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Like ‘the Sims’, ‘Inzoi’ simulates your real life in a video game. The difference is that it takes it very seriously

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Within just over a week, the life simulator ‘Inzoi‘It will reach computers around the world. The first impressions about the same They are landing And all speak of the impressive graphic effort that involves their recreation of the everyday, as well as the differences and similarities with the other milestone of the genre, ‘THE SIMS‘. However, its characteristics mainly derived from its origin, South Korea, raise many other doubts about their acceptance beyond the Asian market. 20 years without life simulators. ‘The Sims’ is one of the most famous video games of all time, among other things because it dazzled an important public sector that did not usually play, long before the term casual It became fashionable with the advent of mobile devices. However, the last main installment of the game, ‘The Sims 4’, was launched in 2014. With a Fifth Discarded delivery and the transformation of the franchise into a free-to-playits original model is exhausted. Does it make sense that there is a game that intends to revalidate the throne of life simulators? The big difference. To say that ‘The Sims’ is a game that aims to replicate everyday life is the same as saying that’The Simpsons‘It is a reliable portrait of an American family. Or, for not getting out of video games, which ‘Simcity‘He is a realistic urban manager. Soft or more strident, everything is portraits softened by satire, because in Western society we are unable to look at ourselves without the filter of cynicism and self -parody (or, in the case of ‘Simcity’, of bleeding criticism). That is the big difference with ‘Inzoi’, which takes very seriously its replica of real life. Such is life. In fact, that is the main criticism that is falling to ‘Inzoi’: “Not having understood“That ‘The Sims’ that supposedly imitates, between the scandalous realism of Unreal Engine and the possibility of climbing our own gestures, physical and movements. Or that complex system of reactions that makes our relationship evolve with the rest of the characters as we behave with them, in a maze of social ties that impacts the city’s own growth and the map. An amusingly ambitious concept that distances itself from ‘The Sims’, which more than a life simulator was a mischievous omnipotence: put your SIM in the pool and remove the stairs, to see what happens. Pure Korea. Possibly, the greatest “problem” to which Inzoi will face when penetrating in non -Asian countries, once the widespread glare passes before their graphics, it is his spirit so typical of Asian simulators and role -playing games: the need to take it seriously. Of course, in ‘Inzoi’ we can do the goat as in a ‘GTA’, but a karma system will protect the digital universe from excessive riot, which is what the European or American player tends: to force the limits of the games and simulation. There is nothing more to see a game of ‘GTA online’ to understand to what extent is the simulation of very different shapes between opposite points of the globe. Our simulator is social networks. Don’t we like simulation outside of China or Korea? No: rather We replace it with social networksthat cover our aspirational and voyeurist needs. We do not build complex and digital replicas of ourselves in video games, because that is our Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram profiles, where we perform a life that we want to pretend or that we long to carry, often raising it in a harmless and playful way. The greatest obstacle before him ‘Inzoi’ is that, without knowing it, we have already created the perfect simulation. And without the need for latest generation computers. In Xataka | ‘Inzoi’ wanted to be the new ‘The Sims’, but the crisis that social simulators live has also ended their expectations

Pope Francis made his opinion clear about the medical ethics of the end of life. The one we do not know is that of the Vatican

