There is an obsession with protein to gain more and more muscle. Science has more and more doubts that it works

Until not so long ago, protein was a technical term, linked to clinical nutrition and sports. Today it has become a cultural symbol. Under what some have called the era of Protein Chicprotein is no longer just a nutrient, but a promise: for health, body control and active aging. Eating well has come to mean, … Read more

We have been believing for decades that wet hair makes us sick in winter. Science knows perfectly well that it is a lie

“Don’t go out with wet hair or you’ll catch pneumonia” or “put on your coat or you’ll catch a cold” are very grandmotherly phrases that almost all of us have been told in our childhood and that have been burned into our brains. But the question we can ask ourselves: is this true? The reality … Read more

We have been lowering the toilet lid all our lives for hygiene. Science has bad news: it is not enough

Every time we flush the toilet, a small invisible “rash” occurs in the bathroom. It is not a literary exaggeration: science calls it ‘toilet plume’, or toilet plume: a phenomenon by which a Water discharge launches thousands of microscopic particles into the air loaded with everything you just deposited in the cup. A piece of … Read more

They found a cube-shaped skull in Tamaulipas and thought it was a migrant. Science has turned history upside down

Modern archeology has just thrown us one of those pieces of the puzzle that forces us to rewrite, in part, what we knew about different ancient cultures of northern Mesoamerica. Something obligatory, since a team from the National Institute of Anthropology and History has identified a find in Tamaulipas that is as unusual as it … Read more

Dogs are getting uglier and uglier. And science has several reasons to explain why we love that.

In 1989, journalist Margo Kaufman reported in the Los Angeles Times how a stranger shouted “Hey, ugly!” upon seeing his two pugs walking down the street. It was not an isolated case, in his chronicle he commented that the derogatory comments accumulated day after day. At the time, these dogs were seen as comical anomalies, … Read more

If you want your body to be biologically eight years younger, science has a recipe for you: vegan diet

We humans have many desire to appear as young as possiblealways seeking eternal youth. This has meant that its search has ceased to be the exclusive terrain of the alchemy to become one of the hottest fields in biotechnology, with many treatments that seek to literally make us younger or even extend our lives. Now, … Read more

so you can watch our channel for free with technology and science content

We are very happy to announce that Xataka TV is now available on all Samsung televisions with Samsung TV Plus. This is our FAST channel with a selection of our technology and science audiovisual content. After debuting in the entertainment services of Xiaomi, TCL, Plex and Tivify, it now arrives at Samsung, which will make … Read more

There’s a reason you spend hours watching reels on Instagram until 3:00 AM: the science of doomscrolling

It’s one in the morning. We should be sleeping but the finger is still sliding across the screen, scrolling through videos on TikTokreels on Instagram or posts on X. A viral meme, a new fire in the area or a new political crisis has us hooked on the screen. And although we may be exhausted, … Read more

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