Tag: Nightlife

Sand retains its warmth for months, just as white-hot heat can generate electricity. Now a venue manager from Glasgow has discovered another means of producing energy, providing climate control by using the body heat of venue-goers. To cool rooms, special ceiling-mounted devices collect heat from the air and transfuse it into fluid. Using boreholes, this, in turn, is funnelled...

Office noise can be soothing and silence liberating. Now, thanks to a New York startup’s new app, users can search for venues according to internal noise levels. Meaning our ears can be protected from undue strain or harm. Places are graded in four categories with anything under 70 decibels designated ‘quiet’ and anything over 81 as ‘very loud’. Data...

From the ugly duckling to the proud swan. The animals are elegant and white. Just like the majority of cast members who perform Tchaikovsky’s most famous piece the world over. But the Paris Opera is committing itself to a new era of diversity. Up until recently roles of color were played by white dancers wearing masks. Five Black dancers...