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so Samsung Mother’s Day

April 20, 2026 by usatoday24

It’s still a little while before it arrives, but Samsung is already in Mother’s Day mode. What does that mean? That its official store has a lot of discounts right now, both on TVs and on appliances and any of its devices, thanks, mainly, to the code ‘MAMITA10‘. We are going to show you some outstanding offers, although these prices are not the only thing to take into account. Because, furthermore, we can finance our purchases for up to 24 months without interest with PayPalwhich makes it much easier to renew what we need. TV 75″ QLED QEF1 4K Samsung Vision AI Smart TV 2025 The price could vary. We earn commission from these links There is a lot to choose from, but we have selected five example offers where there are appliances and some TV: Refrigerator Combi 2m 390L and Smart AI by 600 euros (instead of 1,109 euros). Bespoke AI Class A Combi Refrigerator by 937 euros (instead of 1,799 euros). Bespoke AI American Refrigerator by 1,599 euros (instead of 2,849 euros). 9Kg Ecobubble Washing Machine by 384 euros (instead of 609 euros). 75-inch QLED QEF1 Smart TV by 629 euros (instead of 1,499 euros). Combi refrigerator 2m 390L and Smart AI We start with this combi refrigerator, with 390 liters of capacity and 2 meters high. Because it uses Samsung’s SpaceMax technology, its walls are thin, which means it makes much more use of its space. In addition, it integrates with the SmartThings ecosystem of the Korean manufacturer and has energy efficiency C. The RRP of it is 1,109 euros, but we can take it right now for 600 euros (or 25 euros per month if we finance 24 months). That’s a 46% discount. We break down the prices so that everything can be seen clearly: Right now, this refrigerator is reduced to 777 euros. If we use Delivery and Release, the renewal system that Samsung has, we will obtain a direct discount of 60 euros. In addition, we will also receive a refund of up to 330 euros depending on the appliance we deliver. Using PayPal or Bizum as a payment method, we will receive an additional 50 euros discount. Finally, we have the code ‘MAMITA10‘ which will give us a 10% discount. Combi refrigerator 2m 390L and Smart AI – RB38C776CS9/EF The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Bespoke AI Class A Combi Refrigerator If you are looking for a refrigerator similar to the previous one, but with a higher energy ratingyou have this Bespoke AI, which is class A. It measures a little more than 2 meters high and has a total capacity of 387 liters, which is not bad at all. What is not bad either is its price right now, we can buy it for 937 euros (instead of 1,799 euros). A great price that, if we do the math, is a 48% discount. As with the previous one, let’s look at the discounts: Its price is currently at 1,261 euros, so we are already facing a fairly significant starting discount. We can also use Delivery and Release, although in this case the direct discount is much greater: 170 euros. All without forgetting the maximum of 330 euros in reimbursement that we can obtain for our old appliance delivered. With PayPal (or Bizum), the discount is also 50 euros. And, as with the previous one, we can use ‘MAMITA10’ to have a 10% discount. Bespoke AI Combi Refrigerator 203cm 387L Class A Inox RB38C7B6AS9/EF The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Bespoke AI American Refrigerator Now that the American refrigerators They are so fashionable, we are also in a good time to get this one from Samsung. In this case, its capacity rises to 614 total liters. and its 21.5-inch screen stands out a lot, which can be used to manage the food in the refrigerator, plan meals or even, why not, browse the Internet. We can get it for 1,599 euros or 66.63 euros per month in 24 months (instead of 2,849 euros). 44% discount. Below are the discounts: Its price right now starts at 1,997 euros. With Delivery and Premiere, in addition to the maximum refund of 330 euros, we have a direct discount of 170 euros. We also have a 50 euro discount for paying with Bizum or PayPal. And we can also use the code ‘MAMITA10’. Bespoke AI Family Hub™ American Refrigerator 178.5cm 614L Class E Inox RS90F66BETEF The price could vary. We earn commission from these links 9Kg Ecobubble Washing Machine We now change to a washing machine, in this case one with a 9 kg capacity and energy classification A, which represents a significant saving on the electricity bill. You can integrate it into SmartThings and control it from your mobile or receive notifications when a wash cycle ends, as well as receive program recommendations so that our washes are better and more efficient. comes out for 384 euros (instead of 609 euros, so it is a 37% discount) and these are the discounts that we can apply: To start, this washing machine is available for 426.91 euros. In this case, we can only use ‘MAMITA10’ to get the 10% discount. 9Kg Ecobubble™ Class A Washing Machine White WW90CGC04DAEEC The price could vary. We earn commission from these links 75-inch QLED QEF1 Smart TV We finish this selection of offers with a TV and a 75-inch TV. This QEF1 from Samsung uses QLED technology, which results in more vivid colors than conventional LED televisions. In addition, it has Vision AI (Samsung’s AI for TVs) and seven years of guaranteed updates, which ensures that it is up to date for many years. We can get it for 629 euros or 26.21 euros per month in 24 months (instead of 1,499 euros), which translates into a discount of 58%. These are the discounts or promos that we can take advantage of with it: Its starting price is 699 euros, quite reasonable … Read more

An Italian man did not want to be left without his elderly deceased mother’s pension. So he started dressing up as her.

