La mayoría de las series no pueden decir lo mismo, pero existe una de Netflix que destaca por un rasgo bastante distintivo: se puede empezar desde el punto que prefieras. En este sentido, pese a que son varias las producciones de ciencia ficción en televisión que destacan por su alto nivel de calidad, eso no significa que sea sencillo recomendarlas. Para empezar, muchas de ellas exigen un alto nivel de concentración y seguimiento, sobre todo por las tramas tan complejas que desarrollan.

Esa profundidad narrativa probablemente sea una de las características que explican el origen de su aclamación unánime, pero no siempre resulta atractiva para todo el público. Por ejemplo, muchos espectadores sentirán que no tienen tanto tiempo para dedicarlo a ver producciones que, por norma general, se extienden por varias temporadas. Esto es crucial, ya que la idea de poder ver cualquier episodio sin preocuparse por ese enfoque tan serializado es lo que llama especialmente la atención.

Una serie antológica de ciencia ficción que no tiene límites

Si crees que te encuentras en este grupo, Love, Death & Robots es una serie de ciencia ficción que deberías conocer. Estrenada en 2019, Love, Death & Robots es una creación de Tim Miller, conocido por ser el director de Deadpool. Asimismo, lo acompaña David Fincher, quien desempeña el rol de productor ejecutivo. Con cuatro temporadas, la serie reúne un total de 45 episodios.

Lo que te puedo adelantar es que se trata de una serie antológica de ciencia ficción bastante diferente a lo que posiblemente conozcas. Es una propuesta de animación y ni siquiera sus episodios siguen una fórmula exacta. La extensión no es constante, así que encontrarás algunos más breves y otros más largos. Dicho esto, cada uno se centra en nuevos personajes, además de provenir de diferentes equipos de producción.

De entrada, esto es lo que hace que Love, Death & Robots destaque por un estilo de animación completamente único. Lo interesante es que puedes probar incluso a reproducir los episodios de forma aleatoria, ya que no es necesario verla en ningún orden en particular. Solo un episodio es una secuela de uno anterior, pero el resto plantea historias originales y, sobre todo, independientes.

Es esto lo que le proporciona a Love, Death & Robots la libertad creativa necesaria para combinar todo tipo de géneros. Siempre con la ciencia ficción o la fantasía como telón de fondo, podrás encontrar comedia negra, terror psicológico o la acción más trepidante. Sin un tono o estilo concreto que la defina, siempre encuentra la manera de llevar cada episodio en una dirección fresca. Nunca te aburrirás y puedes encontrarla completa en Netflix.

Lobby group’s figures, shared with John Healey, are misleading as they do not include major rival Paris, say campaigners

A banking lobby group has been accused of cherrypicking data and trying to mislead the British government by claiming a tax rise for banks at next week’s budget would leave London less competitive than rival financial hubs.

UK Finance, which represents banks including Lloyds, JP Morgan and Revolut, commissions an annual report tallying up all the taxes shouldered by a large bank, including corporation tax, social security, VAT and bank-specific levies.

Una coppia imperfetta, piena di contraddizioni, davanti al desiderio e alla paura di diventare genitori. È il cuore di “Noi un po’ meglio”, il nuovo film di Daniele Luchetti con Elio Germano e Maria Chiara Giannetta, presentato alla Festa del Cinema di Roma e in arrivo su Netflix il 29 ottobre. Il film segue Simone e Lucia, due persone profondamente diverse alle prese con il complesso percorso dell’adozione, che li porta a mettere in discussione se stessi, la propria idea di famiglia e le aspettative della società.

Per costruire il suo personaggio, Germano ha trascorso del tempo nelle caserme dei vigili del fuoco. “Da loro ho colto una grande attenzione verso gli altri e una forte empatia. Sono persone abituate ad affrontare situazioni imprevedibili e a rassicurare gli altri”, racconta l’attore.

Secondo Germano, il film mostra soprattutto lo sforzo di due persone che provano a uscire dalle proprie certezze per incontrarsi. “La relazione raccontata nel film è lo sforzo che ognuno fa per uscire dalla propria zona di comfort e andare incontro all’altro”, spiega.

L’attore si sofferma poi sui modelli familiari contemporanei. “Sembra che solo famiglie che rispondono a un certo modello possano crescere dei figli. Quando entrano in gioco i minori emergono tante paure e tanti pregiudizi. Ma spesso si finisce per valutare il modello a cui una famiglia assomiglia e non l’amore e l’affetto che può offrire. E invece credo che sia proprio quello ciò che conta”.

