends. In fact, according to Reutersit seems that the company is going through a momentary break, raising the foot of the accelerator. Be that as it may, there I was in the middle of an empty plant that only filled the screams of a good handful of fans of the brand, attending how my face was immortalized in the memory of a folding phone of Huawei and a second mobile from Xiaomi. Someday, I imagine, the two women will no longer wear those two white shirts with bright letters in which it reads Super Seagull and they will ask with the same strangeness as who I was that kid of the screen. Clients invited by byd to celebrate the 1,000,000 unit of the Dolphin Surf Behind us, a handful of Byd Dolphin Surf on the light line, where the body defects are checked, and a sign in which it was indicated that we were before unit 1,000,000. A little over two years ago, this car or existed. Now, A group of enthusiasts They are the cornerstone of a party that would have its peak in a convention hall in the city of Xi’an. There we would arrive later, aboard a dolphin surf with which We tried your eye from Godthe most advanced autonomous driving system that, yes, for this car is limited to highways. What we found when we got off was a real party of brand enthusiasts. The entrance to the enclosure was guarded by more than a dozen personalized cars. They were vehicles from the clients who had wanted to contribute their grain of sand. Had returned to two thousand tunneros from Spain. But in Chinese slope. Byd Dolphin Surf of a brand client Byd Dolphin Surf from another client That is, in format Cute or eminently Friki. With some Byd Seagull/Dolphin Surf painted like a racing car, with its vinyl, its multicolored paint and a great presence of black and red. Toyo wheels with the registration painted on the side of them. A good spoiler in the back. But also a pink and blue unit in pastel tones. Easily questionable combination. Like the unit with dozens of Labubus tied in the trunk of the car with a chain in the purest skin shelter style of El Corte Inglés. Later, among the screams of the attendees claiming theirs would find out what this doll is It has also become fashionable in Spain. Swirling among cars, customers and brand fans. And influencers, of course. Influencers showing the event in the purest style of Chinese streamers that a couple of years ago They gathered on the bass of a bridge. Surprise, in fact, how easy it is to see a streamer on the street telling live God knows what. A crazy celebration That same was wondering that night. We had an hour and fifteen minutes of gala for when I made the decision to leave the living room for a moment to go to the bathroom. I had been delaying the inevitable for a while and after 75 minutes of talk in which the maximum responsible for the vehicle told their experience I understood that there was still a good time sitting there. I decided After the second musical issue. It was then, with the appearance of a group tributed to The Who that seemed taken from a parody of El Terrat, when I left the room. It was the second time that those singers, all of them from a Byd Dolphin Surf, appeared on the scene to encourage attendees. We were, of course, in the intermediate. Those who did not rest were the two influencers that, live in the immensity of the Hall of the Convention Center, showed on the screen what seemed like a kind of Teleth of Byd accessories. I don’t know how many would be following the event live, but surely one of them was inside. I checked it on my return. While attendees stirred colored sticks in a dark lounge singing and Dancing to the rhythm of seventies hymns and eighties of, Mies neighboring seats looked moved the screens of their mobile phones. There they were, at the same party that continued with great interest in a panel of less than seven inches. The lights … Read more

In Brazil there is a fever for babies. The problem is that they are so real that people are confusing them

