Miguel Jorge

Miguel Jorge

Writer . At Xataka On since

Journalist specializing in technology and science.

143 published news

February 2025

  1. 17 February
  2. If You Ever Get Swallowed by a Whale, Don’t Panic. Scientists Say There’s No Reason to Be Afraid
  3. 16 February
  4. The Czech Republic Had Delayed the Construction of a Costly Dam for Years. In the End, Beavers Built It on Their Own
  5. China Identifies a Strategic Advantage to Win the Aircraft Carrier Race Against the U.S.: A ‘Bubble’ in Its Defense
  6. 15 February
  7. The Last Time the U.S. Invaded Panama, It Used an Unexpected Strategy: Guns N’ Roses as Psychological Warfare
  8. China Has Been Claiming These Japanese Islands as Its Own for 130 Years. It’s Now Decided to Surround Them With Buoys
  9. At 14,700 Feet Above Ground, There’s a ‘Sexual’ Mushroom People Die For. In China, This Aphrodisiac Costs a Fortune
  10. Everyone Wears Masks in Japan This Time of Year. The Reason Dates Back to World War II
  11. 12 February
  12. Venice Introduced an Entry Fee to Reduce Mass Tourism. It Worked So Well That The City Will Double Its Price
  13. 09 February
  14. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Remains Lost. This Make It the Most Intriguing of All
  15. Japan Has a Problem So Complex It Has Its Own Expression: Butsukari Otoko. It’s What They Use to Describe Men Who Attack Women in Train Stations
  16. 07 February
  17. The War in Ukraine Is Becoming Unhinged: Drones Are Now Targeting Other Drones With Drones
  18. 06 February
  19. U.S. Makes a Striking Revelation From New Satellite Images: China Built a Laser So Massive, It Can Even Be Seen From Space
  20. 05 February
  21. Russia, China, and North Korea Own Hypersonic Weapons. To Defend Itself, the U.S. Wants to Build Its Own ‘Iron Dome’
  22. 04 February
  23. China Has Simulated a Battle Involving Its Type 055 Destroyer Against Eight Navy Destroyers East of Taiwan. The U.S. Should Be Concerned
  24. 03 February
  25. Japan Has Been Trying to Rescue a Man From a Sinkhole for Days. The Problem: It Keeps Growing
  26. U.S. Air Traffic Control Systems Are Outdated and Some Parts Are Impossible to Obtain, Report Says
  27. 02 February
  28. Four Countries Are Battling It Out for a Fruit That Smells Like Rotten Eggs Because China Turned It Into a Culinary Sensation
  29. Kalma Is North Korea’s First Real Effort to Become a Travel Destination. For Now, Only Russians Are Allowed Entry
  30. 01 February
  31. The Longest Greek Papyrus Ever Discovered Was More Than Meets the Eye. Its Translation Has Revealed an Unknown History of Rome
  32. Alongside Gold and Rare Minerals, China Has an Ace up Its Sleeve to Boost Its Economy: Sun-Dried Tangerine Peels