L'articolo “Viviamo in una società che ci schiaccia su modelli prestabiliti e la genitorialità è tra questi. Per le donne e per gli uomini. E non c’è spazio per la fragilità”: parla Elio Germano proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

El presidente del Gobierno y secretario general de los socialistas, Pedro Sánchez, ha anunciado que, si gobierna en la próxima legislatura, reforzará y blindará en la Constitución el derecho al aborto y mantendrá “en pie como una conquista” el de la eutanasia. En un mitin de precampaña en Granada, el líder socialista ha advertido que la derecha ha evitado hacerse una foto con el presidente argentino Javier Milei en su última visita a España para que los ciudadanos no se den cuenta “de que pertenecen al mismo club de la motosierra, de los tijeretazos y de los recortes”. Mientras, el líder del PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, denunciaba de nuevo en un acto de precampaña en Vigo las protestas en A Coruña contra un mitin de Vox que terminaron con cargas policiales y heridos entre los manifestantes. “No es un episodio aislado y casual”, ha dicho antes de acusar a la izquierda de “agitar una calle que les da la espalda”. “Hay partidos que lo alientan públicamente. Y eso es lamentable”, ha asegurado. En Barcelona, Irene Montero (Podemos) y Gabriel Rufián (ERC) han puesto en el foco de sus críticas a las derechas española y catalana, pero también a Frente Amplio. “Una izquierda que se presenta en la misma papeleta con el PSOE no va a arreglar los problemas”, ha asegurado Montero, en referencia al acuerdo que han alcanzado para ir juntos al Senado.

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Vox ha incluido en su candidatura al Congreso por Murcia a una imputada por presunta falsedad documental y suplantación de identidad. Se trata de Aida Peñalver, coordinadora de su grupo parlamentario en la Asamblea regional y ex secretaria general de la Consejería de Interior del Gobierno murciano de coalición entre populares y ultras. Peñalver está citada por el juez de instrucción número 4 de Cartagena (Murcia) el próximo 12 de enero en calidad de investigada. Un día antes debe prestar declaración el asesor de Vox en el Parlamento murciano Álvaro Hernández, también imputado.

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After Bryce Ramsey was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer at 33, she learned another piece of shocking news: She had a genetically high chance of developing it from the very beginning.

Ramsey tested positive for Lynch syndrome, a silent, inherited condition that heightened her lifetime risk of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer by up to 56% for her variant. It also put her at greater risk of developing ovarian, uterine, stomach, pancreatic, and other forms of cancer.

Before she learned she had Lynch, Ramsey urged her relatives to also get screened for colon cancer. Since then, her father, brother, and aunt have all been diagnosed with various stages of colon cancer. Like Ramsey, her aunt also tested positive for Lynch.

"I was the whistleblower," Ramsey, 40, based in Mississippi, told Business Insider. Ramsey now wants her two young sons to test for Lynch once they're in their early 20s, the recommended starting age for her specific Lynch mutation.

Like most genetic testing, Lynch syndrome testing is relatively quick, cheap, and non-invasive. It involves a saliva test, a cheek swab, or a blood test, with the latter having the least room for error.

Still, it hasn't caught on: About 1 in 279 Americans (1.2 million people) are estimated to have Lynch syndrome, including between 3 to 5% colon cancer patients. Yet an estimated 95% of Americans with Lynch syndrome have no idea they have it.

All the while, cases of colon, breast, uterine, and pancreatic cancers are rising in young people, with colon cancer the deadliest cancer for adults under 50. "If you don't know, then you can't get help," Ramsey said, including earlier screenings or preventive measures such as hysterectomies.

"Ignorance is not always bliss."

The 'lowest hanging fruit' for cutting down cancer risk

Some experts view broader Lynch syndrome testing as a way to get more people screened for cancer before symptoms arise — and a way to potentially help entire families better understand their cancer risks.

Like Ramsey, the majority of people diagnosed with Lynch syndrome only get screened after they have cancer. In the US, the CDC's general guidelines recommend that colon and uterine cancer patients have tumors biopsied for Lynch, followed by Lynch syndrome screening for the patient if there are abnormal findings.

Some experts believe the lack of early genetic testing is a huge missed opportunity for reducing cancer risk. One 2021 study found that about 16.4% of 713 early-onset colorectal cancer cases could have been prevented if patients knew either their family history or had been genetically screened, and would have subsequently started getting colonoscopies sooner.

Lynch syndrome testing "has got so much potential, but it's not being utilized," Heather Hampel, a professor at City of Hope in California who specializes in clinical cancer genomics and Lynch syndrome, and a co-author of the study, told Business Insider.