November 26, 2025 by usatoday24

To the civil registry official the alerts they jumped him quickly. The person in front of me claimed to be an 85-year-old woman, but if you looked closely you detected certain details that didn’t fit. His voice, for example. It was too serious and from time to time it seemed to go down several tones. Lugo had the skin on her neck and hands, thick, smooth, very different from what one would expect to see on an almost nonagenarian woman. More than an old woman, he looked like a man in disguise. The civil registry official was quickly alerted. So much so that he ended up notifying the police. And in doing so he uncovered a delusional scam that has cost Italy tens of thousands of euros and now has the country fascinated. A lot of money, few scruples. That the imagination is sharpened when there are bills involved is nothing new. Just as it is not true that there are unscrupulous people willing to do all kinds of nonsense to pocket money that does not belong to them. Last year we told you the story of a Brazilian woman who appeared at a bank in Rio de Janeiro accompanied by the corpse of a man (supposedly “Uncle Paco”) to withdraw 3,000 euros in her name. That case went around the world, but it is not much more bizarre than another that just aired in Italy. As happened in Brazil, there is a corpse and an attempted scam involved, although in this case the staging has been somewhat different. The reason? The alleged criminal did not take the dead man with him, but instead disguised himself as him to impersonate him before the city council. The problem is that the alleged scammer was a 56-year-old man and the person his mother wanted to impersonate was a woman in her 90s. Click on the image to go to the tweet. Who are you? The case has told it in detail the diary Corriere della Sera. A few days ago, an employee of the civil registry in the town of Borgo Virgilia, in Mantua (Italy) found that a neighbor wanted to renew her expired ID. So far nothing out of the ordinary. The woman showed up by appointment and her papers were in order, but upon seeing her the official became suspicious. The woman walked at a slow pace, wearing a skirt, jewelry, painted nails, and an exquisite layer of makeup that apparently tried to hide her wrinkles. In theory he was 85 years old. Or at least that’s what his license said. Her neck, however, was robust, her wrinkles were strange, and her hands had little to do with those of a frail, almost nonagenarian old woman. Not only that. Although she spoke like an older woman, from time to time her tone seemed to drift into deeper registers, registers more typical of an adult man, between 50 and 60 years old. “Isolated from the rest of the world”. The mayor of Borgo Virgilia, Francesco Aporti, explains that this accumulation of details made the employee suspicious, who ended up alerting her bosses and the police. The first alert was raised when reviewing the security cameras and verifying that the supposed octogenarian had arrived at the wheel of a car, something strange considering that it did not appear that she had a driving license. A more exhaustive search also revealed that the elderly woman had not been to the doctor or visited specialists for some time. Neither her nor her son. “It was as if they were isolated from the rest of the world,” says Aporti. There were signed documents and deeds of sale, but either they had been handled directly by his son as attorney-in-fact or they showed a signature that did not seem completely authentic. And the cake was revealed. With all these indications, the authorities decided to set a trap for him. They called the old woman’s house to inform her that she had to return to the registry to complete her paperwork. They were not able to speak with her, but they did speak with her son, a 58-year-old man who assured them that he would notify his mother. Shortly after, the woman went to the town hall, wearing makeup, a skirt and jewelry. On that occasion, however, she did not meet the official who issues ID cards, but rather a police officer who accompanied her to the police station. There the cake was revealed: during the interrogation, the supposed old woman recognized that he was actually her son, an almost 60-year-old nurse who was impersonating her. A corpse in the closet. The next question is obvious: Why? To find out, the agents inspected the house where the old woman supposedly lived, where they found her mummified body in a closet. The woman in question was called Graziella Dall’Oglio and everything indicates that died in 2022 at 82 years old. Instead of notifying the death, the only child decided to keep it a secret, keep his mother’s body at home and continue collecting the pension religiously. According to precise CorriereThanks to that income and the properties his family had, he managed to pocket around 53,000 euros a year. “There were no known relatives. The woman’s husband, a doctor, had died, and the 58-year-old man was her only son. He worked as a nurse, but was unemployed. The last time the old woman was seen at City Hall was ten years ago, when she came to renew her old identity document,” explains the mayor of the town, who confirms that the police are investigating to clarify two points. First, confirm that the body they found in the closet is indeed Graziella’s. Second, that he died of natural causes. A strange case? Strange yes. Uncommon, not so much. Although in this case the protagonist’s lack of scruples and daring stands out. it’s not the first time that the Italian press talks about people who hide the death of a … Read more

