All posts tagged: Distance

6 animal fathers who go the distance

6 animal fathers who go the distance

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. In the animal kingdom, fatherhood exists on a spectrum. Some species like grizzly bears or lions will leave after mating and never really interact with their offspring again. Others do everything from keeping eggs warm solo to carrying their young in their mouths and even giving birth.  “By the male investing in offspring it increases the chance of their survival, and specifically the survival of his genes,” Karen McDonald, an educational specialist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center tells Popular Science.  “Male-only parental care is rare in mammals and vertebrates, but it’s surprisingly common in ray-finned fish (over 50 percent of families), with many species caring for large broods of their offspring from different females. In birds, male-parental care is less than one …

Sarah Ferguson’s plan to distance herself from ‘toxic’ and ‘unsophisticated’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Sarah Ferguson’s plan to distance herself from ‘toxic’ and ‘unsophisticated’ Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sarah Ferguson has taken herself fully out of the limelight amid her ex-husband, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s very public fall from grace. After 18 years of living together, the former couple have gone their separate ways with Andrew holed up at Marsh Farm in Sandringham and Sarah left without a permanent home. It is clear that the mother-of-two is now trying to distance herself from Andrew despite previously stating they were the “happiest divorced couple in the world”. Andrew Lownie, author of the book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, which documents Andrew and Sarah’s downfall, has lifted the lid on what he thinks is going through Sarah’s mind right now. “They were kind of joined together – them against the world – and that’s now clearly fractured. I think she feels that he’s toxic and that he’s going to destroy her branding opportunities, so it’s time to go off on her own,” he wrote.  Sarah and Andrew lived together despite their divorce Ingrid Seward, the editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, points out that she …

Why I’m running for time, not distance, as I ease back into running

Why I’m running for time, not distance, as I ease back into running

Published by Jenni Sidey

Swept up in running fever at the start of spring, I jumped at the chance to sign up for the Berlin Marathon at the end of September. The only issue was that I had hibernated through the winter and hadn’t laced up my running shoes in months. I wanted to get to the start (and finish) line in one piece, so I asked an expert coach how to safely start running again after an extended break. Latest Videos From You may like His advice applies to anyone—whether you have a long history of running or you’re coming to it completely fresh. “The key is to build gradually, prioritize consistency and avoid doing too much too soon,” James Wauchope tells Fit&Well. To achieve this, the Altra Running ambassador says it’s imperative you “progress time, not distance”. “Rather than aiming for specific mileage targets early on, it’s often better to run for time. This allows for more flexibility and reduces the risk of overloading too quickly.” Start your week with achievable workout ideas, health tips and wellbeing …

11 Uncomfortable Text Messages From Adult Kids That Mean They’re Drifting Away From Their Parents

11 Uncomfortable Text Messages From Adult Kids That Mean They’re Drifting Away From Their Parents

Published by Jenni Sidey

Not everyone is close with their parents once they’ve moved out and built a life on their own. When your mom and dad didn’t do a great job connecting with you, it can feel pretty unimportant to touch base with them as soon as you don’t really need to. There are also times when people who were once close with their parents start drifting away, even if they never really had any issues between them. When this happens, the nature of the communications often changes, and the text messages they send might feel particularly uncomfortable. They may no longer feel content with their relationship dynamic, or they simply may not see their parents as their priority now, but when kids start sending these kinds of texts, they are distancing themselves and drawing boundaries where they probably never existed before. These are 11 uncomfortable text messages from adult kids that mean they’re drifting away from their parents 1. ‘I’ve just been really busy’ PreciousJ | Shutterstock Sure, everyone gets busy from time to time. Whether it’s …

A brief history of the cosmic distance record

A brief history of the cosmic distance record

Published by Jenni Sidey

In 1675, Newton famously wrote , “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Behind the dome of a series of European Southern Observatory telescopes, the Milky Way towers in the southern skies, flanked by the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, at right. Although there are several thousand stars and the plane of the Milky Way all visible to human eyes, there are only four galaxies beyond our own that the typical unaided human eye can detect. We did not know they were located outside of the Milky Way until the 1920s: after Einstein’s general relativity had already superseded Newtonian gravity, demonstrating how significantly we stand on the shoulders of the giants that have come before us. Credit: ESO/Z. Bardon (www.bardon.cz)/ProjectSoft (www.projectsoft.cz) But in the Universe, cutting-edge telescopes and instruments reveal the greatest cosmic depths. Spirals, initially recorded as faint, fuzzy objects with no discernible structure through more primitive telescopes, were clearly observed since the mid-1800s to be prevalent in the night sky. But their nature was a mystery, …

Catherine, Princess of Wales ‘was first senior royal to completely distance herself from former Prince Andrew’

Catherine, Princess of Wales ‘was first senior royal to completely distance herself from former Prince Andrew’

