Isabella Walker, autor en Straytrees

Feb

2024

Un plástico que cambia de forma con un futuro flexible

Con restricciones de espacio y peso, ¿qué llevarías si fueras a Marte? Una opción ideal sería un material único que pueda transformar formas en cualquier objeto que imagines.Por la mañana, con ese material podrías convertirlo en utensilios para comer. Una vez que hayas terminado de desayunar, podrás convertir tu tenedor y cuchillo en una pala para cuidar tu jardín marciano. Y luego, cuando sea la hora feliz en el planeta rojo, esa pala podría convertirse en una jarra para tu cerveza marciana.Lo que parece ciencia ficción es, quizás, un paso más hacia la realidad. Investigadores de la Escuela de Ingeniería…

Feb

2024

By Isabella Walker

‘Don’t call me Ternera’: Josu Ternera, against the “apostolic terrorism”… of others | Television

Culture and Entertainment

One of the most shocking moments of Jordi Évole's interview with Josu Ternera (Don't call me calf, on Netflix) occurs when the ETA leader expresses his horror at the 11-M jihadist attacks in Madrid, or those in Paris, London or Syria. This is terrorism, he says. “They are going bravely!” Because Al Qaeda or ISIS wanted there to be civilian victims, the more the better, while what ETA did defines it as "the consequence of an analysis", as if they were the ones who measure cholesterol. The fact that ETA also killed indiscriminately (in Hipercor or Zaragoza) does not discourage…

Feb

2024

By Isabella Walker

Job Market Starts 2024 With a Bang

Investments and Business

The United States produced an unexpectedly sizable batch of jobs last month, a boon for American workers that shows the labor market retains remarkable strength after three years of expansion.Employers added 353,000 jobs in January on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department reported on Friday, and the unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent.The report also put an even shinier gloss on job growth for 2023, including revisions that added more than 100,000 to the figure previously tallied for December. All told, employers added 3.1 million jobs last year, more than the 2.7 million initially reported.After the loss of 14…

Feb

2024

By Isabella Walker

French government shuts down agricultural protests with environmental concessions | International

Politics

The French government managed to shut down a two-week agricultural protest that threatened to paralyze Paris and other cities. The tractors began this Friday to remove the blockages that have been hampering traffic on motorways across France for more than a week, but threaten to return if the government's promises end up on empty paper.It is a victory for the new prime minister, the young Gabriel Attal, who was facing his first crisis since President Emmanuel Macron appointed him in early January. It is also a victory for the farmers, who have obtained important concessions from Attal and his team…