That pleasure of scratching when something pikes you is a hoax. And our mothers already knew

October 5, 2025 by usatoday24

A summer afternoon, a Zumba mosquito in your ear and at minute you already have a red lump in the arm. The first thing you do is scratch, one, two, three … up to ten times or more. And the more you scratch, the more you want to continue. Your mother warns you: “Don’t scratch yourself, it’s worse!” And now it turns out that science is right. Scratch does not relieve. Researchers at the University of Miami They have demonstrated that scratching is not an effective method to calm the itching. On the contrary: it activates what they call the “itching cycle.” The more you scratch, the more the skin is inflamed, the more histamine it is released and more itch. A vicious circle difficult to break. So what do I do? The recommendation is clear: if you can resist the impulse to scratch, do it. And if not, choose to rub gently with your fingers or stroke with a soft brush. As the team led by Tasuku Akiyama explainsgently caress the skin, even to the side of the exact point that itchs, send signals that block the itching before it reaches the brain. A year later, the same effect It was checked in another experiment with 61 volunteers With a simple trick: pass a makeup brush slowly on the skin. In addition, in the face of histamine -induced itching – a classic molecule in allergic reactions -, It was seen that soft skin friction Sensation also decreases. According to Dr. Trisha Pasricha in her column for Washington Postthis technique can reduce up to 12% plus itching than a simple scratch. What if I crawled? Scratching relieves momentary because the generated pain inhibits the itching signal in the nervous system. That is the reason that it is so pleasant. The problem It arrives later: Active scratching immune cells called mast cells, which release histamine and other inflammatory molecules. The result is more inflammation and more desire to scratch. This was demonstrated by a study by the University of Pittsburgh, Posted in Science: When mice were prevented from scratching – with protective necklaces or eliminating sensory neurons – inflammation decreased dramatically. However, not everything is negative: the same team, led by Daniel Kaplan, discovered that scratching also helps eliminate bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureusone of the most common in skin infections. This would explain why, despite its damage, scratch has remained for millions of years in evolution. Cats, dogs, horses and practically all animals are also scratched. How does itching occur? Not everything that brushes our skin causes itching. As Dr. Pasricha remembersa cotton shirt does not usually bother, while wool does. It is the spatial contrast theory: when only a small group of nerve fibers is activated, the brain translates it as itching. If the activation is broader or more intense, the signal becomes pain. On the other hand, According to The Conversationin the spinal cord there are inhibitory neurons that act as filters: they let or block the itching signal. When these “guardians” fail, chronic itching may appear, a problem that affects about 8% of the population. Another way is through infection. Just see someone scratch or even an insect video to start feeling it in our own skin. Dr. Zhou-Feng Chen Remember that this phenomenon, studied in several experiments, demonstrates how the brain unconsciously mimics the sensations of others. Have you already entered itching when reading this? A double -face protective function. In the background, the itching fulfills a defensive function: we are alerted to possible threats such as insects or irritating substances. Scratching, although pleasant, is a brief relief that inflammation usually worsens. Instead, caress or rub the area offers a lasting relief without damage. The next time a mosquito ruins your night, remember: scratching gives momentary pleasure, but also worsens inflammation. Science coincides with the same as your mother: better a caress or a brush than desperate nails. Image | Freepik Xataka | Compact, practical and very cheap: this is the device to keep mosquito bites at bay

Five very useful tech ideas (and simple to use) to give in the nail with Mother’s Day gift