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With Pope Francis in the hospital, he already hopes to know how the respiratory crisis evolves in the midst of his hospitalization for pneumonia, many things have stopped in the Vatican. The Holy City and “Renewable”For example. The Pontiff’s plans to make the small Catholic state more sustainable have remained in Stand By. Controversial issues have also been revived that have always been on the table. Without going any further, Francisco’s possible final. An unavoidable question. I told it a few days ago The New York Times Bringing a topic that the Vatican has preferred to avoid: What happens when a pontiff faces a prolonged deterioration of his health, loses his faculties and approaches at the end of his life? At 88, Francisco has spoken in the past about ethics in medical decision making in terminal cases, but has never revealed its own preferences in this regard. Although He left a letter of resignation in the Vatican in case of disability, its content is unknown and it is not known if you have designated someone to make medical decisions in their name. The silence of the “house.” The Vatican, faithful to his tradition of secrecy, has replied that “It’s too soon” To discuss these issues, despite the growing concern within the Church. Meanwhile, medical bulletins have also been prudent, informing that the Pope’s condition It remains stable And that, after its respiratory crisis, has been able to do without mechanical ventilation (He has even spoken). Be that as it may, uncertainty persists and the lack of a public protocol on how to manage the end of the life of a pontiff is sufficient reason for debate between theologians and ecclesiastical experts. The moral dilemma. The Catholic Church teaches that life must be defended From conception to natural death. However, within the doctrine there is a margin of interpretation When it is legitimate to stop prolonging it artificially. According to the Magisterium of the Church, the Use of “Extraordinary Media” To keep a patient alive, they can be suspended if they suppose disproportionate suffering or do not offer real improvement. The problem is that there is no clear definition of what constitutes an extraordinary medium, which leaves space for various interpretations within the Catholic clergy and bioethics.

Claude 3.7 has returned to life an old 1997 program. The question is whether IA can translate old projects in Cobol or Fortran

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A veteran programmer received a two -year -old granddaughter’s visit a few days. It was then that he recalled that in 1997 he scheduled an application in Visual Basic 4 an application that might have fun. The problem was that he only had the executable, and it was not easy to be able to use it in his current equipment, so he came up with an idea. Translate this old APP to Python. What he did, as said in Reddit (With a post -written post for this AI), it was to upload the executable as an entrance for the newly launched the Claude 3.7 model. He asked him for something simple: “Can you tell me how to run this file? I think I scheduled it with Visual Basic 4, it would be great to turn it to Python.” Inverse pseudoengineering. The surprising thing is that Claude 3.7 showed some warnings, but then began to analyze the binary file and identified some program components. In fact it went further and translated that code to Python using the Pygame bookstore. Modernized code. The AI ​​system managed to perfectly replicate the functionality of the original program, and the model also provided instructions to install and execute it without problem, but it also was executed and operated 100% from the first moment. And all in five minutes. And modifications, the ones you want. This user would then ask for some improvements, such as associating certain sounds to the space bar or adding color typefaces, and Claude 3.7 modified the code perfectly to offer those improvements. But. The user shared All conversation in Claude so that anyone could check the process that followed. As Visual Basic said P-Code (Pseudocode), a kind of intermediate compilation in which there are some recognizable elements, but not too many to help that reverse engineering task. A door to modernize old software projects. It is true that the pseudocode generated by VB facilitated that “reverse engineering” task, but still this experiment with Claude 3.7 seems to open the door for many other software projects to modernize. A way out for mastodons created with Cobol or Fortran? In fact, already very veteran programming languages ​​such as Cobol or Fortan are still very important in industries such as banking, and force to maintain systems that can maintain compatibility with these old applications. Lack of programmers. There are no longer many programmers who dedicate themselves to these programming languages, which makes them “translate” them to more modern programming languages ​​is especially interesting. In 2023 IBM showed precisely A IA -based project to translate Cobol programsbut it is not clear if that has allowed to complete ambitious projects in that sense. What Claude 3.7 of course opens the door to achieve it. THE EXAMPLE OF MOCAS. We have already talked about Moccas, software created in 1958 and used in the US administration for the “mechanization of administration service contracts.” It is scheduled in Cobol-in fact it was originally programmed in Flow-Matic-and continues to work today, but it has been a long time since in the US They look for ways to adapt it to the new times. Perhaps Claude 3.7 or similar AI models manage to offer a solution to that problem. Even so, difficult. The example shown by that veteran programmer is striking, but it was a small application. Projects such as Moccas are enormously more complex and are part of a series of interdependencies with other components, which makes this possible task of reverse engineering and translation more difficult. But be careful: it may not be impossible, and at least Claude 3.7 and other models can end up being precisely the tool we needed to carry out that task. Image | Flipflopflorida In Xataka | Young programmers no longer know how

