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...
Scottish scientists sending kit to space to test an Einstein theory
Scottish scientists are sending a special kit they have built into space in an attempt to crack one of Albert Einstein’s theories – to...
Owning materials from an asteroid now legal in United States
Owning materials from an asteroid is now legal in the Unites States, after President Barack Obama signed the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act...
UK Science Budget to rise with inflation, scientists breathe sigh of relief
The UK Science Budget of £4.7 billion will rise with inflation, Chancellor George Osborne announced in Parliament on 25th November. British scientists breathed a...
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...
Treacherous and deceitful humans spread rapidly across the world
Humans have a treacherous and deceitful dark side, which partly explains why we spread so rapidly across the world, says an archaeologist at the...
2015 hottest year on record due to El Niño and human-induced global warming
This year - 2015 - is likely to be the hottest year on record, due to a combination of human-induced global warming and a...
Acorn worms and humans distant cousins, genetically speaking
Acorn worms and humans are distant cousins – these slimy invertebrates are closer to us genetically than many other animals, says a team of scientists...
European Robotics Week – Robots will change how we work, live and learn
Most scientists say robots will change how we work, learn and live in the future. This question, and several others will be explored from...
Cross dressing and girlfriend snatching is in the genes – for some birds
Whether you are into cross dressing, girlfriend snatching, or have a strong territorial instinct, is all down to your genes, that is, if you...