January 2025

  1. 31 January
  2. China Is Building a Super Dam in a Densely Populated Area. The Problem: The Region’s Seismic Activity
  3. 30 January
  4. NASA Just Announced That a Large Asteroid Has a 1% Chance of Hitting Earth. That’s Not Normal
  5. Researchers Find a Secret Map in Leonardo da Vinci’s Sketches. It Reveals Hidden Tunnels Beneath a 15th-Century Castle
  6. Taiwan Doesn’t Want Any More Drama With China or Its Undersea Cables. To Avoid Problems, It’s Implementing an Unprecedented Security Plan
  7. 27 January
  8. Three Countries Were on the Verge of Breaking Away With Russia, But Then Sweden Found Something Strange: A Severed Undersea Cable
  9. 26 January
  10. A Jesuit Wrote About an Inca Tunnel System Near Machu Picchu in 1594. Archaeologists Confirm It’s Not Just a Legend, It Actually Exists
  11. 25 January
  12. Japan’s Aging Population Hits Rock Bottom: More Older Adults Are Choosing to Live in Prison
  13. After Seven Years of Digging Tunnels, Saudi Arabia Unveils Desert Rock: Clifftop Villas for Billionaires
  14. An Engineer Quit His Job to Turn a Cave Into a Vacation Rental. Without Airbnb, He’s Making a Fortune a Year
  15. Restaurants in France Revive the Country’s Most Elaborate and Macabre Recipe: Pressed Duck
  16. 24 January
  17. Sweden Didn’t Believe Russia Was Being Truthful With Its Economic Data. It Found the Proof It Was Looking for by Observing Moscow From Space
  18. 23 January
  19. A British Nuclear Submarine Spotted a Russian Ship Near Its Undersea Cables. The Weird Part: It’s the Second Time in Three Months
  20. If China ‘Provokes’ Taiwan Again in the Next Two Years, It Could Face a Surprise: The U.S. Military
  21. 21 January
  22. Investigations Into Severed Baltic Sea Cables Reveal a New Twist: It Wasn’t Russia, but Rather Inexperience
  23. 18 January
  24. Russian Products Are Gaining Popularity in China. Yet, Many of These Items Actually Originate From China Itself
  25. 17 January
  26. A Battlefield Diary Reveals North Korean Soldiers’ Sacrifice to Evade Drones in Ukraine
  27. Italy Wants to Annihilate the Fake Online Reviews Battering the Restaurant Industry. Its Plan: Banning Anonymous Comments
  28. 14 January
  29. A Man Spent 10 Years Trying to Search Through the Trash for a Lost Hard Drive Containing $725 Million. He’s Finally Given Up
  30. 13 January
  31. The U.S.’ Plan B in the Arctic Is a Submerged Cave in Norway. However, It’s Not for Sale
  32. 12 January
  33. Facing Elderly Care Crisis, China Turns to Robots
  34. According to One Economist’s Calculations, Japan Already Knows the Exact Year It Will Run Out of Children Under 14
  35. 09 January
  36. This Is the Fifth Time the U.S. Has Wanted to Buy Greenland From Denmark, Ignoring What Locals Want
  37. Russia Has Given North Korea Animals, Artillery, and Oil. Its Latest Gift Elevates Its Military to Another Level: Space
  38. 06 January
  39. The U.S. Has a Strategy Called CONPLAN 8888 for the Unlikely Event of a Zombie Apocalypse—And Hopes Never to Use It
  40. 03 January
  41. Japan Asked Its Citizens What Annoyed Them Most About Tourists on Trains. Their Responses Held Nothing Back
  42. 02 January
  43. For Years, the Password to the U.S. Nuclear Button Was Embarrassingly Simple. It’s Surprising No One Cracked It

December 2024

  1. 22 December
  2. This German Church Has Held the Title of the Tallest in the World Since 1890. It’s Now Going to Lose It to the Sagrada Familia
  3. 20 December
  4. Putin Proposes a Missile Duel in Ukraine. If the U.S. Agrees, Russia Would Have a Clear Advantage: Oreshnik
  5. 17 December
  6. A Village in Finland Has Been Calling Itself the Home of Santa Claus for Years. Now It’s Facing the Consequences of Overtourism
  7. Meet Crazy Li, China’s First-of-Its-Kind Laser Weapon That Can Cut Through Metal and Blind the Enemy
  8. 15 December
  9. Japan Has So Many Abandoned Houses That It’s Giving Them Away. The Problem: They’re Not Suitable to Live In
  10. 13 December
  11. 11 Months Later, NASA Explains Why Ingenuity Crashed on Mars: An Area of the Red Planet Disoriented Its System
  12. 11 December
  13. China’s Mineral Export Ban to the U.S. Comes With Fine Print and Impacts a Critical Aspect of Ukraine’s Defense: Drones
  14. Mysterious Tablet Found in 2021 Remains Indecipherable. It Features 39 Unique Characters from an Unknown Society
  15. 10 December
  16. The Navy Faces an Unprecedented Threat as China, Russia, and North Korea Ramp Up Their Submarine Warfare Game
  17. 07 December
  18. This Japanese Man Felt His Prison Sentence Was Too Short, so He Built a Replica of His Cell in His Garden. He Stayed There for the Rest of His Life
  19. 05 December
  20. What Used to Cost $1.5 Billion Now Costs SpaceX Only $15 Million: This Is How It’s Dominating the Space Launch Industry
  21. 04 December
  22. A New York Landlord Increased Rent for No Reason. Now the Company Has to Pay Its Tenants $15 Million
  23. 02 December
  24. NASA Eliminates Nauseating Odor by ‘Airing Out’ the ISS, Says Smell Was Likely ‘Outgassing’ From Russian Cargo