The Atlantic has a ‘lost city’ with the key to life on other planets. Now is in danger

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The earth seems to have no secrets at this point. That if we talk about the earth’s part, of course, because although nWe are putting the batteries With the oceanic background, much remains to be known. And one of the examples is the lost city found in 2000, a set of structures in the middle of the Atlantic that are not only curious, but they help us with the most unexpected: Study extraterrestrial ecosystems. And, ultimately, determine the clues that must be followed to find life in the universe. Only. More than 700 meters deep west of the Mesoatlantic dorsalon December 4, 2000, some explorers in command of remote control submersibles found something surprising: a set of walls and monoliths that reached 60 meters high and had a curious bluish tone due to the foci of the submarines. These carbonated structures were something that the scientific community had never seen and was baptized as the ‘lost city’. Among that we love giving rimbombant names and that could resemble Atlantis, the marketing part was already made. Chimneys. The full name is, really, ‘Hydrothermal field of the lost city’, and it is the oldest oceanic ventilation site, at least what we know. It is estimated that he is about 120,000 years old and, during all that time, his chimneys have been expelling gases at temperatures between 40 and 90 degrees Celsius. These hydrothermal vents release methane and hydrogen, but are not volcanic, so they do not produce co₂, hydrogen sulfide or metals. With the passage of the millennia, that expelled material was accumulated in the form of columns and walls of Brucita, Aragonito and Carbonate of calcium, with a whitish color and very particular schegic texture. Point of interest. For the scientific community, the lost city is a mine. Its particular environment and the conditions of its formation, as well as its age, can provide clues about the origin of life on Earth, as well as a more detailed vision of the planet’s composition. Over the years they have been studying their materials and, in 2024, a group of scientists advertisement The recovery of a rock sample more than a meter long. With her, they hope to find crucial evidence about the origin of life on earth. There are some spectacular formations. Researchers at the University of Washington described some vents as structures that “cry” fluids that form carbonated structures of multiple tips as curious as the one we see in the photo that we leave just on these lines. But there are not only rocks in the lost city. Extraterrestrials. At that depth, without oxygen, with a highly alkaline and hydrogen, methane and other gases dissolved in water, we might think that it is a ‘lunar’ ecosystem in which life is impossible. Curiously, It is full of animals such as anemones, microbial communities, crustaceans, snails and, occasionally, deep fish. The question is how life can prosper when it comes to an environment in which there is no sunlight, there is no oxygen and both hydrogen and methane, they camp their wide. That is precisely what also called the attention Of the researchers because the study of this fact can give us clues about what kind of life or signs of life to look for in environments that can be similar, such as redry or Europe (Saturn and Jupiter moons). Threatened heritage. Writing this has given me to think about ‘Avatar‘Not only because the film has attractive extraterrestrial structures, but because its director, James Cameron, is a passionate about underwater expeditions. And something that happens in his film is that we arrive at another planet and sweep it to get resources. We must not go to Pandora -the planet of ‘avatar’-, we continue to see it in areas such as the Amazon. And that we destroy the lost city is something that researchers fear. Poland got In 2018, the exploitation rights of the seabed around the lost city and, although the hydrothermal field has no valuable resources for us, altering its surroundings could endanger the entire area. That’s why you are working so that the lost city is declared a World Heritage Site with the aim of protecting it as much as possible and being able to continue studying it. We will see what happens with an area that is not the only hydrothermal field in the world, but one whose particularities can help understand how life develops in extreme conditions and in similar extraterrestrial environments. Images | Cairns S, Kitahara M In Xataka | Half a year ago we discovered oxygen in one of the most remote places on the planet. Now we want to know more