Published by Sam Flores

Catherine, Princess of Wales is said to have been the first senior royal to completely distance herself from the former Prince Andrew. As the fallout from the disgraced ex-duke’s association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein deepened inside the monarchy, the future queen totally stepped away from her husband’s uncle, according to royal author Christopher Andersen. Catherine, 44, is said to have refused to engage with Andrew, 66, during family gatherings and holidays as concern grew over the reputational damage surrounding the disgraced duke. The claims were made by Andersen during an interview with Page Six while promoting his latest royal book, Kate! The Courage, Grace, and Power of the Woman Who Will be Queen. Christopher said: “She is the first royal to cut (Andrew) off, to turn her back on him.” The royal author also claimed Catherine prevented Andrew from attending her annual Christmas concert at Westminster Abbey. Christopher added: “He asked, through intermediaries, if he could slip in a side door.” According to Christopher, the response was direct. He said: “Nope, we don’t want your …

Canada Announces Investment Fund to Distance Economy From the U.S.

Canada Announces Investment Fund to Distance Economy From the U.S.

Published by Sam Flores

new video loaded: Canada Announces Investment Fund to Distance Economy From the U.S. transcript Back transcript Canada Announces Investment Fund to Distance Economy From the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Canada Strong Fund, which will focus on investments in the country’s infrastructure. The sovereign wealth fund seeks to make the Canadian economy less dependent on the Unites States. Hello — bonjour. We’re proud to announce a new pillar of our plan, the Canada Strong Fund, Canada’s first national sovereign wealth fund. So here’s how it works: A sovereign wealth fund is essentially a national savings and investment account. It’s designed to grow wealth for future generations of Canadians. Many countries, many countries that are blessed with natural resources — like Norway — have sovereign wealth funds. Canada hasn’t had one until now. The new Canada Strong Fund will give all Canadians a direct stake in building Canada strong. And we do this because these projects have wider benefits to our economies. For the first time in our history, every Canadian will hold a …

Cabinet Ministers Distance Themselves From Starmer Over Mandelson Scandal

Cabinet Ministers Distance Themselves From Starmer Over Mandelson Scandal

Published by Sam Flores

Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson during a welcome reception at the ambassador’s residence in February last year. Cabinet ministers are distancing themselves from Keir Starmer as the Peter Mandelson scandal threatens to engulf his premiership. Pat McFadden, usually seen as a Starmer loyalist, became the latest senior Labour frontbencher to question the prime minister’s judgment over the controversy. Appearing on Times Radio, the work and pensions secretary repeatedly refused to that Olly Robbins was treated “fairly” when he was sacked by Starmer as the top civil servant in the Foreign Office last week. Robbins paid with his job for giving Mandelson security clearance to become the UK’s ambassador to Washington without informing the PM. In a blockbuster appearance before a Commons committee on Tuesday, Robbins said there had been “constant pressure” from No.10 for Mandelson’s appointment to go through. Asked by Times Radio’s Kate McCann if the highly-respected mandarin had been treated fairly, McFadden said: “I do know Olly Robbins. And as I said, I think very highly of him. “I think if the prime …

Ask Ethan: How did Artemis II break Apollo’s distance record?

Ask Ethan: How did Artemis II break Apollo’s distance record?

Published by Jenni Sidey

On April 6, 2026, humanity set an all-time record as part of the Artemis II mission: the distance record for how far a living human has ever traveled away from planet Earth. Traveling farther than any other humans in history, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen reached a maximum distance of 406,773 km (252,757 miles), breaking the previous record set way back on April 15, 1970 by the Apollo 13 mission. For 56 years, the Apollo 13 record stood, as those astronauts reached a maximum distance of 400,171 km (248,655 miles): a record that has now been extended by an impressive 6602 km (4021 miles), greater than the radius of the Earth. But why did this happen? What enabled the Artemis II mission to surpass the Apollo-era distance record? That’s what Daniel Fleisher wants to know, writing in with the following inquiry: “NASA is telling the world that the Artemis mission has now traveled farther from Earth than any previous crewed space mission. I don’t doubt them, but what explains it? …

The Three Times Jesus Performed Long Distance Healings – OpentheWord.org

The Three Times Jesus Performed Long Distance Healings – OpentheWord.org

Published by Sam Flores

Jesus Healing the Centurion’s Servant by Thomas Charles Barfield (1858-1942), Wikipedia, Public Domain I was recently at a prayer meeting in home of friends, where we prayed for several people who are sick. As is often the case, most were not present when we prayed for them. But as we study Jesus’ healings in the Gospels, the overwhelming majority were ‘close proximity’ healings. Jesus was physically present. Most were healed as Jesus laid hands on them as we read in Luke 4:40. This was Christ’s most common method of healing. But not always. Perhaps, the strangest involved the woman with the issue of blood, who touched the hem of Christ’s garment and was instantly healed. In that instance, Jesus actually felt the healing virtue leave His body, as it was pulled out by the woman’s faith (Luke 8:46). This transference of the Holy Spirit’s healing power may explain why laying on of hands was Christ’s preferred method. There were also times, when Jesus healed people with His words. But again, they were close enough to …