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‘World first’ driverless bus service in Scotland axed due to low passenger numbers | UK News
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A driverless bus service thought to be a world first has been cancelled due to a lack of passengers. Stagecoach has run a fleet of self-driving buses on a 14-mile route between Fife and Edinburgh since the launch of the CAVForth project in May last year. However, the service, which still requires two members of…
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Scotland and Ireland rock formation dating back ‘hundreds of millions of years’ shows historic global freeze, study says | Science & Tech News
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A Scottish and Irish rock formation dating back hundreds of millions of years could be evidence of what scientists call snowball Earth, a new study says. The snowball Earth theory proposes that the planet’s oceans and land were covered by ice during at least two extreme cooling events between 2.4 billion and 580 million years…
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Taylor Swift’s Scotland fans danced so hard they set off earthquake monitors | Science & Tech News
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Fans at Taylor Swift’s Scotland concerts last weekend danced so hard they set off earthquake monitors, according to the British Geological Survey (BGS). Seismic activity was recorded up to six kilometres away during the three gigs last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield stadium, with some of her biggest songs causing spikes in activity…
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New species of pterosaur that lived nearly 170 million years ago discovered in Scotland | UK News
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A new species of pterosaur has been discovered on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The winged reptile, named Ceoptera evansae, lived between 168 to 166 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic period when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Professor Paul Barrett, merit researcher at the Natural History Museum, said the discovery was a “complete…
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Northern Lights set to be visible in parts of Scotland tonight | Science & Tech News
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Parts of Scotland will be treated to a display of the Northern Lights tonight. The spectacular sight comes during a period of heightened activity on the sun, whereby a coronal hole has emerged this week and hurtled superfast solar winds towards Earth. When these winds collide with our planet’s charged atmosphere during what are known…
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Large fireball meteorite spotted ‘burning up’ over Scotland and Northern Ireland sky | UK News
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There have been multiple reports of a mysterious “fireball” that lit up the night sky over Scotland and Northern Ireland on Thursday. The UK Meteor Network received over 200 reports of the “fireball” being spotted in the night sky at approximately 9pm on Thursday. It said it was “investigating to ascertain what the object was…