Two videos show how 80 people from a plane have saved life in the last plane crash. There is triple explanation

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After the tragic accident last month Between an American Airlines plane and an United States army helicopter that left 67 dead, on Monday there was a similar scene when it occurred A forced landing of Delta Air Lines’s flight 4819 In Toronto. Two videos showed rawly the scene that the 80 people who went on board and who ended the plane turned. And yet, it did not end in tragedy. How could they be saved? The “miracle.” Delta Air Lines’s flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, made a seemingly normal landing at the Pearson International Airport in Toronto until, Suddenly, everything went wrong. As soon as the wheels began to touch the wheel, the plane slipped, hit its right wing, turned on its axis and ended upside down, leaving an absolute chaos scene. But as we said, and despite the violence of the accident, The 80 passengers and crew managed to survivealthough 18 were injured, including an adult and a child in critical condition, although already out of danger. The impact and the fight to escape. They counted at the Washington Post in a report report that the passengers described the impact as “collide with a wall” before the plane turned. When they were face down, many remained suspended by their seat belts, seeing how the fuel slid through the windows and the fire consumed part of the aircraft. Pete Carlson, a paramedic on board, managed to unbutch and drop to the roof of the planenow turned into the ground, before helping others free from their seats. Meanwhile, passengers, in shock, collaborated with each other to get out as quickly as possible. A video recorded by Pete Koukovanother passenger, showed the crew organizing the evacuation with firm and urgent instructions, guiding people through emergency doors in an inverted plane, a rare scenario in aerial accidents. Outside, firefighters sprayed fushes with foam, while black smoke and flames hindered visibility in full snowstorm. How tragedy was avoided. In front of many Other aerial catastrophes More or less recent, experts have been detailing these days how the “miracle” was possible. Actually and as we will see, there is not a single factor, but several that helped that finally there was not a single death. Three were the main factors that we describe. Plane design and safety measures. He Bombardier CRJ900like all modern commercial planes, it is built with standards called “Crashworthiness”which means that its structure, safety belts and seats are designed to maximize survival in case of impact. In this regard, the cabin absorbed much of the strength of the crash without disintegrating, allowing passengers to go alive. According to Graham Braithwaiteexpert in aeronautics at the University of Cranfield, these elements were fundamental for passengers to resist the impact of the overturn without fatal injuries. Professor Michael J. McCormickfrom the Embry-Riddle University, stood out in the post That engineering and aeronautical regulations have advanced so much that accidents that in the past would have been lethal can now result in total survival. Assessment of the crew. Equally important that the design of the aircraft was crew trainingdecisive to organize a rapid and effective evacuation. Despite confusion and chaos, they managed to maintain order and get everyone out of the plane in a matter of minutes, even with the aircraft dump. Here it is important to remember that the regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) require that Any plane with more than 44 passengers can be evacuated in less than 90 seconds. However, in this case, the evacuation was more complex because the plane was overturned, hindering the orientation and exit of the passengers. Immediate response of emergency equipment. The third of the key legs. Toronto airport authorities acted rapidlyensuring the area and preventing the fire from extending to fuel deposits. The first air control reports confirmed the severity of the situation: “The plane is face down and in flames”, which led to a rapid mobilization of rescue equipment. According to the norms of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), rescue teams They must respond in less than two minutes. In this case, firefighters and paramedics arrived at the place in a matter of minutes, stifled the fire and helped evacuate passengers. Causes of the accident. Although the exact cause of the accident has not yet been determined, it is known that landing occurred under wind conditions up to 70 km/hyve accumulated On the track after two recent storms. Thus, the airport firefighters ruled out problems with the track, which suggests that other factors, such as mechanical failure or human error, could have influenced. Be that as it may, in a context where Recent air accidents They have resulted in fatal tragediesthe total survival of flight passengers 4819 is a real testimony of the advance in aeronautical engineering, security protocols and emergency response. Although The images of the airplane burned and overturned They suggest an inevitable disaster, the combination of these factors allowed to avoid the worst. As Carlson underlined In his interview, after leaving the plane I only thought about one thing: “I didn’t care about the cold, I didn’t care how much I had to walk, all we wanted to be out of the plane.” Image | Yyzbrennan In Xataka | The main suspect of the plane crash in South Korea is common in aviation. The problem is that it does not usually end like this In Xataka | We have always thought that the rear seats of the plane are the deadliest in case of accident. We were wrong

