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Gliese 12b, which is around the same size as Venus, orbits its sun every 12.8 days. The sun, called Gliese 12, is a cool red dwarf star located in the constellation Pisces.

Schuyler Jones, a globe-trotting American anthropologist and adventurer whose exploits drew comparisons to iconic movie character Indiana Jones, has died.

The Russell Group is a prestigious association of 24 leading public research universities in the United Kingdom, known for their focus on research and academic excellence. These universities are often seen as the UK's equivalent to the Ivy League in...

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is estimated to boost the UK economy by nearly £1 billion, with fans spending on tickets, travel, and merchandise, according to Barclays bank. The tour has achieved significant milestones and is projected to double its ticke...

New SNP leader John Swinney aims to unite the party and push for independence despite challenges from within and a resurgent Labour party. He seeks to revitalize the party's fortunes and lead Scotland towards independence.

Higgs predicted the existence of a new particle - the so-called Higgs boson - in 1964. But it would be almost 50 years before the particle's existence could be confirmed at the Large Hadron Collider.

As Britain's only giant pandas, Yang Guang and Tian Tian, prepare to return to China from Edinburgh Zoo, their departure highlights a decade-long conservation collaboration, failed breeding efforts, and a renewed hope for wild panda populations.

Explore top UK universities in 2024: Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, Edinburgh. Rankings, diversity, academic excellence. Times Higher Education report.

Edinburgh University's student newspaper, "the Student," has been saved from closure through a successful online fundraising campaign. The publication, founded in 1887 by Robert Louis Stevenson, was facing financial difficulties due to a loss of adv...

African Parks, a conservation charity, has acquired the largest private collection of rhinos in the world, the Platinum Rhino farm, with plans to release them into the wild over the next decade. The farm, previously owned by South African businessma...

More than 100 British universities have been affected by a staff boycott of marking and assessments due to a dispute over pay and working conditions. The universities have been unable to award some degrees, leaving tens of thousands of students and ...

That mammals ate dinosaur meat had been proposed before: another fossil showed a mammal died with dinosaur remains in its gut.

According to researchers from the University of Edinburgh, the new algorithm, called CoDE-ACS, was able to rule out a heart attack in more than double the number of patients, with an accuracy of 99.6 per cent in comparison to current testing methods.

The chief of Pakistan's anti-corruption watchdog has resigned after he was asked to do "certain things" by the federal government that were "unacceptable to him," media reports said on Tuesday. Aftab Sultan, the chairman of the National Accountabili...

Comets have been found hiding in rubbles of asteroids.

Essex police want to speak to US fugitive Nicholas Rossi about a rape claim.

Professor James Fallon claimed that Jeffrey Dahmer suffered from a borderline personality disorder (BPD).

Music learning is relegated to school functions and singing, mostly patriotic songs, whose aim is, ironically, not musical excellence but 'imbibing a feeling'.

The good news is that researchers have found that the existing viruses are less fit than the 2017 ones.