November 2024

  1. 30 November
  2. The U.S. Offered $100 Million to Denmark for Greenland in 1940. NASA Has Recently Discovered Why: A City Hidden Under the Ice
  3. A Strange Sound Was Detected Beneath the Waters of Antarctica in 1960. The Mystery Still Hasn’t Been Solved and It’s Happening More Often
  4. 29 November
  5. Chinese Geologists Discover One of the Largest Treasures Ever: A Giant Gold Reserve Worth $83 Billion
  6. 26 November
  7. Google Earth Helped Archaeologists Find a Hidden Network of Fish Traps That Fueled the Rise of the Maya Civilization
  8. 25 November
  9. Russia Has Sent Two ‘Gifts’ to North Korea: 70 Animals for Its Zoo and a Secret, Illegal Donation
  10. 24 November
  11. Researchers Attached a Microphone to a Solitary Dolphin. The Recorded 'Conversation' Is Unprecedented
  12. 23 November
  13. Sweden Is Experiencing a National Crisis Due to Shortages of Its Most Cherished Treat: Candy
  14. 18 November
  15. There Are Certain People Who Bring Something Else Besides Food to Disney Parks: Human Ashes
  16. 17 November
  17. Norway Had Long Suspected Its ‘Spy Whale’ Was of Russian Origin. Now That the Mystery Has Been Solved, It’s Time for Hollywood to Step In
  18. Japan’s Huge Supply of Empty Homes Is Attracting Foreign Buyers. One Thing to Note: Even the Japanese Don’t Want Them
  19. 16 November
  20. Neom’s CEO Abruptly Ditches the Project. In Response, Saudi Arabia Says the Project Is Ramping Up
  21. In 1940, a Creature Snuck Onto an Island in the U.S. and Devoured Everything. Today, Two of Man’s Most Feared Species Coexist Alone
  22. 14 November
  23. Russia Approves an Unusual Measure to Increase the Nation’s Birth Rate: Banning People From Talking About Not Having Children
  24. 06 November
  25. Something Strange Occurred 15 Minutes Before the Tonga Eruption: A Signal, Imperceptible to Humans, Traveled Across the Earth’s Surface
  26. 02 November
  27. While Russia ‘Tests’ Ballistic Missiles, Ukraine Sets Its Sights on New Targets: North Korean Troops
  28. 01 November
  29. An Army of Giant Rats in Custom Vests: Africa’s Latest Anti-Poaching Strategy

October 2024

  1. 30 October
  2. The Closest Thing to Miami in the Desert: Saudi Arabia Completes First Phase of Neom and Unveils Photos of a Megacity
  3. 29 October
  4. These Images From Space Paint a Clear Picture: China Is Building a Missile Launch Site on a Strategic Island
  5. 28 October
  6. A Father and Daughter Decoded an ‘Alien’ Signal From Mars That Contained the Essential Components of Life
  7. 22 October
  8. Here’s Proof That Neom, the Futuristic Project in the Middle of the Desert, Is Far From Dead: It Consumes 20% of the World’s Steel
  9. 20 October
  10. NASA Is Offering $3 Million to Solve a Problem That Started When Neil Armstrong Set Foot on the Moon: Poop
  11. 16 October
  12. Hurricane Milton Disrupted Florida’s Water Supply, but a Machine That Collects Water From the Air Offers a New Solution
  13. 13 October
  14. More Than 60 Years Ago, the U.S. and the UK Seized One of the World’s Most Remote Islands. What Has Happened There Since Has Remained a Secret
  15. 12 October
  16. Fifty Feet Below, a Rock Hid Something Fascinating: A 2-Billion-Year-Old Life Form
  17. 11 October
  18. Scientists Have Good News for Those Long-Term Smokers Who Want to Quit
  19. 07 October
  20. Scientists Knew What Would Eventually Destroy the Earth. Now, There’s Hope: A Tiny Dot Next to a White Dwarf Star
  21. 03 October
  22. Scientists Have Found a Planet Where a Year Last Three Days. It's Orbiting the Star Closest to the Sun
  23. 02 October
  24. The Luxury Cruise Ship That Was Stranded for Four Months Finally Set Sail. The Journey Lasted an Hour
  25. NASA May Not Need to Destroy the ISS in 2030. A Recently Discovered Leak on the Space Station Suggests an Early End
  26. 01 October
  27. The Astronauts Stranded in Space Can Breathe Easily. 10 Years Ago, NASA Made a Last-Minute Decision That Changed Their Fate