Congress has shown its intention to extend its useful life

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The Congress of Deputies has approved This Tuesday a non -law proposition (NLP) on the extension of the useful life of the Nuclear power plants in Spain. The initiative, presented by the Popular Party, has come forward with 171 votes in favor (of the 349 cast), thanks to the support of Vox and a UPN deputy, in addition to the abstention of Junts and ERC. Of course, being a non -binding figure, its approval does not entail any change in the formalized closing calendar six years ago, but it does reflect the position of the chamber and summons the government to assess possible measures in that direction. No change in the nuclear blackout. The Government marked the course of the future energy policy in 2019, when it agreed with the National Radioactive Waste (Enresa), Iberdrola, Endesa, Naturgy and EDP company, the stepped closure of the five nuclear power plants in the country. It is expected that dismantling tasks will begin in 2027 and extend until 2035, with some facilities ceasing to produce electricity before others. To do this, several measures are being launched in parallel, such as the development of a radioactive waste cemetery and a portable laboratory for transfer. Nuclear remains a significant energy source. According to the Nuclear Forumwith electricity data, nuclear plants generated 19.57% of electricity in Spain in 2024. It was not only the technology with the highest number of hours of operation at full power (83.27% of the total hours) , but also the second most important production source in the country, only behind wind. At present, government plans go through renewable energies, But some actors believe that this bet will result in a less robust and stable electrical system than the current one. Nuclear centrals from Spain Europe attends the “rebirth” of nuclear. While Spain keeps firm its nuclear closure calendar, in much of Europe the trend is the opposite. A clear example is Francewhich a decade ago planned to reduce its dependence on atomic energy, but in 2022 it changed course. Not only did he abandon that idea, but decided to bet on new reactors. Finland, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary They have also announced or are considering the construction of new nuclear plants. The reasons for doing them are many, but one of them is artificial intelligence (AI). AI and Nuclear Energy. Data centers that train next -generation language models require huge amounts of energy. These avant -garde infrastructures operate with the most advanced processing units of companies such as NVIDIA, which triggers their electric demand. Given the need for an abundant and stable supply, technological giants have begun to close agreements to directly access nuclear energy. Microsoft, Google, Oracle and other companies have already taken steps in that direction. And some governments, such as the American and French, are supporting these initiatives. The United States has given green light to the use of federal lands for the construction of data centers and seeks to expedite both permits and access to nuclear energy. Meanwhile, France advances strongly to become a key actor in the sector. Not only is it promoting “the largest campus in Europe” With investment of United Arab Emiratesbut also promotes a data center of more than 1 power gigavatio In collaboration with Fluidstack. “Electricity is available, you just have to connect”, Emmanuel Macron said this week. A small victory, although without concrete changes. As we have seen above, the non -law proposition has come forward with the support of Junts and ERC, Catalan parties in whose region are the nuclear power plants of Ascó I, Ascó II and Vandellós II. These facilities generate 60% of the electricity consumed in Catalonia, which underlines the relevance of the debate. However, beyond reflecting a political position and reviving the discussion about the future of nuclear energy in Spain, the measure does not alter the planned closing calendar. Today, the official plan continues its course and there is no indications that it will be modified. Images | WILLTRON ( CC by-SA 3.0) | Ministry for ecological transition and demographic challenge In Xataka | We are two years after the beginning of the “nuclear blackout” in Spain. Go against the countercurrent raises many doubts and few certainties

