3 h. ago Scots space boss says people born on Mars could be ‘a foot taller’

SPACE exploration chiefs believe the first humans born on Mars could be up to a foot taller than regular earthlings. Experts say the reduced gravity on the Red Planet would make people much taller — but a lack of sun would make them pastier. Dr Natasha Nicholson, the boss of Space Scotland, said malnutrition could...

Politics

58 h. ago NHS boss reveals up to 8,000 people will be hospitalised with flu by next week

Sir Jim Mackey tells NHS England board meeting that flu patients will take up between 5,000 and 8,000 hospital beds every day amid worst flu season on record

Science

66 h. ago Scotland isn’t just going to space — it’s building a space nation

Scotland is not just preparing for launch. We are preparing for leadership

Politics

3 d. ago Business minister to announce Scotland’s space strategy will be refreshed

Richard Lochhead will make the announcement at Space-Comm Expo in Glasgow later on Thursday.

Politics

3 d. ago ‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30

Exclusive: Brazil’s environment minister talks about climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves and the planetSoon after I returned home to Altamira from Cop30, I found myself talking about dinosaurs, meteors and “ambassadors of harm” with Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva.No one in government knows the rainforest better than Marina, as she is best known in Brazil, who was born and raised in the Amazon. No one is more aware of the sacrifices that environmental and land defenders have made than this associate of the murdered activist Chico Mendes. And no one worked harder to raise ambition at Cop30, the first climate summit in the Amazon, than her. So what, I asked, had it achieved? Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago New funding for space technology research as largest expo begins in Glasgow

Space-Comm Expo Scotland begins at the SEC on Wednesday, designed to showcase the UK space sector.

Technology

4 d. ago Scotsman Obituaries: Very Rev Dr Alan McDonald, former moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Very Rev Dr Alan McDonald, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 2006-2007. Born: March 1951 in Glasgow. Died: 29 September 2025, aged 74

Politics

5 d. ago Jamiroquai Glasgow Hydro Stage Times: Concert set times, setlist, tickets, age restrictions

The Space Cowboy is on his way to Scotland.

Politics

6 d. ago ‘I took literary revenge against the people who stole my youth’: Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu

As the first part of his acclaimed Blinding trilogy is released in the UK, the novelist talks about communism, Vladimir Nabokov – and those Nobel rumoursIn 2014, when he was travelling around the US on a book tour, Mircea Cărtărescu was able to fulfil the dream of a lifetime: a tour of Vladimir Nabokov’s butterfly collection. Cărtărescu is a great admirer of the Russian-American author, and shares with him a literary career that bridges the western and eastern cultural spheres – as well as a history of being mooted as the next Nobel literature laureate but never having won it.Above all, the Romanian poet and novelist shares Nabokov’s fascination with butterflies. As a child, he harboured dreams of becoming a lepidopterist. On a visit to Harvard, Cărtărescu was allowed access to Nabokov’s former office and marvelled at specimens the St Petersburg-born author had collected. “His most important scientific work was about butterflies’ sexual organs, and I saw these very tiny vials w...

Events

1 week ago TikTok's Marquay The Goat dead at 24: Mother heartbreakingly announces 'sweetest' social media star passed away

The influencer's mother Sonja Collins made the sad announcement  about her son (born Marquay Collins) as she shared a cute snap of them together on her Instagram on Wednesday.

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1 week ago Campbell soup boss caught on tape saying firm makes 's*** for poor people', lawsuit claims

Campbell’s has suspended top boss Martin Bally after he was allegedly caught on tape sneering that the “world’s most iconic soup brand” makes “s***” for poor people, US lawsuit hears

Economics

1 week ago Scottish scientists find space dust may be needed for life, in first study of its kind

It may be vital in increasing the building blocks required for life

Politics

1 week ago Scots scientists discover that space dust may be catalyst for building blocks of life

Researchers from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh are working alongside teams from Germany and the USA in the first study of its kind.

Politics

2 w. ago Martin Lewis issues '£100s refund' alert to millions born between 1985 and 2003

The Money Saving Expert founder issued the warning on his ITV show

Economics

2 w. ago Man who stabbed neighbour in parking space row jailed for seven

Attack left victim needing emergency surgery to chest wound and head injuries resulting in “significant” vision loss

Events

2 w. ago Up and coming rapper dies aged 21 as fans say 'rest in peace bro'

Rapper Maxon Margiela, born Mason Reyes, has been confirmed dead on Sunday in Miami, just a week after he allegedly attempted to take his own life

Events

2 w. ago Maxon Margiela dead at 21: Rapper dies one week after hospitalization over suicide attempt

Rapper Maxon Margiela - born Mason Reyes - has died at just 21. The rising star passed away in Miami on Sunday, one week after a reported suicide attempt.

Events

2 w. ago Hamas bus bomber who killed Briton is now among 15 terrorists freed in Turkey

Scottish-born Bible translator Mary Jane Gardner, 59, was killed in a 2011 bomb attack in Israel, as it is revealed the person responsible, Ishaq Taher Salah Arafah, is at large in Istanbul

Events

3 w. ago Nasa medical chief and SpaceX astronaut heading to Scotland’s largest space expo

JD Polk and Dr Sian Proctor will discuss how humans can live and work ‘long term’ in space.

Technology

3 w. ago America's first trans lawmaker convicted of child sex crime asked accomplice partner if they'd still go to heaven

Disgraced New Hampshire Rep. Stacie-Marie Loughton, who was born Barry Loughton, 41, pleaded guilty to child sex crimes in federal court last week.

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