April 28, 2025 by usatoday24

May 4 is Mother’s Dayso you have to make purchases if we still don’t have a good gift. If this year you have decided to give you a technological product that is useful, but above all that it is simple to use, in this article I wanted to leave five interesting ideas that I have considered buying my own mother (some even I know that you want them for some time). Kobo Clara Color by 169 eurosa good electronic book reader who comes with color screen, ideal to read both books and magazines. iPhone SE (3rd Generation) by 339.15 eurosa simple, compact and front button mobile. Huawei Band 10 by 39 eurosa simple, discreet and good autonomy wearable. Hair dryer by 79 eurosa six brush in one of the most complete. Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 Lite by 16 euroseconomic Bluetooth headphones, but also very useful and with a very good autonomy. Kobo Clara Color A couple of weeks ago my mother retired and one of the first things she set out to do is read more. He currently has an old ereader he had at home and that is going quite slow, so a much more current model can be a most interesting option. In my case, I would opt for the Kobo Clara Colorwhich has a price of 169 euros —In Amazon is cheaper, but the shipment takes several months), so that I can read both books and color magazines, although there is also the possibility of buying the previous model with black and white screen what costs 149 euros. He Kobo Clara Color It is an ideal ereader to read at home or to take it on a trip. It has a compact format with six -inch screen, so the letter is quite readable. Allows to enlarge the letter, change the sourceconfigure many pages parameters and includes an adjustable frontal light. In addition, you can transfer electronic books very easily, it has its own store and books can be given from many libraries (as is the case of Ebiblio) * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone SE (3rd Generation) Over the years we have been seeing an evolution in the smartphones that have turned to “every screen” formats, thus eliminated the front buttons. Fortunately, some of them can still be purchased, as is the case with iPhone SE (3rd Generation)whose price in the mediumkt outlet on eBay is 339.15 euros. It is a mobile that comes from an exhibitor of the store and that is new and in excellent state. He iPhone SE (3rd Generation) It can be very useful for those older people who want a Mobile with a front buttonbut do not do without having a good touch screen. Apple’s mobile is also compact, something that is appreciated taking into account that There are less and less mobile below six inches. iPhone SE (3rd Generation) * Some price may have changed from the last review Huawei Band 10 My parents have some rivalry to see who makes more steps in one day. So far, they use their own mobile phones to measure them, but my mother has been around the head for a while making the leap to their first wearable. A simple, but also very useful model is the Huawei Band 10. In addition, it is also quite cheap, since it currently costs 39 euros (In Amazon it costs a few euros above its previous generation). He Huawei Band 10 It is a discreet activity bracelet that It has an elegant finish and a side button. It has all the basics to carry the bracelet on a day -to -day basis, it comes with an optical heart rate sensor and its battery offers a theoretical autonomy of approximately 14 days. * Some price may have changed from the last review Hair dryer I gave this month and a half Dryer brush To my partner and is delighted. He had been looking for it for a while to be similar to Dyson’s design, and the truth is that it is quite efficient. Costs 79 euros And it comes with many accessories to dry the hair, to curl it (it includes two accessories to curl hair in different ways) and also to smoot it. It is practical, it has an adjusted price and it is easy to use – the instructions are quite clear. Hair dryer 6 in 1 * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 Lite Headphones can also be a good gift for Mother’s Day, especially if she likes to listen to music, listen to the radio or, why not, listen to some other podcast. There is much to choose from, but the Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 Lite They have an excellent value for money. They can be found in Amazon by 16 euros. The Xiaomi Redmi Buds 6 lite are quite simple Bluetooth headphones. They are paired to the mobile or other device through Bluetooth connection and offer good theoretical autonomy – especially for the price they have. The headphones offer up to seven hours and the load case offers up to 38 hours. * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Baibhav Kumar in UnspashRakuten, Apple, Huawei, Okwrap, Xiaomi In Xataka | Best electronic books. Which to buy and nine recommended models In Xataka | Best wireless headphones. Which to buy and 19 models from 20 euros to 450 euros

Many countries already have more mothers between 30 and 39 years than between 20 and 29. With all that implies

April 18, 2025 by usatoday24

On September 5, 2019, a woman named Mangayamma Yaramati went down in history: she had been the mother of twins. The key fact is that I was 73 years old at that time And it was possibly the oldest woman who had given birth. It is an extreme case, but the truth is that the world has been embarked for years in a situation in which every time Less births occurand increasingly. And these graphics that we can consult in Our World in Data They reflect that reality that is not encouraging. 2012. The tabarra was given a lot with what the world would end in 2012, but what really happened is A change of trend in births: It was when they began to give more births between mothers from 30 to 39 years and when births between mothers aged 20 to 29 years began to fall. Worldwide, this is significant because there is a good part of the world (especially developing countries) in which the weight of births falls to those women aged 20 to 29, with alarming birth figures between girls from 10 to 19 years. It is those countries that make up a world photo that shows that The birth engine is gripped. Spain. Let’s focus on Spain for a moment. Although we walk to the record of inhabitants with more than 49 million, this has little to do with more children. In fact, it is thanks to immigration, since The tables Births and vegetative balance show a very unfavorable situation for Spanish demography. And the data is devastating: more children are born of 41 -year -old women than 25. The change in global trend occurred in 2012, but in Spain we advance a little. If we put the magnifying glass in 2008, we can see the curve between the two age periods we were talking about, increasingly distancing themselves and adding Another age strip to the equation: Women between 40 and 49 years. In recent years it has stabilized in the three stripes, but in 2008 60.1% of children were born in the strip of 30 to 39 years, 32.6 in the strip of 20 to 29 years and 4.3% in the 40 to 49 years. In 2023, the figures had changed a lot: 63.3%, 24.8%and 10.2%, respectively. The neighbors are not much better. The European panorama is very similar. If we discriminating between the different countries, we see that the data and curves are very similar to those that we can find in the case of Spain, but if we group Europe, we can see two very clear inflection points. One in 2014, at which time births by girls from 10 to 19 years decreased and crossed those who occurred in women from 40 to 49 years, who have continued to increase in recent years. Another, in 2015, when exactly the same happens, but between the descending strip of 20 to 29 years and the ascendant, in a meteorically, segment of births between women aged 30 to 39. Stable latam, but eye. On the other side of the puddle, in Latin American territory, the situation is very different. It is more aligned with what we see in the world graph, with a strip of births predominant among women aged 20 to 29, but where we can already appreciate a clear increase in births between women aged 30 to 39. Then, of course, it depends on each country. Mexico is very aligned with that territorial graph, but in Argentinafor a few years the lines of 20-29 years and 30-39 years are approaching dangerously. In Chili There are more mothers from 30 to 39 years and in Colombia The good news is that birth between 10-19 years is falling. The Asian drama. And the European situation is not encouraging for the generational relay, but if we go to Asia, the graphics are devastating. It is a case of those of “It is better an image than a thousand words”, and then we leave the graphics of China, Japan and the most devastating: South Korea. China is the one that “saves”, but the two stripes of critical age are getting closer. The government is applying measures of all kinds: Looking for Women by Door, lower the legal age to marry either Finance painless birthsall in order to increase the birth rate. In Japan they are also Applying measures Not only to foster birth, but to attract foreigners who can work in different positions throughout the country. And South Korea is in a demographic winter from which it will be difficult for him to come out. In the end, it is something that depends a lot on each country, but there are more and more arrows that suggest that, most people They don’t want to have children. Within this, there are economic and conviction reasons that we will see if they are passengers or have come to stay. At the moment, in Europe the demography goes to the idle and the countries that go best … They are still a disaster. Images | Our World in Data, Jonathan Borba (UNSPLASH) In Xataka | Japan already knows when he will run out of children under 14. At least if an economist’s calculations are fulfilled

