Beginning at 11:59:00 p.m. EST, as the clock ticks toward midnight on New Year’s Eve, The Times Square Ball, a prominent feature of celebrations in New York City’s Times Square, descends on a specially designed flagpole. It rests exactly at the stroke of 12 midnight, to signal the start...
Whether you have been married for many years or you are in a relatively new relationship, Valentine’s Day is a special occasion and a chance to spend quality time with the special person in your life. Watching romantic films and enjoying a quiet night in is one of the...
Global emissions are expected to decline by about 7% in 2020 (or 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide) compared to 2019 — an unprecedented drop due to the slowdown in economic activity associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
To put this into perspective, the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 saw a...
Two people in the United Kingdom have experienced an allergic reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This led the UK medicines regulator to issue precautionary advice earlier this week that “people with a significant history of allergic reactions” should not be given this vaccine for now.
This is an appropriate...
These are still only interim results, meaning they show only how the ongoing phase 3 trial has progressed so far. The final results may differ. But what this analysis reveals is how the Oxford team calculated its vaccine’s efficacy, which it announced in late November.
This interim analysis included 11,636...
Brighton businesses of all sizes teamed up to raise money, as well as local awareness for Brighton’s homelessness prevention charity, Justlife.
The online fundraising campaign organised by Projects, a Brighton coworking and serviced office space, tapped into the online networks of 16 local businesses to raise £2,124 in one week (30 Nov...
Coffee has many benefits other than just helping you wake up in the morning and starting your day on the right note. Although that benefit alone might be the biggest reason why you drink coffee, scientists are finding a lot of positive health benefits that result in drinking coffee....
It is a chilly morning and in between warm cups of tea, I continued with my research on the dos and don’ts of lockdown. Mulling over what I have read, I think if unchecked we are as society subtly moving towards totalitarianism.
I know it sounds preposterous, but if you...
As the world has just begun to recover from the initial coronavirus strain, and the impacts of the Delta variant, yet another variant of COVID has been discovered.
On November 26th, the World Health Organisation (WHO) named the new variant Omicron, and designated it a variant of concern, due...
Stuck for gift ideas this year? Then head down to POD, Brighton's boutique massage chair studio, at 4 Hanningtons Lane in the South Lanes and pick-up a POD gift package.
POD is thrilled to open its doors again after Lockdown 2.0 and help fellow Brightonians discover affordable, convenient and Covid-secure...