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The story began as a harmless content in Tiktok, one that quickly climbed to became a national issue in Brazil. A young woman He published a video In which he pretended to take his “baby” Bento to the hospital: he prepared his backpack, lying it in the car, weighed it, gave him the bottle and cleaned his cheek. More than 16 million people saw that scene, but few realized that he was not a baby, it was A Reborn doll. Political chaos. I told this week The Guardian. While Jair Bolsonaro faces a trial for I attempt at once of state and the current president Lula is going through The worst moment of popularity of his third term, the focus of wide sectors of the Brazilian public debate It has diverted Towards an unusual phenomenon: Reborn dolls. We talk about figures Baby hyperrealistscollected and made by thousands of people (mostly women) in Brazil for decades, who have suddenly become white of viral teasingviolent threats and an unusual legislative wave. Laws against dolls. According to The New York Timescurrently there are at least 30 legislative projects presented in Brazil to prevent Reborn dolls from accessing public services such as health or education. Legislators on the right, especially in the state of Amazonas, have even taken Dolls to Parliament claiming that some women are trying to obtain public benefits with them, (although there is no evidence to support it). In a turn of the events that approaches a dystopia, one of the drivers even asked if the next step would be to castrate “Reborn dolls” in veterinarians. Stigmatization As a mockery, the official account of the city of Curitiba warned To the “Mothers Reborn” that their dolls do not give the right to use yellow seats reserved for pregnant women on buses. In contrast, the Municipal Council of Rio de Janeiro proposed to establish On September 4 as the day of the storker Reborn to honor the artists who manufacture them, although the mayor He vetoed the measure on the argument that “this is not happening.” To put things in order, or almost, According to the UOL mediait has only been documented A real case of a woman with a psychiatric disorder who tried to enter a hospital with a doll, which shows that most bills are based on viral fictions. Vinyl body kit From Tiktok to Congress. As we said at the beginning, it all started with a series of virals in networks where a collector had called “Crazy” for taking his doll to a mall. Then, another clip showed a doll being Attended in a hospitalas part of a role -playing game. Although the author of the video clarified that it was A dramatizationthe content was replicated alarmistly as if it were real. From there, social networks exploded with teasing, threats and a torrent of indignation aimed at the so -called “mams reborn.” The controversy reached a disturbing point on June 6, when a man assaulted a real baby four months on public roads by confusing it with one of these dolls. The aggressor was released on bail and the baby is out of danger, but the fact illustrates the climate of hysteria unleashed. Disguised misogyny. What at first glance seems like a lower controversy over eccentric hobbies hides a darker background: the pathologization of female entertainment. It counted at the Guardian The sociologist and political scientist Isabela Kalil, professor at the FESPSP, who warns that while adult men can collect action figures or spend hours in front of video games without raising suspicions, women who interact with hyperrealistic dolls are quickly tildos of unbalanced. The artist Larissa Vedolinknown as Emily Reborn In networks, he has received death threats daily for sharing his creations. “They write to me from anonymous accounts who are looking forward to finding me on the street with a weapon,” He recounts. Vedolin, like many other creators and collectors, defends that the Reborn are not toys, but works of art. Some may take weeks to complete and reach prices of up to 3,000 eurosdepending on the level of detail, such as the width hair implant. Social reflection. He Youtuber Chico Barneywho recorded a collector event in São Paulo for Your documentary Reborn Babies Don’t Cry, He pointed out With surprise the normality of the meeting: “It was only a group of people sharing an interest, with nothing eccentric.” But that contrast between the reality of the phenomenon and the viral narrative highlights a frequent dynamic in contemporary digital culture: the constant search for a target for collective hatred. Kalil summarized it rarely: the fury is not based on real events, but on a need for channel social anxiety through symbolic objects. “This case has served to project contempt, mockery and aggression against women who deviate minimally from conventional expectations,” affirms. Ancient practice. The Times remembered that Reborn dolls exist Since the 90s and his interest is not limited to Brazil. In the United States, Dave Stack, founder of Reborns (an online sales platform) ensures that sales have grown up constantly: 10 dolls a day five years ago between 40 and 60 currently. Prices range Between 200 and 250 dollars For vinyl models, and up to more than 4,000 for limited editions of soft silicone. Among its buyers there are mothers who They have lost childrencenters for patients with dementia, lawyers who use them in judgments, creators for film and television, and mainly people who “simply love babies.” Some clients even take them to medical consultationsThey feed them with porridge or photograph them with Santa Claus. A hysteria as radiography. In summary, the Reborn phenomenon in Brazil has become the closest thing to A mirror of collective anxiety, normalized misogyny and the excessive influence of social networks in political discourse. What is essence is a form of artistic expression or an emotional refuge has been transformed in whitewashing, legislation and polarization. The episode reveals not only the ease with which a moral panic is generated, but … Read more

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