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Schrödinger’s Brexit
SOMETIMES an analogy strikes you on the head with the force of a plummeting cricket ball. On Radio 4 yesterday, Hamish Johnson, editor of physicsworld.com, had the brilliant insight to explain the British government’s policy in terms of physics; Schrödinger’s Brexit.
The poor cat is stuck in a box with a radioactive substance and a poison; when the substance decays, the poison is released. Since it is impossible to predict when the substance will decay, the cat may be deemed simultaneously alive and dead. The only way to know is to open the box.
Before Britain voted to leave the European Union in June, then prime minister David Cameron promised to trigger Article 50 (the exit mechanism) immediately. Five months on, Article 50 has yet to be triggered. The new prime minister, Theresa May, has promised to do so by the end of March. But in terms of what Britain wants, we have heard nothing but platitudes: “Brexit means Brexit”, or “have our cake and eat it”. Pushed for details, Ms May has said there will be “no running commentary” on negotiations. In fact, it is quite easy to do a running…Continue reading
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FOR business travellers moving between cities, there’s no better place to get work done than the train. But for travellers in America, going by rail is generally not an option outside of the transit corridor from Washington, DC to Boston. And so people covering ground for business are often forced to make do with cars, and with whatever they can manage behind the wheel—which usually means making a lot of phone calls.
That could soon change. Just as airplane mode has restricted travellers from using cellular networks while in the skies, “driver mode” may soon severely limit communications on the road.
Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration called for makers of mobile phones and similar devices to include a driver mode on those products that will prevent drivers from making calls, sending texts and checking social media. Under these guidelines, all applications other than music and navigation could be locked for drivers.
“Distraction is still a problem,” the transportation secretary, Anthony Foxx, Continue reading
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