September 2024

  1. 26 September
  2. Russia Has Just Renewed Its Nuclear Doctrine. Its Response to Threats Changes Geopolitics on the Planet
  3. A Woman Pressed a Button to Activate the ‘Suicide Pod.’ The Problem Is, It’s Not Legal to Die This Way in Switzerland
  4. 25 September
  5. Tourists Have Been Admiring the Vibrant Colors of Yellowstone’s Natural Pool for Many Years. In Reality, They’re Looking at Trash
  6. 24 September
  7. Japanese Scientists Discovered 303 Geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert by Using AI. It’s a First Glimpse Into the Origin of These 2,000-Year-Old Creations
  8. 23 September
  9. China Has Just Provided the First Answers to the Big Question of What the Heck Is on the Dark Side of the Moon
  10. 22 September
  11. There Are Some People Who Abandon Luxury Cars in the Middle of Nowhere. In Many Cases, Nobody Knows Why
  12. 20 September
  13. A New Business That No One Saw Coming Is Taking Off in China: ‘Crematoriums’ for Photos and Mementos of Ex-partners
  14. The Oldest Tombstone in the U.S. Confirms That Millionaires Always Satisfied Their Whims, No Matter the Era
  15. 19 September
  16. Influencers Living in Neom Are Uploading Videos to Encourage People to Go. It Looks Like an Industrial Park
  17. 18 September
  18. Investigators Disclose the Final Messages From the Titan Passengers Before the Implosion, Confirming They Didn’t Know What Was About to Happen
  19. 16 September
  20. Scientists Have Been Trying to Understand How Ancient Egyptians Created Mirrors For Years. It Looks Like They Finally Figured It Out
  21. 15 September
  22. Researchers Studied the Strongest Man on the Planet and Made a Surprising Discovery: The Secret to His Strength Isn't in His Arms
  23. 14 September
  24. Japan Sent the Wrong Animal to an Island to Eradicate Snakes. The Disaster It Created Was So Bad That It Took Half a Century to Fix
  25. Japan Has a Surprising Plan to Persuade Single Women Not to Move to Tokyo: Money and a Husband in the Countryside
  26. 13 September
  27. The Demographic Crisis in Japan Leads McDonald’s to Take an Unusual Measure: No More Restrictions on Blue Hair for Its Employees
  28. Passengers Trapped on Luxury Cruise Ship Receive an Update: They’ll Continue to Be Stranded, but Will Now Have to Pay for Their Stay
  29. 12 September
  30. Researchers Found the Same 120-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Footprints 4,000 Miles Away Across the Ocean. There’s Only One Explanation
  31. 11 September
  32. A Hiker Spotted an Unusual Spherical Structure on Google Maps. Scientists Are Now Investigating Its Origin
  33. Someone Dropped a Cheetos Bag in the Largest Cave Chamber in the U.S. Its Potentially Catastrophic Aftermath Will Surprise You
  34. 08 September
  35. A New Titanic Expedition Brought Back Two Surprises: A Treasure and Confirmation That the Movie’s Most Famous Scene Is Now Impossible
  36. A Luxury Cruise Ship With $900,000 Cabins That Aims to Go Round the World Can’t Sail Away. There Are 200 Passengers Stranded Since May
  37. Researchers Are Trying to Find Out Why Space Food Is So Bad: It’s Not the Food but the Astronauts
  38. 06 September
  39. Scientists Have Been Searching for the Elixir of Invisibility for Decades. It Turns Out It Was in the Most Unexpected Place: Doritos
  40. Swiss Has Taken Luxury Too Far: The Weight of Its First Class Section Is Forcing the Airline to Redistribute Weight on Its Planes
  41. 05 September
  42. From Misidentified Meteorites to Picassos: This Is What Happens When Household Objects End Up Being Masterpieces
  43. 04 September
  44. The Clue Needed to Solve the Stonehenge Mystery Was in a Spanish Dolmen From 1,000 Years Earlier. It Weighs More Than Two Boeing 747 Aircraft
  45. 03 September
  46. The U.S. Atomic Bomb Development Site Is Experiencing a Plutonium Contamination Issue, Reaching Levels Similar to Chernobyl
  47. 02 September
  48. Starliner Astronauts Are Sounding the Alarm: They’re Hearing Strange Noises From an Internal Speaker
  49. South Africa Is Going to Bomb an Island With Tons of Poison. Its Goal: To Annihilate Thousands of Mice
  50. 01 September
  51. The U.S. Claims It Has Expanded Its Territory by Nearly Twice the Size of California. Now It’ll Have to Prove It
  52. We Imagined That Working in the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt Wasn’t Very Healthy. Now We Know Just How Toxic It Really Was