“All his life takes place from a position of insecurity”

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Personal relationships between Elon Musk and Sam Altman do not go through their best time since, in 2018, Musk decided disconnect from OpenAI For disagreements with Altman. Since then, Elon Musk Musk has tried to take control of Openai, or at least, prevent Altman With different demands. The last one has been to launch a hostile bid to buy Openai for 97.4 billion dollars. Altman’s response has not been expected: “Probably his whole life takes place from a position of insecurity. I’m sorry for him.” War is unleashed with the OPA. The last step in the escalation of this personal war between Elon Musk and Sam Altman has come from the presentation of a hostile OPA offer worth 97,400 million. Musk made it public from its X profile, to which Openai’s CEO He replied pulling irony. “No, thanks, but we will buy Twitter for 9,740 million dollars if you want,” pointing out the loss of value of the Musk social network. Provocation to which Tesla’s CEO He simply respondedwith a “Sam scammer.” In one recent interview for Bloomberg on the occasion of the Paris Action SummitSam Altman responded about the intentions of Elon Musk’s offer, noting that he suspects that Musk really seeks with the proposal is not to buy OpenAi, but to prevent his company from expanding its advantage in the development of AI. Referring to Musk’s mood For braking OpenaiAltman pointed out that “probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity. I feel empathy for the guy who feels like me, in reality. I don’t think he is a happy person.” Sam Altman is no longer cut. For many years, Sam Altman has elegantly endured Elon Musk’s constant envito recognition words for Musk. In An interview In the podcast The Free Press, Sam Altman acknowledged that Elon Musk, with whom Openai co -founded, “did a lot to help OpenAi in the first days,” and said Musk is a “legendary entrepreneur.” However, he was no longer going to tolerate more direct attacks of the millionaire of South African origin, which he described as “thug.” Throwing firewood. The presentation of Stargate project, Led by Altman, he again enervated a Musk that was relegated to a secondary role in AI. The owner of X, attacked Altman From your profileaccusing him from x of lying and not having enough capital to carry out that project. On this occasion, Altman’s response was not as calm as other times, and sarcastically invited him to visit the first Stargate data center and reminded him that “this is good for the country. I realize that what It is good for the country, it is not always optimal for its companies, but in your new role I hope you put the US first. “ In Xataka | How much money Elon Musk has: how the fortune of the man who plans the colonization of Mars from a social network is distributed Image | Flickr (Ted Conference, Techcrunch)

launch a super hubble dedicated to looking for extraterrestrial life

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Last summer, NASA opened a new office at the Goddard Space Flight Center dedicated exclusively to design the most ambitious telescope in history. The habitable Worlds Observatory. With an investment of 17.5 million dollars only to explore the necessary technologies to materialize it, the HWO is described as a super hubblea new generation space telescope designed to look for extraterrestrial life on other planets. And we are not talking about planets of the Solar System. This observatory of habitable worlds will be dedicated to looking for biofirms on extra -land planets similar to the earth, the exoplanets that are discovered at a habitable distance of its star. A huge space telescope. If there is a clear thing is that The HWO will have imposing dimensions. NASA is considering mirrors that could measure between 4 and 15 meters in diameter. A savage compared to 2.4 meters of Hubble and 6.5 meters from James Webb. A greater magnitude would increase its ability to capture light and details of the exoplanets, but it would also complicate their deployment, taking into account that, like the webb, it will be located 1.5 million kilometers from the earth, in the second point of equilibrium Lagrange gravitational. Starship, heats you. Bringing such a large telescope to L2 will necessarily require any of the most powerful rockets in the world. Taking into account the SLS cancellation rumorsThere are two options left: New Glenn: The new Blue Origin rocket has a 7 -meter wide cofa, much larger than the standard of 5.4. I could launch the HWO if NASA opted for a compact version of the telescope Starship: The highest and most powerful rocket in the world has a 9 -meter load bay. By the time the HWO is ready, Spacex will have the completely operational ship, even with the ability to refuel in orbit to compensate for the enormous use of propellants in takeoff If the HWO ends up being larger than the James Webb space telescope (which was launched folded in the European rocket Ariane 5), Then Starship will be virtually the best option for deployment. What can we expect from HWO. Among the instruments planned for the telescope, there will be a very high sensitivity coronographer. It will allow to block the light of the stars to focus on the planets that orbit them. In addition, it will integrate high -resolution cameras, an advanced spectroscope and a fourth instrument yet to be defined. Unlike the Webb, which focuses on infrared, the HWO will operate on the visible spectrum and cover some ultraviolet and infrared bands, hence it is seen as the spiritual successor of the Hubble telescope. When will it be ready. According to the most optimistic calculations, around 2034. But taking into account that manufacturing its mirrors will require a precision at the scale of itchometers, we can expect a slow and complex process that perhaps approaches the release date to 2040. However, the lessons learned from James Webb (which cost 10,000 million dollars and launched after numerous delays) could help reduce cost overruns and postponements of this type of scientific missions. The HWO is not, in fact, a project that just put on the table. It arises from the convergence of previous initiatives such as Habex and Luvoir, and drinks from years of experience in previous missions. Image | NASA-GODDARD In Xataka | NASA has such a simple explanation that it scares about our inability to find extraterrestrial signs

