Scotland

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Illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars.

Scottish rocks to play a key role in Mars space mission

28 Jul 2023

Ancient rocks from the Isle of Rum in northwest Scotland are playing an important role in an international space mission to discover more about Mars...

Fighting for the rights of football fans

02 Feb 2022

How a Cambridge researcher fought for the rights of football fans and won.

Oldest Scottish manuscript to go on display in Aberdeen

24 Nov 2021

The Book of Deer, possibly Scotland’s oldest surviving manuscript, is set to return to the north-east of Scotland for the first time in 1,000 years...

Bottlenose dolphins in the Moray Firth. Scotland

Where the river meets the sea: the making of ethical decisions

10 Aug 2016

What is our place in the natural world – and how do we feel about the scientific advances that are changing the way we live? In her book Making a...

What limpets can tell us about life on Mesolithic Oronsay

19 Aug 2015

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, L is for...

Scottish autumn light, Credit: byronv2 via flickr

Time to solve the Scottish innovation problem

17 Sep 2014

A lack of innovation is starting to put Scotland’s economic prosperity – in or out of the union – at risk. Professor Paul Tracey argues it’s time for...

The 1487 edition of The Brus, one of the two oldest remaining copies in existence, has been conserved and rebound for research and public display. , Credit: Cambridge Colleges’ Conservation Consortium

Early surviving copy of The Brus conserved for Bannockburn anniversary

22 Jun 2014

One of the two oldest surviving copies of 'The Brus' – a medieval poem famous for its vivid, early description of the Battle of Bannockburn – has...

The (Victorian) case for a referendum on independence

18 Dec 2013

As the referendum on Scottish independence approaches in 2014, new research shows how a founding father of constitutional law in the United Kingdom...

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New study reveals that the ban on alcohol multi-buy promotions in Scotland did not reduce the amount of alcohol purchased

25 Nov 2013

Researchers advocate for stronger measures to reduce alcohol-related harm in the UK

A slice of Cumbria’s medieval past

01 Jul 2011

Jocelin of Furness was one of the most significant writers to emerge from England’s north-west during the Middle Ages, but historians have tended to...

John Speed's proof map of Cambridgeshire

Mapping the origins of a masterpiece

21 Apr 2011

Published 400 years ago, the first comprehensive atlas of Great Britain is being celebrated by Cambridge University Library, home to one of only five...