On a grey November morning, as most of the city is still waking up, small groups gather on the shingle by the West Pier. They peel off their coats, wade into a sea of around 13°C, and swim. For hundreds of Brighton residents, the winter dip has become a...
By Miriam O'Duill, University of Nottingham
How handy would it be if you could make your tattoos invisible for a job interview in the morning, and reveal them again for a party in the evening? This sounds like science fiction, but it may soon be reality.
Researchers at the University of...
An extra hour in bed sounds like a good deal. But while our phones may update to the autumn time change automatically, our body clock isn’t quite so quick. You may even find yourself waking up earlier than normal and ready for bed before your evening has properly begun.
The...
Wifi on the go is often unreliable – on buses, trains and, increasingly, planes. Whether via cellular or satellite systems, connectivity at speed suffers from highly variable signal coverage and strength. This leads to delays, degraded data speeds and service interruptions.
To address these issues, the UK government has announced...
More than 900 wheelchairs donated by two Australian charities for injured children in Gaza have been sitting in warehouses in Jordan for more than 18 months. The charities, and the Jordanian aid organisation storing them, say Israeli restrictions on aid deliveries have kept them out. Israel says it has...
An Israeli-made documentary examining the war in Gaza and allegations of systematic civilian killings has won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, after receiving a record-breaking standing ovation at its premiere.
NAZA, directed by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, was awarded the prize at the...
You finish a lecture, a meeting, a conversation with someone you care about. And what do you do? You reach for your phone. You stick in your earbuds. You fire up a podcast, a playlist or whatever algorithmic feed is currently consuming your life.
It feels productive. It feels like...
Fifty-three years ago, convicted criminal Jan-Erik Olsson walked into a bank on Norrmalmstorg, a square in central Stockholm, pulled a submachine gun from under his jacket and fired at the ceiling. Concrete and glass rained down. “The party has just begun!” he shouted in a fake American accent, before...
BRIGHTON, 24 August 2026- Nick Staunton
Brighton & Hove Albion produced one of the standout performances of the Premier League’s opening weekend with an emphatic 4–0 victory over Aston Villa at the Amex Stadium, leaving Unai Emery with an immediate rebuilding problem at the start of the new campaign.
The damage...
UPDATED-AUGUST 2026
Magic mushrooms are better known for producing hallucinations and altering people's sense of reality than for treating brain diseases. Most people associate them with tripping, rather than Alzheimer's disease.
But a report on an individual patient has prompted scientists to ask whether psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms,...