NASA has found molecules linked to life in Bennu samples

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It was left The famous stuck screw In the Bennu Asteroid sampling container. NASA scientists have just published the results of their analysis and are as exciting as the asteroid of 4.5 billion years promised. Osiris-Rex and Asteroid Bennu. Threw in 2016, Osiris-Rex completed one of NASA’s most ambitious missions in recent years. The probe reached an asteroid near the land called Bennu in 2018. He spent several months by making it and analyzing it closely and, finally, descended to touch its surface. Osiris-Rex collected 121.6 grams of Bennu samples in 2020. He then undertook his return trip and, in September 2023, managed to release them successfully on Earth. Is less than expected And, yet, the greatest number of samples brought from another celestial body other than the moon. In addition to a true time capsule due to the age of the asteroid: 4.5 billion years, almost as many as those that the solar system has. What is in Bennu’s samples. Two studies published on Tuesday in Nature and Nature Astronomy They detail the results of the analysis. We can say that the wait has been worth it because those 121.6 grams that Osiris-Rex brought from asteroid bennu They contain essential molecules for lifeas well as the trail of a salty environment that could promote its formation: Amino acids and nucleobases. 14 of the 20 amino acids used by living beings to make proteins, and the five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA, the genetic codification of life on earth Ammonia and formaldehyde. Ammonia is essential in chemical reactions that generate complex molecules, and formaldehyde can lead to amino acids when combined with ammoniac Salts and salt water. Minerals formed by the evaporation of water with brine, an environment that could be the ideal broth for prebiotic chemistry in the body from which Bennu comes What this finding means. The discovery of all these molecules reinforces the hypothesis that the basic ingredients for life could have spread throughout the solar system at an early age. It is known that the asteroids brought water to the earth, and nothing prevents They will also deliver other essential blocks for life or microbial life itself. Perhaps the conducive conditions for life in many other parts of the solar system will be given. The material from Bennu contains a combination of salts (calcite, halita, trona and silvita) that had only been seen incompletely in some meteorites. It is a clue that the body from which Bennu comes originally Water could contain with the necessary conditions for the development of organic compounds. What this finding does not mean. That the “father” of Asteroid Bennu could have the necessary conditions for life forms to arise does not mean that scientists have discovered life in a body outside the earth. Samples do not contain evidence of living organisms, nor do they confirm in any way the existence of extraterrestrial life. The material, which was formed in a cold region of the solar system beyond Jupiter’s orbit, does not end up solving, but throws some light on the big question: if there are scenarios conducive to life beyond the earth. And no, samples do not have land pollution, as happened with those of the asteroid Ryugu that the Japanese brought in the Hayabusa mission 2. To other asteroids. The laboratories of the Earth are for now the best we have, so none of this would have been possible without a complex sampling recovery mission. Osiris-Rex is the third, after the Japanese Missions Hayabusa. Soon we will see also Tianwen-2, the Chinese mission that will travel to the asteroid 2016 HO3 KAMOʻOALEWA. Images | POT In Xataka | The ship that picked the samples of Bennu now flies towards Apofis, the asteroid that will pass only 38,000 km from the earth