While Lynch syndrome remains unknown to most Americans, some health systems are trying to expand testing to the broader population. Helix, a genetic screening company that first started out as a consumer DNA marketplace, started partnering with 17 health systems in 2021 as part of its "Population Genomics Initiative." The goal has been to introduce broader population-scale genomic programs that include testing for Lynch syndrome.

Dr. Cassie Hajek, the medical director of Helix, told Business Insider that most patients diagnosed with one of these hereditary conditions by Helix were completely taken aback by the news. "They're kind of operating on the assumption that their risk is just as it is in the general population, but in fact, it's significantly elevated," she said. "The whole goal is to identify these patients hiding in plain sight."

By knowing their genetic predispositions for cancer, they can both more easily start earlier cancer screenings and also inform their family members of their potential genetic risks.

Hampel noted that lowering overall cancer rates is complicated. We still don't know why colon cancer cases are rising so rapidly among young people, and lifestyle factors like sedentary routines and diets high in ultra-processed foods are far more difficult to control for.

"If the lowest-hanging fruit is family history and gene testing, and we can't even prevent those," Hampel said, "how are we ever going to prevent things where we need people to make lifestyle or behavioral changes?"

The ripple effects for families

Michelle York was 33 when she first heard of Lynch syndrome.

Up until that point, all she'd known was that her mom's side of the family had a long cancer history. Her great-grandmother died from colon cancer. Her grandfather had stomach and brain cancer. Her great-aunts died from liver, ovarian, and breast cancer, respectively. Her mother's cousin died from pancreatic cancer.

York's mother, a nurse at the time, had come across the term through her work. She tested positive for Lynch, along with York, her two siblings, aunt, uncle, and cousin.

At first, the news caused some anxiety. "Does this mean I'm going to get cancer at a young age?" York, 43 and based in Los Angeles, told Business Insider. "Does this mean every time I don't feel well, I'm going to immediately think I have cancer?"

However, once York and her family started getting routine cancer screenings, including annual colonoscopies, they felt more reassured than afraid, because they knew they could catch cancer early. York's mother had multiple precancerous polyps removed.

"None of us have had cancer yet, but we've had lots of scares," York said. She also wants her kids, ages 17 and 14, to test once they're older.

York's mother triggered something called "cascade testing," in which other family members test for Lynch and can take preventive measures to reduce their cancer risk.

Dr. Sapna Syngal, the director of research at the division of cancer genetics and prevention at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and the founder of its Lynch Syndrome Center, sees cascade testing for Lynch as a "real opportunity" to lower cancer risk, she told Business Insider.

Particularly for young people, if they test positive for Lynch in their 20s and start getting cancer screenings, "there's a really, really good chance that you could prevent that cancer by taking out polyps earlier on," she said.

There are also financial benefits to knowing you have a genetic predisposition to cancer. While insurance coverage for Lynch-related cancer screenings can vary, Hajek said her patients typically have a more "straightforward" experience in getting otherwise expensive screenings like colonoscopies covered. York, for example, said her insurance covered her cancer screenings once she got her Lynch syndrome diagnosis.

Ultimately, Hajek said Lynch syndrome testing can help patients get more precise care than simply knowing they have a family history of cancer. Just as testing positive for Lynch can prompt someone to start cancer screenings sooner, testing negative can also relieve a person of anxiety about being at high risk of early-onset cancer and potentially call for less frequent cancer screenings than if they had Lynch.

York said she's ultimately grateful for finding out and knowing she can catch any early signs of cancer by starting annual screenings such as colonoscopies in her 30s — over a decade before the average-risk recommended screening age of 45. Both Ramsey and York also had hysterectomies and oophorectomies unrelated to cancer, which brought extra relief in also reducing their uterine and ovarian cancer risks to essentially zero.

"I think knowledge is power," York said. "Now, it almost feels comforting because I know that I started doing this young."

Lynch needs its Angelina Jolie

In 2013, Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times op-ed that she had tested positive for BRCA1, a gene that increases the risks of breast and ovarian cancer.

Her revelation — and subsequent operations to remove her breasts and ovaries — sparked an international drive to get tested for BRCA1/BRCA2. Years later, a study found that 15 business days after Jolie's op-ed went live, BRCA testing rose 64% in the US.

Over a decade later, researchers and patients are working to make Lynch syndrome screening similarly universal.

Getting every person screened comes with its own obstacles.

Lynch could be added to the list of genetic conditions screened for in newborn heel tests. However, critics of the idea believe it can create years of stress when the person with Lynch isn't recommended to start getting colonoscopies until they're in their early 20s.

Other routes, such as including Lynch syndrome testing when people join the military or go to college, would miss broad swaths of the population.

