Science

Efforts to decriminalise suicide are winning ground Four countries have decriminalised suicide in the last year, a measure that campaigners say improves both mental health awareness and access to support...

MARINE scientists are warning that large parts of the ocean are heading towards a state of permanent heatwave, as average global sea temperatures rise.  In a new paper, researchers have...

A sail-powered freighter is the latest attempt to clean up the shipping sector. Electric ferries are also taking to the waves, but the route to a cleaner future is long...

SPEAKERS from the Vatican and NASA are set to headline Scotland’s largest data and AI event. Paolo Benati, AI advisor to the Vatican, and Katherine Rahil, Senior Scientist at NASA...

Synonymous with a lifestyle that’s in tune with nature, surfing is not as green as it appears. But solutions are on the horizon Seven-times national surfing champion, Lucy Campbell (main...

FIVE outdoor brands and the charity, Hatch Enterprise, are asking for UK grassroots organisations to apply to their Changemaker Programme. The Opening Up the Outdoors programme returns for its second...

En route to Uzhhorod bus station on Ukraine’s Slovakian border to buy a one-way ticket to Prague, Dr Albina Zharkova (main image) was in a quandary: did she really want...

NEW research shows a higher risk of Covid-19 hospitalisation or death for the white Gypsy/Traveller ethnic minority group. The research, which looked at over 4.3m people in Scotland, was led...

Whether it’s seaweed packaging or bricks made from cow dung, a new crop of award-winning product designers are turning away from fossil-based plastics and chemicals Glance around your home and...

UNIVERSITY of Dundee has developed a placenta on a chip, which could transform research into life-threatening conditions in pregnancy. iPlacenta, developed by experts at Dundee’s School of Medicine, allows researchers...