The launch of a new virtual reality app from VisitScotland means that people across the globe can now experience the dark skies at Galloway Forest Park. The launch of a new virtual reality app from VisitScotland means that people across the globe can now experience the dark skies at Galloway Forest Park.
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20 Years After Dolly the Sheep, Potential of Cloning Remains Unclear
On February 22, 1997, the world learned about a secret project that scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland had been working on. More than seven months earlier, on July 5, 1996, they had aided a Scottish Blackface sheep in giving birth to a Finn Dorset lamb codenamed 6LL3.
20 years after Dolly the sheep, potential of cloning remains unclear
JULY 05: Sophie Goggins from the National Museums Scotland views Dolly the Sheep during the opening of a major new development at the National Museum of Scotland on July 5, 2016 in Edinburgh,Scotland. On February 22, 1997, the world learned about a secret project that scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland had been working on.
20 years after Dolly: Everything you always wanted to know about the cloned sheep and what came next
It’s been 20 years since scientists in Scotland told the world about Dolly the sheep, the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult body cell. What was special about Dolly is that her “parents” were actually a single cell originating from mammary tissue of an adult ewe.
Life in the slow lane: Why supermarkets should rethink the need for speed
As a full-time parent to two young children, Aaron Saltzman’s ‘real’ day job provides practical, hands-on experience for the position of CBC’s Senior Reporter, Consumer Affairs. Nearly 20 years experience in television, radio and online news also helps.
Out of this world
Two Scottish sites are fighting hard to be the UK’s first designated spaceport but is the idea pie in the sky or will there actually be lift-off? Prestwick Airport in South Ayrshire and Machrihanish, near Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula, have recently stepped up their attempts to move into the space age. They have been liaising with the UK government and the UK Space Agency over the possibility of licences being issued to break out of commercial airspace into orbit.
Sandford Fleming: 5 facts you need to know about him
Hailed as the ‘Father of Standard Time’, Canadian engineer and inventor Sanford Fleming, is remembered for the invention of present system of time zones, which is still being followed all around the globe. Born on January 7, 1827 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, Fleming emigrated to Canada in 1847.
Google Doodle honours inventor of worldwide standard time
New Delhi, Jan 7 – Google has honoured Sandford Fleming, a Canadian inventor and engineer of Scottish birth known for his invention of worldwide standard time, with a Doodle. Today’s Doodle reflects Fleming’s legacy on this, the 190th anniversary of his birth, Google said in a statement on Saturday.