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Second faulty cancer gene discovered on Shetland island
BBC News· 1 day agoScientists have traced a gene which can increase the risk of certain types of cancer back to a...
Here’s a look at the nuclear sub, other Russian warships that will visit Cuba next week
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe second ship, the Pashin, is an oil tanker that is part of the Russian Navy’s Arctic fleet. What...
'The Viking gene survey helped find my cancer'
BBC News· 1 day agoA Shetland woman has been telling how a search for a gene variant alerted her to her breast cancer diagnosis. Christine Glaser, from Whalsay, had been a...
General Election polls – latest: Labour could surpass 1997 landslide victory as YouGov predicts Tory...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoICYMI: Labour leading Tories by 20 per cent, Survation polling suggests Tuesday 4 June 2024 20:00 ,...
Where Disneyland hid all 52 Pizza Planet trucks during Pixar Fest — and how to find them
Orange County Register· 3 hours agoThe Pizza Planet delivery truck that has popped up as an Easter Egg in nearly every Pixar animated...
North Sea workers raise Super Puma helicopter safety fears
BBC News· 10 hours agoHundreds of North Sea oil and gas workers have said they would never travel in a helicopter involved...
Exploring history and wildlife on the UK’s storied coastal paths
National Geographic· 4 days agoThe UK has just over 11,000 miles of coastline, encompassing UNESCO World Heritage sites, dinosaur...
How Scotland's new election map reshapes the race
BBC News· 1 day agoThe general election on 4 July will be the first contested under a new electoral map in Scotland and across the UK. Scotland will return two fewer MPs to...
Sparks from the past: why we’re hunting through a century of data from Britain’s northernmost...
The Conversation· 3 days agoBuilt in 1913 as a naval radio station, the Shetland Isles’ Met Office at Lerwick provides the temperature reading you see on the top right-hand corner of the UK weather map ...
Astronaut's stories of space adventures for pupils
BBC via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe lesson in Corby marked the launch of a four-week program run by RM Technology and the UK first Spaceport, SaxaVord, in the Shetland Islands. It aims to offer children ...