Carlos Prego

Carlos Prego

Writer . At Xataka On since

I have more than 12 years of experience in media that have passed by too quickly. I've been writing for Xataka since 2018 and I'm mainly in charge of content for the site’s Magnet vertical. I’m especially interested in technology, science, and history. LinkedIn

38 published news

November 2024

  1. 11 November
  2. Amid a Birth Crisis, Japanese Officials Float Dystopian Idea: Banning Women Over the Age of 25 From Getting Married
  3. 04 November
  4. The World’s Deepest Building Foundations Reach Depths of 400 Feet and Support Two Mega-Towers

October 2024

  1. 11 October
  2. After Receiving 5,000 Balloons Full of Trash From North Korea, South Korea Comes to a Conclusion: It’s Time to Use the Drones
  3. 03 October
  4. Two Fighter Jets in Alaska Have Brought Back an Old and Dangerous Practice From the Cold War: Headbutting
  5. 01 October
  6. A Shortage of Rice Causes a 30% Price Increase in Japan, Surpassing Concerns About Birth Rates and Tourism

September 2024

  1. 29 September
  2. Deepfake Porn in South Korea Is a Real Issue. The Solution: Sentencing Those Who Watch It to 3 Years of Jail Time
  3. China Is Facing a Future With More Old People and Fewer Workers. It Has a Plan: Encourage Senior Citizens to Volunteer
  4. 16 September
  5. A Submerged Bridge Has Helped Solve of the Mediterranean's Great Mysteries, Shedding Light on When Humans Arrived
  6. 09 September
  7. If You’ve Started to See Fridges Decorated With Vases and Photos on TikTok, There’s an Explanation. It’s Called ‘Fridgescaping’
  8. 07 September
  9. Thousands of Workers in Japan Find Themselves Incapable of Quitting Their Jobs. They’re Hiring Agencies to Do It For Them
  10. 04 September
  11. China Isn’t Satisfied With Creating the World’s Largest Offshore Windmills. Now It Wants Them to Be Used to Breed Fish, Too

August 2024

  1. 29 August
  2. A Boy Smashed a 3,500-Year-Old Jar at an Israeli Museum. It Invited Him to Come Back

July 2024

  1. 16 July
  2. A Neighborhood in Seoul Is So Fed Up With Tourists That It's Taken an Extreme Measure: Setting a Curfew for Visitors
  3. 13 July
  4. Submarines Are Key to U.S. Naval Dominance. China Now Knows How to Detect Them: With Bubbles
  5. 12 July
  6. Japan Wanted to End Counterfeit Bills. It Ended Up Impacting Thousands of Vending Machines
  7. 06 July
  8. In South Korea, Some Parents Are Choosing to Isolate Themselves in Cells. There’s a Word for It: ‘Hikikomori’
  9. ‘We Create Electricity From Nothing’: Scientists Discovered a New Renewable Energy Source Based on Humidity by Accident
  10. 05 July
  11. In Their Quest for New Metamaterials, Scientists Have Reached the Point of Delirium: A Material Capable of Counting to Ten
  12. 03 July
  13. China Boasts the World’s Largest Solar Power Plant. What It Doesn’t Boast About Is Its Oppression of the Uighur People

June 2024

  1. 29 June
  2. We’ve Been Purchasing the Most Common and Ordinary Fish for Our Aquariums for Years. It Turns Out That It’s Actually a New Species
  3. 23 June
  4. Katori Senko: The Japanese Method to Eliminate Mosquitoes at Home During the Summer
  5. 17 June
  6. Iceland Is So Tired of Tourism That It Has Adopted a Drastic Measure: Taxing Its Visitors
  7. 12 June
  8. Geologists Studied the Sand From One of the D-day Beaches in Normandy. They Found That 4% Was Still Shrapnel
  9. South Korea Thought Its 'Jeonse' Were the Magic Formula for the Rental Market, Until the Scams Began
  10. 11 June
  11. China Has Been Selling Its Tallest Waterfall to Tourists as a Natural Wonder for Years. The Truth Is, It's Fed by Pipes
  12. 08 June
  13. We’ve Been Tying Ribbons to Our Suitcases for Years to Spot Them at the Airport. Workers Say It's a Terrible Idea
  14. 06 June
  15. South Korea Has Taken Academic Rivalry to the Extreme: 84% of 5-year-olds Go to Private Academies to Become Even More Competitive
  16. 01 June
  17. The Average Lifespan of Electric Cars Is 3.6 Years. It Makes Sense and Has Nothing to Do With Their Reliability

May 2024

  1. 31 May
  2. Amid a New Crisis of Faith, the Catholic Church Has Literally Found a Saint. Specifically, Its First Millennial Saint
  3. Surprising Absolutely No One, Japan’s ‘Anti-Tourist’ Fence Already Has Several Holes So People Can Take Photos of Mount Fuji
  4. 30 May
  5. South Korea Just Received a Barrage of Balloons Filled With Trash and Poop. The Suspect: North Korea
  6. 24 May
  7. Kim Jong Un’s ‘Friendly Father’ Song Goes Viral on TikTok. South Korea Has Already Banned It
  8. 23 May
  9. New York City Consumes So Much Pizza That It Had To Come up With a Special Container Just for the Boxes
  10. Japan Has Just Installed an ‘Anti-Tourist’ Fence to Purposefully Ruin One of Its Best Mount Fuji Views
  11. 20 May
  12. Historians Have Been Trying to Solve the Following Enigma for Decades: What Are Medieval Warrior Snails?
  13. 18 May
  14. A South Korean Man Has Been Throwing Bottles With Rice Into the Sea for Almost 10 Years. He Has Good Reasons
  15. New York City and Dublin Created a 'Virtual Bridge' With Live Cameras. It Ended With a Parade of Butts and Boobs
  16. Japan's Million Empty Homes Reflect a Unique Housing Crisis. It Even Has Its Own Word: 'Akiya'
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