patent changes in the brain of mothers

March 30, 2025 by usatoday24

A few will surprise to know that pregnancy and childbirth imply fundamental changes in many aspects, even at the neurological level. However, we are still investigating the nature of these changes to resolve issues such as exactly these changes and what are due. Brain and childbirth. Now, a study led by researchers at the Gregorio Marañón hospital in Madrid and the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) has studied the effect of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum on the brain of women. The team He found changes associated with these last two stages, but did not find significant alterations during the gestation period. Hippocampus and tonsil. The analysis allowed us to observe changes in the hippocampus and the tonsil of the participants. Changes that were associated with negative experiences of childbirth and the appearance of depressive symptoms in the postpartum. More specifically, the team detected an increase in the volume of the hippocampus among the mothers who had a “negative perception” of their childbirth; while the appearance of depressive symptoms in the postpartum was associated with a greater increase in the volume of the amygdala. “Childbirth and postpartum are moments of great emotional intensity that the mother remembers throughout her life. She changes her life and can change her body, a body also located in a context and influenced by him,” explained in a press release Cristina Ballesteros, co -author of the study. 88 first -time mothers. In the study, more than a hundred women participated, 88 of them, mothers who were examined at the end of the third trimester of pregnancy and during the first month after giving birth. The second group, of control, included 30 women without children who were examined during the same interval. Changes in the brain of the participants were examined through magnetic resonance images. The details of the study were Published in an article In the magazine Science Advances. Looking for the cause. The study, Explain the teamallowed to find correlations between certain experiences in childbirth and postpartum and changes in the brain, but to elucidate possible cause and effect relationships in these relationships is a more complex task. This implies the need to continue advancing in the investigation of this matter. The authors of the study indicate that the changes could be seen as an adaptation of the brain before “challenging” events such as childbirth or the early stages of motherhood, “as well as indicators of possible vulnerabilities.” Chained projects. A year ago, part of the team responsible for the present study published An article In the magazine Nature Neuroscience in which he also addressed the question of the changes that occur in the brain of mothers during pregnancy. That study did detect some changes in the brain that occurred before childbirth. Specifically in a brain red, explained at the time“Involved in the perception of the self and social cognition, the famous default network.” This is a region of the brain that remains active when we are not doing any particular activity, hence its particular name. In Xataka | That mothers share the birthday with their children is something surprisingly common Image | Leah Newhouse

