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Iain Banks inspiring space travel

SCOTS writer Iain Banks is helping to inspire space travel - less than two years after his death. The celebrated science fiction author has been...

It’s light Jim, but not as we know it

SCOTTISH scientists have worked out how to put the brakes on the speed of light. Generations of school pupils have been taught that light slows...

Chimp murder as bad as Mexico say Scots academics

THE murder rate among chimps in the wild is similar to the worst parts of drug-ravaged Mexico, according to Scots academics. A team from St...

Scientists find remains of our ancestors

RESEARCHERS at the University of St Andrews have discovered what they think are the remains of our earliest known ancestor. The scientists were part of...

University of Glasgow research shows health inequalities imprinted on DNA

NEW research from the University of Glasgow shows that the health of the city’s most deprived residents could be impaired before they are even...

Number of “iPod zombies” triples, according to US study

By Alessandro Brunelli   The number of pedestrians injured while listening to headphones has tripled over the last six years, a US study found out. The data...

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