Man with fur seal bite given urgent attention in South Atlantic
A man with a fur seal bite was given urgent medical attention in the South Atlantic by British forces. The patient was visiting the...
Scottish equipment to put Einstein theory to the test in LISA Pathfinder spacecraft
Scottish scientists are loading special equipment they created into the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft to test an Albert Einstein theory – to detect ripples (low frequency...
Graphene microphone 32 times more sensitive than standard ones
A graphene based microphone was found to be almost 32 times more sensitive than the standard nickel-based ones, researchers from Serbia and France reported....
Snakes lost legs to hunt and live in burrows not the sea
Snakes lost their legs to be able to more effectively hunt and live in burrows - Scottish and American scientists have concluded after studying...
Huge climate change marches in Australia and New Zealand
Huge climate change marches are taking place across New Zealand and Australia this weekend, urging governments to take a much tougher stance on climate...
SpaceX Falcon 9 debris marked with US flag found off Isles of Scilly, UK
SpaceX Falcon 9 debris has been found off the coast of the Isles of Scilly, UK, by a local boatman, who initially thought it...
Supermassive black hole swallows star then spits our flare
A supermassive black hole was observed swallowing a star the size of our Sun and then spitting out a flare of matter moving at...
Snakes lost legs to live and hunt in burrows, new study suggests
Snakes lost their legs when they evolved and started living and hunting in burrows, a team of scientists from Scotland and the United States...
Treachery and moral disputes triggered rapid human global expansion
Treachery, moral disputes and feelings of betrayal triggered a significant increase in the rate at which humans spread across the globe about 100,000 years...
Paris Climate Summit aims to avoid rift between richest and poorest nations
One of the aims of the Paris Climate Summit, which starts on November 30 and continues until December 11, is to avoid a rift...