However, the conversation took a turn when Stayt asked about whether the two-metre distance rule which the UK has been adhering to was in fact a rule or if it was only guidance. Mr Clarke explained: “At this point, I just want to reaffirm to people that our guidance is two-metres at this point and […]
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Here Are Four Ways Republicans Have Quietly Kept a Distance From Trump
The elderly constituent in a white blouse would pose a thorny political problem for many Republicans nationwide. Not so for Rep. Brian Mast, who, talking at a senior center in his Palm Beach district, gamely takes on her question: Should semiautomatic weapons be outlawed? The Florida congressman starts by establishing his firearm bona fides, from […]
Heartland Tech Weekly: Distance shouldn’t keep Silicon Valley and the Midwest apart
For many Silicon Valley venture capitalists, the five-hour flight to the Midwest may seem five times that long, considering most of their portfolio companies may currently be within a 30-minute drive. But distance shouldn’t keep Silicon Valley and the Midwest from working together — and in fact, Silicon Valley venture capitalists are likely to miss […]
New Horizons probe captures images at record distance from Earth
Voyager 1 has held the distance record for a captured image for the past 27 years thanks to its legendary “Pale Blue Dot” photo (3.75 billion miles away from Earth), but that milestone just got smashed. NASA’s New Horizons probe took pictures of Kuiper Belt objects at a distance of over 3.79 billion miles from […]
Celebrity Big Brother rewiew: Ann Widdecombe is the best housemate by some distance
It’s 100 years since women received the vote, so Channel 5 improbably decided to make it an “all ladies” affair for a few days before bringing in the lads on Friday. The best booking by some distance is Daily Express columnist Ann Widdecombe. Quite why she did it is beyond me, although she said she […]
The Trump Organization is set to distance itself from one of its biggest headaches in the Russia probe
Marty Lederhandler/AP The Trump Organization will end its contract with the real estate investment firm that owns the Trump SoHo hotel in New York, effectively ending Trump’s relationship with the troubled hotel. In walking away early from the deal, the Trump Organization will also distance itself from the controversial firm it worked with nearly a decade ago to develop the […]
Asteroid the size of Chelyabinsk meteor to fly past Earth at 1/8 of distance to moon
Published time: 5 Oct, 2017 08:16 Edited time: 5 Oct, 2017 08:17 A huge space rock approaching Earth is set to make a relatively close pass next week when it flies by our planet at about one-eighth of the distance to the moon. NASA said it would use the opportunity to test its ability to […]
Lidar tells distance, radar tells velocity, this new sensor does both
Enlarge / A new startup aims to make lidars, like the two shown here, obsolete. (credit: Wired) Silicon Valley is crawling with startups looking for a piece of the emerging self-driving car business. One of those startups, Aeva, just came out of stealth mode with a big write-up in The New York Times. Its breakthrough: building a […]
Pi can wirelessly charge your phone from a short distance
Despite Apple finally releasing phones with wireless charging, the technology has actually been around for several years. And the fact is, charging via a pad is still kind of a pain — you can’t really use them when they’re being charged and you either need a charging pad for every device or one ginormous pad […]
To Make a Long Distance Relationship Work, the First Thing Is to Overcome Jealousy
There’s that moment—that flash of jealousy you can’t control when you hear that your significant other (SO) has been spending time with someone else—and you’re hundreds or thousands of miles away. It’s a totally normal feeling, but it can ruin meaningful relationships if it gets out of hand. When you’re dealing with jealousy in a […]