More 41 -year -old mothers babies are born than 25

February 26, 2025 by usatoday24

The demographic engine of Spain It is gripped. Although we walk towards the record of inhabitants, overcoming the 49 millionthe rise is more explained by immigration than by birth. The tables Of births and vegetative balance they reveal that the winds of demographic winter continue to hit the demography. They reflect it The data launched by the INE, which among other keys leave an interesting idea: in our country more mothers’ babies are born with 40 or more years than women who do not reach 25. We have fewer and fewer children. And later. Demographic puncture. The photography of the INE is not a fixed image but shows in any clear a clear trend: Spain suffers a demographic puncture. Population increase is supported largely In the increase of people born abroad, not in a good vegetative balance domestic. On the contrary. That indicator, which makes the difference between births and deaths, entered last year in red numbers: it was negative, in -113,256 people, according to The tables. Evolution of the number of births, according to the data collected by the INE. 24% less births. The graphics They are eloquent. And do not invite precisely to optimism. The INE estimates that in 2023 322,075 births were recorded in Spain, a bad fact whether compared to the historical both in the short and long term. With respect to 2022 it is a 2% setback and if you look further back, a decade ago, the fall is even more pronounced, of 24.1%. In 2013 the balance of birth was quite higher than the current one, of just over 424,400. Mothers with more than 40 years. If there is an eloquent fact in The balance It is the one that shows how there are more and more Spanish who decide to be past mothers. Its number has increased so forcefully throughout the last decade that today there are more births between women who have reached quarantine than among those who are not 25 years old. Retail. The tendency they give off is clear: in 2023 34,554 births of women with 40 or more years were registered compared to 30,298 associated with young people of less than 25. 2021 tableswhich allow further to decrease in detail, they reveal that during that year 7,762 lights of 25 -year -old women were scored compared to the 8,739 of those of 41. Do not go back far back in time to find a radically opposite panorama. Just a decade ago, in 2013, the number of births between women who had not yet blown the 25 candles was 40,916, well above 28,976 starring mothers who passed from 40. Today the latter are already responsible for 10, 7% of births in Spain. Births by mother’s age 2013 2023 Total 424,440 (100%) 322,075 (100%) Less than 25 years 40,916 (9.6%) 30,298 (9.4%) 25 to 39 years 354,548 (83.5%) 257,224 (79.9%) 40 and more years 28,976 (6.8%) 34,554 (10.7%) And mothers with fewer children. Another equally relevant phenomenon is that Spanish have less and less children. In 2022 women resident in Spain had on average 1.16 offspringnothing to do with 2.77 that were reached in the mid -1970s. The average age to which the Spanish became a mother was located two years ago in 33.1. Both data, together with the delivery of older ages, basically respond to the same causes: social, cultural and economic changes. Deepening the keys. In the cocktail, cultural issues and a change of mentality and labor and vital perspectives are mixed. Also instability, which explains to a large extent that the age at which the young Spaniards have increased has increased until they are in 30.3 years on averagethe greatest of the last two decades. With that backdrop, Albert Esteve, director of the Center for Demographic Studies and Professor of Sociology, is clear why the age at which children are postponed is postponed. “It comes because of the need that people have to form, to insert themselves into the labor market, to form a couple, to have a stable life,” points to The country. The risk: to delve into a demographic winter that already punishes other nations, Like Japan. Images | Hollie Santos (UNSPLASH) and INE In Xataka | The change in motherhood in Spain is summarized in a fact: 120% more pregnancies of women over 40 years In Xataka | The slow but inexorable “Japanese” of Spain: births have fallen 50% since the Baby Boom time *An earlier version of this article was published in February 2024

Spain lives a brutal birth crisis. And that is causing mothers above 40 years to grow more than ever

February 21, 2025 by usatoday24

In Spain they are born every time Less children. And increasingly. The balance That the INE has just published with the first global photography of birth and mortality in Spain throughout 2024 leaves some surprises but above all confirm the trends that have been marking the demography of the country for years. And one of the clearest is the gradual delay of motherhood: more and more women have children turned 40 or even with 50. And there is a fact that clearly reflects it: 10.4%. A (small) joy. They are still provisional data, so the photo that leaves The last report of the INE could vary over the coming months. However, waiting for the definitive balance, Spain seems to have closed 2024 with a (small) demographic joy. His birthday has rebounded. In a shy and that has not served to compensate for the number of deaths and thus avoid a vegetative balance in Red numbersbut at least allows you to cut the negative trend of the last decade. A percentage: 0.4%. That is the birth increase registered by the INE in 2024: 0.4%which translates into 1,378 births rather than in 2023. Throughout the last year they came to the world in Spain 322,034 babies, almost 1,400 more than during the previous 12 months. The data leaves a positive reading and another that is not so much, depending on how much we amounts to the temporal focus when analyzing it. The first is that it represents the first birth rise since 2014, when the balance touched the 427,600 babies. However, despite that climb, the Spanish demographic engine does not have today Nothing to do With the years of the Baby Boomthere for 50, 60 and mid -70s, when they were born in the country between 650,000 and 660,000 babies a year. The INE reflects for example that in 1975 they were noted almost 669,400so since then the collapse has been 52%. And a figure: 33,570. The balance of the INE helps to understand another of the key factors of Spanish demography: maternity. And when analyzing one of Trends clearer is its progressive delay. More and more Spanish have children with 40 or more years, to the point that in 2024 that profile was behind 33,570 births. What does that mean? That one out of ten Babies born in Spain (10.4%) already do it from women who exceed thirty. In 2014 that percentage was significantly lower, of 7.2%. Year Births of women 40 or more years Middle Ages to Maternity 2000 10,163 30.72 2004 15.017 30.87 2008 22,026 30.83 2012 28,289 31.56 2016 34,452 32.0 2020 34,858 32.3 2024 33,570 32.6 (data of 2023) Looking back. In 2014 the INE scored 30,946 births of women of 40 or more years, so that the increase has been 8.5% in a decade. During the same period the number of babies born of mothers under 25 years fell 21.9% and the births of women between 25 and 39, the one with the greatest weight, retreated 27.9%. If you look further back the trend is even clearer. In 2000 the INE counted in Spain 397,632 birthsof which 10,163 were related to women who had already arrived or exceeded quarantine. That is, at that time its weight was only 2.5% of the total and the number of lighting has shot 230% since then. In 2004, women of 40 or more years starred 15,017 birthswith what your number has doubled. The other indicator: Middle Ages. There is another clue that helps to understand how they are quickly changing motherhood in Spain: its Middle Agesan indicator that has practically not stopped growing over the last decades. If in 1976 it was located in 28.51in 2000 it was already 30.72, in 2010 it climbed at 31.2 and in 2023 it was 32.6 years. That is, the average has increased more than four years since the 70s. In the EU, a gradual increase of the age at which women have their first offspring. What are the causes? The big question. The increase in what the INE calls “Middle Ages to Maternity” And the number of women who give birth to the 40 years coincides with other phenomena that directly affect women, as the Professor of Human Geography Rafael Puyol recently pointed out in An article dedicated to the Spanish demographic crisis. The expert specified in particular the educational revolution and the incorporation and women into the labor market, in addition to cultural changes and the family model. Images | Jessica Pankratz (Flickr) and INE In Xataka | Spain has turned paternity into a poverty risk factor: raising a child costs 758 euros per month