August 2024

  1. 28 August
  2. Tiny Creature Discovered on the Alaskan Border Is the Closest Living Relative of All Animals

July 2024

  1. Machu Picchu is 600 Years Old and Was Considered Peru's National Treasure. Archaeologists Have Discovered a Temple That Is 3,500 Years Older
  2. 16 July
  3. NASA Has Just Confirmed the Existence of a Tunnel on the Moon: A Cave So Large That It Raises New Possibilities
  4. 15 July
  5. The Pentagon Has Released a Study of the Material It Found in 1947 From an Purported ‘Alien’ Spacecraft
  6. 14 July
  7. China Has Found a ‘Vital’ Element for Colonizing Mars That Can Resist Conditions That Are Deadly to Other Life Forms
  8. 12 July
  9. Some Americans Can’t Talk to Their Landlords, Who Are Hiring AI Chatbots to Deal With Tenant Issues
  10. 11 July
  11. Japan Is Searching for the Person Responsible for Constructing a Road on the Largest Lake in the Country. It Leads to Nowhere
  12. 09 July
  13. There’s Only One Vertebrate Capable of Living 500 Years. Scientists Have Just Discovered the Secret of Its Eternal Youth
  14. 07 July
  15. Greece Began Excavations for a Major Airport. Then, It Discovered a Vast 4,000-Year-Old Structure

June 2024

  1. 28 June
  2. A New Study Aimed to Find Out Whether We Should Drink Water from a Bottle Sitting in the Sun. It’s Not Good News
  3. Scientists Are Injecting Radioactive Material Into Rhino Horns on Live Animals to Prevent Us From Eating Them
  4. 25 June
  5. An Object That Fell From the Sky Made a Hole in a House With Someone Inside. The Family Is Suing NASA
  6. 18 June
  7. MIT Researchers Discovered a Math Problem That's Impossible to Solve Inside Every 2D Super Mario Game
  8. 17 June
  9. Rental Prices Haven’t Decreased in Years, and There's a Reason: Algorithms Are in Charge of the Housing Market
  10. Saudi Arabia Has 'The Line,' But It's Not the Only Country Building a City in the Desert. China Is Also Hard at Work, With the Help of AI
  11. 15 June
  12. A Russian Nuclear Submarine and Frigate Are Near the Coast of Cuba. The U.S. Is Sending in Drones—Just in Case
  13. 10 June
  14. James Cameron Thinks He Knows What Really Happened With the Titanic Submersible, and It Doesn't Make the Navy Look Good

May 2024

  1. 21 May
  2. This Isn't a Real Neighborhood. Boeing Built It to Hide Its Factory During World War II
  3. 18 May
  4. A Comet Is Going to Execute a Once-in-a-Lifetime Magic Trick: It's Set to Happen Between Now and October
  5. Neom, Saudi Arabia’s Futuristic City, Has Published Its First Job Offers. They're Pretty Extravagant
  6. 14 May
  7. First Images from NASA’s New Satellite Give Us a Completely Different View of the Oceans
  8. 13 May
  9. U.S. Braces for Cicada Invasion in a Rare Event Not Seen Since 1803
  10. NASA Made an Impressive Simulation to Demonstrate What Happens When You Fall Into a Black Hole
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