Every year on April 23rd, a celebration unfolds across the globe: World Book and Copyright Day.

As we gear up to spring forward in 2024, it's fascinating how the clock change can throw our inner timekeeping – our circadian rhythms – for a loop.

The light bulb occupies a significant place in the history of human innovation.

Imagine a world without the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). It's 2024, and we're celebrating not just a book, but a cultural treasure that has shaped the way we interact with the English language.

Labour's recent proposition, voiced by shadow health minister Karin Smyth at the Institute for Government (IFG), suggests a shift in handling certain eye conditions to high-street opticians.

With the arrival of 2024, it's the perfect time to set resolutions for better eye health and care. Our eyes, vital for how we experience the world, deserve our utmost attention.

Thanks to the twice-yearly switch between BST and GMT, we find ourselves thrown from our usual sleeping pattern and forced to live life an hour out of step.

When we focus closely on small print or fine detail for an extended period of time, or stare at a screen of one type or another all day, our eyes start to feel the strain.

Some new research from John Hopkins Medicine suggests that the presence of a specific protein may reveal whether a patient suffering from the wet form of age-related macular degeneration, may be safely weaned off treatment.

Eyestrain is the soreness we experience in the region just above or around our eyes.