How wealth and land passed from mothers to daughters (and not to men) in Britain 2,000 years ago

January 26, 2025 by usatoday24

Image source, BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY photo caption, The investigation found several skeletons of women buried with valuable objects such as pots. Item information Author, Georgina Rannard Author’s title, Science reporter, BBC 1 hour 2,000 years ago women in Britain passed land and wealth to their daughters, not their sons, as communities were built around the female bloodline, according to new research. Skeletons unearthed in Dorset contain DNA evidence that Celtic men moved to live with their wives’ families and communities. Scientists found evidence of an entire community built around a family’s female bloodline over generations, probably originating from a woman. “This points to an Iron Age society in Britain in which women had a lot of influence and could shape its trajectory in many ways,” explains Dr. Lara Cassidy of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, lead author of the investigation. Image source, BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY photo caption, Archaeologists found well-preserved skeletons in the clay soil of Dorset. It is the first time in the history of ancient Europe that this evidence has been documented. of communities built around women. Scientists believe that the communities also invested heavily in their daughters, as they would likely inherit their mother’s status. “It’s relatively rare in modern societies, but it might not always have been that way,” Cassidy says. The team found evidence that this occurred in numerous places in Britain, suggesting that the practice was widespread. The communities analyzed lived around the same time as Boudica, the warrior queen who led a rebellion against Roman invaders in eastern England around AD 61. Dr. Cassidy sequenced DNA taken from the bones of 57 individuals from a tribe called Durotriges. People lived in Winterborne Kingston, Dorset, around 100 BC to 100 AD The skeletons were unearthed from a cemetery by a team of archaeologists from Bournemouth University, England. By tracking mitochondrial DNA, which is only passed between women, Cassidy discovered that most of the women in the community were related by blood ties that went back to previous generations. Instead, there was a lot of diversity in the Y chromosomes, which are passed from father to son, indicating that men from many different families married into the community. Image source, BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY photo caption, The skeletons of people from the Durotriges tribe were very well preserved. DNA analysis also indicates that most of the ancestral line can be traced back to a single woman. The work shows that this society was what is known as matrilocal, meaning that a married man moved to live in his wife’s community. “The most obvious benefit for a woman is that if you don’t leave home, you don’t abandon your support network. Your parents, siblings, family members are still around you,” says Dr. Cassidy. “It is your husband who arrives, he is the stranger in the community and depends on your family for his livelihood and his land,” she adds. The researchers they found the same evidence of matrilocality in bones from other cemeteries, including those in Cornwall and Yorkshire. The researcher says evidence of powerful women in ancient communities has often been dismissed as isolated, not the norm, but these findings challenge that way of thinking. Archaeologists Miles Russell and Martin Smith found other evidence that women had high status. Image source, BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY photo caption, The team from Trinity College and Bournemouth University excavated and analyzed skeletons of 57 people “We found tombs decorated with great care and with objects of great value. In each of the cases they were tombs of women, so we believe that wealth was transferred through the female line,” says Professor Martin Smith of Bournemouth University. The findings also support Roman writings of the time which suggested that women in Britain were quite powerful, more so than in Rome. But the Romans, like Julius Caesar, saw it as a sign of backwardness. “Women in Britain had power and it was a more egalitarian place. That was the biggest problem the Romans had with the British because Rome was a deeply patriarchal society. For them, it marked the British as the quintessential barbarians,” she says. Professor Miles Russell of Bournemouth University. Most societies today are patrilocal, meaning that women move to their husbands’ communities. But there are some matrilocal communities today or in the recent past, such as the Akan in Ghana, West Africa, and the Cherokee in North America. Scientists say Iron Age Britain may have been matrilocal because men were frequently outside fighting. Dr. Cassidy compares it to World War II, when women gained more political and economic power. Matrilocal societies are also less likely to experience internal conflict, he says. “They can promote feelings of unity between communities and neighboring towns. They disperse groups of related men, preventing them from developing strong loyalties and starting disputes with related men who live nearby,” suggests the researcher. The findings were published in the scientific journal Nature. Subscribe here to our new newsletter to receive a selection of our best content of the week every Friday. And remember that you can receive notifications in our app. Download the latest version and activate them.

