Tag: Science

Butcher’s shop job inspired career of Scotland’s top forensic scientist

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Deadline News Journalist - May 19, 2016

SCOTLAND'S top forensic scientist has revealed that her Saturday job in a butcher's helped inspire her career dealing with the dead. Professor Sue Black has...

Darwin may have “stolen” his theory of evolution from Perthshire farmer, says top academic

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Deadline News Journalist - March 16, 2016

CHARLES DARWIN may have “stolen” his theory of evolution from a little-known Perthshire farmer, according to top academic. In 1859 Darwin published On the Origin...

Scientists to research why some Scots are biologically blessed with natural midge repellent

Health

Deadline News Journalist - October 18, 2015

SCIENTISTS are launching research into why some Scots have developed a natural resistance to midge bites. It is currently known that around one in seven...

Scots scientists breakthrough will cause mites to “self destruct”

Health

Deadline News Journalist - August 2, 2015

SCOTS scientists have made a breakthrough which could provide relief to asthma sufferers across the world - by “silencing” the genes of the European...

Darwin’s finches offer fresh insights

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Deadline News Journalist - June 23, 2015

A bird family that helped Charles Darwin devise his famed theory has offered new insight into island biodiversity thanks to a study from Edinburgh...

Edinburgh study sheds light on thinking speed

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Peter Laing - April 17, 2015

SCIENTISTS have discovered a link between our genes and quick thinking skills in middle and later life. Researchers identified common genetic variants - changes in...

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