Javier Jiménez

Javier Jiménez

Senior Writer . At Xataka On since

Head of science, health and environment at Xataka. Methodologist turned communicator, I write about science, ideas and social change. LinkedIn

28 published news

October 2024

  1. 17 October
  2. Scientists Have Discovered the Oldest Animal Fossil in Australia. It Has a Question Mark Drawn on Its Body
  3. 08 October
  4. In Just 24 Hours, Hurricane Milton Became One of the Most Powerful Hurricanes Ever Recorded in the Atlantic
  5. 07 October
  6. Two Scientists Obsessed With Worms Discovered the Mechanism Behind Evolution. It Led Them to the Nobel Prize
  7. Mount Everest Is Growing Faster Than Previously Believed. The Reason: One River ‘Stole’ Water From Another 90,000 Years Ago

September 2024

  1. 30 September
  2. A Resident of a Small Island in Alaska Spotted a Rat in June. Now, 400 People Are Frantically Looking for It
  3. 27 September
  4. Dutch Scientists Thought It Was a Good Idea to Use Water to Slow the Melting of Ice in the Arctic. It’s Working
  5. 12 September
  6. The Ozempic Boom Is So Big That Pharmacies Are Taking an Unusual Step: They’ll Going to Start Making It Themselves
  7. 08 September
  8. Humans Aren’t Meant to Explore the Depths of the Ocean. They Still Insist on Doing It and Asking a Question: How Deep Can a Submarine Go?
  9. 06 September
  10. Chinese Researchers Present a Simple Strategy for Weight Loss: Eating Raw Vegetables
  11. 05 September
  12. There’s a Big ‘Black Hole’ in Our Daily Productivity. This Neuroscientist Believes He’s Found a Way Around It: Coffee
  13. 03 September
  14. ‘The Atlantic Tropics Are Completely Broken’: Experts Say the Intertropical Convergence Zone Is Shifting North, Posing a Significant Challenge

August 2024

  1. 29 August
  2. Denialism Has Reached One of the Last Remaining Areas of Science Untouched by It: Eyeglasses

July 2024

  1. 16 July
  2. LUCA, the ‘Common Ancestor’ of All Living Things, Has Fascinated Us for Years. What Scientists Didn’t Know Is That It Was So Ancient
  3. 02 July
  4. Something Unusual Is Happening in the Mesosphere With Night-Shining Clouds. SpaceX Is the Main Suspect

June 2024

  1. 19 June
  2. In Its Ongoing Battle Against Drought, MIT Has Stumbled Upon an Unexpected Technology: Baby Diapers
  3. 15 June
  4. We’ve Believed That Failure Was the First Step to Success for Years. Now We Have a Problem
  5. 05 June
  6. We're Expecting a Hurricane Season So Active That We’ll Probably Run Out of Names for the Storms
  7. 03 June
  8. We Can Never Go Home: How Becoming an 'Interplanetary Species' Means We Won't Be a Single Race Anymore
  9. In 1911, Two Senior Oxford Academics Claimed to Have Traveled Back in Time. 50 Years Later, We Know What Really Happened
  10. 01 June
  11. Science Has Been Fighting Free Will for Centuries, But One of Philosophy's Biggest Problems Refuses to Die

May 2024

  1. 30 May
  2. A Rundown of Philosophy That Every Scientist and Technologist Should Know
  3. 25 May
  4. Ozempic Surprises the Medical Community Once More: Turns Out It Also Drastically Reduces Kidney Disease
  5. Why Do Some Many People Think That Listening to Their Own Voice Is Weird and Unpleasant? There’s an Explanation
  6. 24 May
  7. The Song Recommended by Experts to Calm Your Anxiety is Surprising Effective
  8. 17 May
  9. Something Strange Is Happening in the U.S.: Tornado Alley Is Getting Bigger and Experts Don’t Know Why
  10. 06 May
  11. The Internet Is Fascinated With the 'Arabic Chat Alphabet,' a Texting Style That Mixes Numbers and Letters
  12. 05 May
  13. Prehistoric Humans Didn't Have Cavities. Researchers Think They Know Why
  14. 02 May
  15. Artemis: Dates, Plans and Everything We Know About the New Space Mission to Put People on the Moon
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