Arturo Coello, number 1 of the world paddle for: “Life separates people into two paths, those who party and those who dedicate ourselves to sport”

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Updated Tuesday, January 28, 2025 – 23:36 Arturo Coello It is the roof of the world paddle. For his height, 190 centimeters that scare their rivals, and for their position in the Ranking of the International Paddle Federation. This Valladolid of 22 years Share number one in the world with your partner on the track, the Argentine Agustín Tapia. They won 14 titles Last season and start at this beginning of the course as great favorites to the annual throne. The campaign starts next February 8 in Saudi Arabiabut before, the big stars of world paddlers are cited this week at Madrid Arena for the Hexagon Cupa tournament in which teams compete for celebrities from the world of sports, who are choosing for their templates the best paddle players in search of a Award this year exceeds one million euros. «It’s going to be a beautiful week. I will have Agus in front and we are clear that it is a team competition, but we always have a good time, ”says Coello in the halls of Madrid Arena. Spanish represents Team Bellawhile Tapia, his partner in the circuit, is part of the ‘RL9’, with Lewandowski as president. Next to them will be the team of the Rafa Nadal Academythe ‘Advantage’ team, owned by the extenist Andy Murray and the boxer Anthony Joshua; ‘Krü paddle‘, of the Kun Agüero; ‘Eleven Eleven’, from Eva Longoria; and ‘X10’, of the Formula 1 pilot Pierre Gasly. The tournament, which has the sponsorship of the team Alpineenters its second edition and has expanded the teams while studying to entry more presidents, given the high interest that the paddle and tournament awakens. Coello is clear who would be a great signing: «I would like to see Cristiano Ronaldo hereI have already played with him. I am trying to convince him to get into the world of paddle and next year enters the tournament with a team, ”admits the athlete. “Until 15 years this was a hobby” In a talk with the world, Coello reflects on what life has changed in recent years, coinciding with the media explosion of the paddle world with his arrival to the professional circuit. «Paddle has evolved a lotbut I remain the same person and I still make the same life. It is true that more people know me and the impact I have is different. I have to be more careful with the things I do because I am obviously more visible to children and it is a beautiful responsibility. It makes you more respect for the things that are happening to you, ”explains the young player. Coello is part of this new generation of paddle stars that were installed in the elite in an era of economic bonanza, far from the hardships that other legends passed such as Fernando Belasteguín or Paquito Navarro. That makes him have even more professional speech. He grew between shovels until with 15 years he decided that the paddle was going to be his life. Miqui move «Until 15 years for me it was like a hobby, nothing more. But from that age I decided not. There life separates people into two paths, those who They start to party and begin to study and those who We dedicate ourselves to sport. In my case I was very clear that mine was going to be the sport, I left many things aside that are hard to pass, but I am also living others that the rest of the people cannot live. I wake up, I do sports And I’m lucky to be able to dedicate myself to what I like, ”he develops. Despite his youth, he has noticed firsthand the evolution of the paddle and has ended moving to Miami To have its operations center there: «The demand for number one is very high and every detail counts. We are very focused daily on that demand. We are going to Miami for having better facilities than those I had in Madrid, but my team does not change, I will have the same coaches and trainers and I will see Agus in the tournament weeks, as always ». (Tagstotranslate) Sports/Padel

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