As Australian scientists try to learn more about how the deadly COVID-19 spreads – and develop a vaccine to stop the new global threat – a group of health professionals have detailed the public places you should be wary about coming into contact with. A study published in The Journal of Hospital Infection in February looked … Read more
It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee! The best places to get your caffeine fix in New York New York has a thriving scene of independent coffee shops and mini-chains Refuel at Ground Central on Lexington Avenue after a Bloomingdale’s spree Sey Coffee, Brooklyn, is a bright coffee house with a ‘micro-roastery’ in the … Read more
I have swum in crystal-clear English rivers at the height of summer, raced across New York to take a dip in lidos in all five of its boroughs in a single day, and dived into plunge pools beneath turbulent waterfalls deep in the cloud forests of Costa Rica. In short, I am obsessed with swimming. … Read more
Smokers ‘contaminate public places’ by releasing dangerous tobacco chemicals from their clothes, scientists claim. In the first study of its kind, researchers were able to track how levels of chemicals in a movie theatre changed when smokers walked in. Toxins soared during films for adults – when smokers were present. Cinema goers were exposed to the … Read more
The High Tatras mountain range in Slovakia has been named as the best place to visit in Europe in 2019 by a prestigious travel guide. The region has topped Lonely Planet’s Best in Europe 2019 list, with well-travelled judges praising its ‘mythical landscape of crooked peaks and plunging waterfalls’, as well as the opportunity to spot rare … Read more
If you don’t want to mark your match-up the same way as every other loved-up pair for Valentine’s Day, pay close attention. Here we’ve rounded up ten of the lesser-known places linked to love around the globe, from bizarre kissing statues in Georgia to the I Love You Wall in Paris. The Tunnel of Love, Klevan, … Read more
Bored with standard holiday rentals? Blasé about top-end hotels, or Premier Inns and Travelodges? Never fear — websites are overflowing with madcap options, from sleeping in a former Soviet prison to a suite in a crane in Amsterdam, and a hut in the Arctic. Here are ten of the wackiest… Bed down on an Arctic … Read more