There's also the question of funding. Helix, for example, doesn't bill patients and instead relies on the participating health systems for financial support. Few hospital systems can afford to prioritize testing for a gene condition that impacts a small portion of the population.

Syngal said one immediate option for getting more people screened for Lynch is to follow York's route: consider getting tested if you have a family history of colon or other relevant cancers.

Since their diagnoses, Ramsey and York have tried to spread the word about Lynch syndrome testing. Ramsey is an official advocate for the non-profit Lynch Syndrome Awareness, while York, a full-time content creator, has shared her story on social media.

"It's scary when you first find out that you have a genetic mutation that predisposes you to cancer," York said. "But at the end of the day, knowing that and taking those precautions could ultimately save your life."

Además de ser conocida por su papel como la Viuda Negra en el Universo Cinematográfico de Marvel, Scarlett Johansson lleva años vinculada a la ciencia ficción con películas como Her y Ghost in the Shell. Y precisamente a ese género va a regresar la actriz con una cinta retrofuturista donde la trama se centra en una investigación criminal.

Se trata de Ray Gunn, el nuevo largometraje de Brad Bird, responsable de películas tan reconocidas como El gigante de hierro, Los Increíbles y Ratatouille. La producción llegará a Netflix el próximo 18 de diciembre y ya está despertando un notable entusiasmo entre la crítica, con una atmósfera que recuerda de forma inevitable a Blade Runner.

'Ray Gunn' apunta a convertirse en una de las grandes sorpresas de ciencia ficción de Netflix

La película nos traslada a Metropia, una ciudad retrofuturista en la que Ray Gunn, interpretado por Sam Rockwell, ejerce como el último detective privado humano. Su vida da un giro cuando se ve envuelto en la investigación de un caso relacionado con Venus Nova, una estrella del pop a la que presta su voz Scarlett Johansson y que está acusada de asesinar a su exmarido.

A partir de ahí, la historia combina cine negro, asesinatos, extraterrestres, negocios turbios y giros inesperados. Una mezcla que recuerda a la ciencia ficción detectivesca de Blade Runner, aunque con una identidad visual propia y el potencial creativo que ofrece la animación. 

Las primeras impresiones, además, son muy prometedoras. Ray Gunn se presentó en el Festival de Cine de Londres del BFI el 10 de octubre y ha conseguido un excelente 93% en Rotten Tomatoes. Además, una gran figura como es Guillermo del Toro también ha elogiado públicamente la película, destacando el espectáculo visual de esta aventura de ciencia ficción noir.

El estreno, además, llegará en una fecha especialmente competitiva para el género. El 18 de diciembre también se estrenarán en cines Vengadores: Doomsday y Dune: Parte tres, dos producciones que aspiran a acaparar buena parte de la conversación sobre ciencia ficción. 

Con una propuesta que mezcla misterio, estética retrofuturista y animación de alto nivel, la película de Brad Bird podría convertirse en una de las alternativas más interesantes de las Navidades. Y, si las primeras valoraciones se mantienen, también en una de las sorpresas del año.

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Antes de disfrutar de la juerga electoral recuerde que detrás de cada adversario hay un ser humano que ha sufrido lo mismo que usted. Y por lo mismo que usted. Y sepa que si aún no lo ha hecho, lo hará. Es importante por eso que se abstenga de llamar a sus rivales políticos como si fueran tribus en vez de personas. No diga zurdo, no diga facha, no diga fascista en estos días. Su lenguaje no modificará los votos y empobrecerá el diálogo. Un adversario agresivo no es más que un adversario que tiene miedo. Si usted es agresivo con él, tendrá aún más miedo.

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He de reconocer que, hasta ahora, creía que la postura escorada de los gobiernos autonómicos en favor de los centros de datos se debía a la misma injusta mezcla que nos afecta a buena parte de los españoles: la falta de información por parte de las grandes corporaciones promotoras y la diseminación por estas de algunos datos confusos y sobredimensionados en empleo e inversión. La labor que he tratado de desempeñar estos últimos meses, como investigador predoctoral del CSIC y de la UC3M, ha sido precisamente tratar de poner la información a disposición de los vecinos y las administraciones afectadas por estas instalaciones. Es por ello que recibí con ilusión la invitación de Unidas por Extremadura para comparecer en la Comisión de Economía, Empleo y Transformación Digital de la Asamblea de Extremadura con el objeto de ofrecer un análisis científico de los beneficios y riesgos asociados a los proyectos de instalación de grandes centros de datos en esta tierra. La misma tierra que cultivaron mis abuelos y de la que emigraron con la intención de que sus nietos pudieran estudiar en las instituciones en las que a día de hoy trabajo.

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