Pregnant mothers and organizations demand to protect citizenship by birthright

January 22, 2025 by usatoday24

On the first day of his second term as president, Donald Trump signed a series of decrees and in particularthe immigration environment captured the spotlight, after one of those decrees, called “Protecting the meaning and value of American citizenship,” aims to redefine birthright citizenship, the process that guarantees all born In the United States you automatically obtain citizenship, but this is not the case for the children of immigrants. Given the controversial decision, a group of Democratic Party governors took one of the measures applied by the president to court on his first day, but they were not the only ones to raise their voices, as five pregnant mothers and the organizations CASA and the Project of Asylum Seekers (ASAP) filed a lawsuit in response to the issuance of the Executive Order. Through a joint statement, The lawsuit charges that it is intended to end the constitutional right of birthright citizenship explicitly provided for in the Fourteenth Amendment. That lawsuit was filed in the District of Maryland and is being litigated by ASAP, CASA, and the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) at Georgetown Law School. What does the order signed by Trump say? As detailed by the White House itself, “The 14th Amendment has never been interpreted as a universal extension of citizenship to all persons born in the United States… has always excluded from birthright citizenship persons who were born in the United States but (who) are not ‘subject to its jurisdiction.’” In that sense, The Federal Government establishes that children of undocumented immigrants are not “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and, therefore, should not be considered citizens. Demands from the womb “When I fled persecution in my country, I found a new home in the United States and I am proud of the life my husband and I have built in this country over the past six years,” said Monica, a pregnant mother and ASAP member. , asylum seeker and plaintiff named in the lawsuit. “I am shocked that the government does not want my American-born son to have American citizenship. I am afraid for my son and for our family, especially since we cannot return to our country or get our son another citizenship; “I don’t know what we will do,” he continued. Another plaintiff is Maribel, a member of CASA who has lived in the United States for almost two decades. She has two children who were born in this country and today she is pregnant again, she shared: “I am afraid that my unborn child will be denied the basic rights that my other children enjoy, including access to healthcare and quality education. Without the protections of American citizenship, the Trump administration could even try to take my baby from me and our family and deport them to a country they have never known. “It is deeply wrong to subject a newborn baby to such cruelty.” “This Executive Order undermines the very essence of our democracy and represents a direct attack on the constitution. By attempting to deny U.S. citizenship to children born within our borders based solely on their parents’ immigration status, President Trump is attempting to upend centuries of history and legal protections established through executive orders. This cannot be tolerated,” said Nicholas Katz, General Counsel of the CASA organization. “CASA is committed to protecting our members and defending their rights, while continuing to fight for a fair and equitable immigration system, based on dignity and respect for all people,” he said. “Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment and has been recognized by the Supreme Court as the law of the land for more than 100 years.”said Rupa Bhattacharyya, Legal Director of ICAP. “The President of the United States does not have the power to amend the Constitution with the stroke of a pen in an Executive Order. “We are confident that the Court will correct this overreach and ensure that all babies born in the United States receive their rightful citizenship and all the privileges and benefits that flow from it.” “This executive order has created chaos and confusion in immigrant communities and among our members, as many asylum seekers wonder if their American-born children will have to apply for asylum,” said Swapna Reddy, co-executive director of ASAP. “Our members, like so many other immigrant parents in the United States right now, are afraid: afraid that their children will not be able to live a stable life without fear and afraid that their children do not belong in the only country they have ever known. “More than 150 years ago, Black people worked together to ensure a more equal right to American citizenship, and now we are proud to defend this right for our members, more than 90,000 of whom are Black,” he said. Keep reading:· Former Ambassador Landau sees “opportunities” between the US and Mexico with Trump, but orders will set a tough binational agenda· New law will allow ICE to detain almost any undocumented immigrant, warns former agency official· Tom Homan on mass deportation: “ICE agents from all over the country will be on the streets from the beginning”

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