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Did you know? Spider silk is five times as strong as steel!

Strong like spider silk

Scientists have discovered why spider webs are so strong

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Leaves take energy from the sun and turn it into food. Could the same process be used to create fuel?

Leaf fuel could help save planet


Cars and planes could run on fuel made by artificial leaves in the future, scientists say


Schools Journalist of the Year competition


Have a go at being a reporter for a chance to win a prize for your school and a family ticket to Edinburgh Zoo!


Avalanche expert Mark Diggins tests the snow in the Cairngorms. Pic: Colin Mearns/Newsquest Media.

Avalanche alert


Over a hundred avalanches in Scottish mountains this winter and counting …


Thinking aloud: researchers recreate imagined speech by decoding brain waves

Mind-reading breakthrough


Scientists find a way to hear patients’ thoughts without them speaking


Science & Technology Archive

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are created when sun storms send charged particles to Earth
Posted Friday, 27 January 2012 in Science & Technology

Night sky treat for Scotland

Solar flare creates spectacular northern lights show across country

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Three-year-old Ryan has been waiting for an operation since last August. Pic: Martin Shields; Newsquest Media
Posted Wednesday, 18 January 2012 in Science & Technology

Ryan gets 'gift of life'

Father thanks secret donor for saving the life of toddler who has leukaemia

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Modern scans let experts find out about mummies without unwrapping them. Pic: Stewart Attwood/Newsquest Media
Posted Monday, 16 January 2012 in Science & Technology

Mummies' secrets unwrapped

Visitors to come face to face with ancient mummies at new exhibition

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Study claims there are at least half as many planets as there are stars in the cosmos
Posted Thursday, 12 January 2012 in Science & Technology

Astronomers find ‘billions of planets’

Scottish team say there are other planets everywhere we look in the sky

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The portable all-terrain wireless device (Paws) is fitted to the dog's head and sends live video footage to human colleagues
Posted Tuesday, 10 January 2012 in Science & Technology

'Dogcam' to the rescue!

Search dogs to try out new camera system to find disaster victims

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'Alien signals' picked up by radio telescope were in fact just interference from Earth
Posted Monday, 09 January 2012 in Science & Technology

ET hasn't phoned home … yet

Scientists say sorry for false alarm over alien contact

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Posted Thursday, 22 December 2011 in Science & Technology

Daily What News round-up 2011

A look at some of our top stories from the past year

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Visitors can scan a barcode in one of the new windows with their smartphone to go to a special website all about the glass
Posted Wednesday, 14 December 2011 in Science & Technology

Space age windows come to Glasgow

Maryhill halls get super modern makeover

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No joke: Shawn Divin, 16, (left) and Jordan Mcginley, 18, were each given a three-year sentence
Posted Tuesday, 13 December 2011 in Science & Technology

Teens locked up over Facebook riot ‘joke’

Boys sentenced to three years each for trying to cause unrest

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An artist’s impression of what the rover will look like after landing on Mars
Posted Thursday, 01 December 2011 in Science & Technology

Mars Science Laboratory blasts off

Nasa has launched its most ambitious rover mission to Mars - a 900kg robot called Curiosity

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