Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from National Museums Scotland

Machine that aided moon landing acquired by Scots museum as anniversary nears

The Facit Model LX calculator was used by Scottish scientist Archie Roy during the Apollo 11 mission.

Evening Standard

Viking-age jar found by metal detectorist to go on display for first time

The rock crystal jar is part of a wider collection of items discovered in 2014 called the Galloway Hoard.

Evening Standard

Exhibition of prehistoric Giants to make UK debut

It focuses on creatures such as the woolly mammoth, which roamed the Earth after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Next generation of Scottish filmmakers celebrated at national awards

THE next generation of Scottish filmmakers has been celebrated at a national awards ceremony ...

The National (Scotland)

'Rare' Roman coin found in Scottish Borders to go on display

A RARE Roman gold coin from almost 2000 years ago, which was found in the Scottish Borders, has gone on display ...

The National (Scotland)

Items found with 18th-century suspected murder victim go on show

The body was found in 1964 on the Isle of Lewis.

Evening Standard

Objects pulled from peat bog reveal secrets of 300-year-old cold case

Newly unveiled artefacts paint a picture of a life ‘cut tragically short’

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

166 million-year-old fossil found on Isle of Skye belongs to pony-size dinosaur from Jurassic

A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.

LiveScience

Jurassic dinosaur fossil extracted from cliff in Scottish island

A FOSSIL first spotted in a Scottish island over 50 years ago has finally been extracted from the base of the cliff where it was found and,…

The National (Scotland)

Fossil from dinosaur the size of a pony pulled from cliff on Isle of Skye

It dates from the Middle Jurassic period and is preserved in fragments, and experts believe it is an ornithopod

The Independent UK

Elgol dinosaur fossil found in 1973 finally extracted from Scottish cliff

The fossil dates from the Middle Jurassic period and is preserved in fragments, and experts believe it is an ornithopod

Evening Standard

Stories behind museum’s Gaelic objects to be told in new project

It is a collaboration between National Museums Scotland and Sabhal Mor Ostaig, the National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture.

The Independent UK

'Fascinating' Viking Age inscription reveals who owned immensely valuable 'Galloway Hoard'

A newly deciphered inscription suggests the immense "Galloway Hoard" found in Scotland over a decade ago was held in common.

LiveScience

Translated runes shed 'compelling' new light on who owned Galloway Hoard

A NEWLY translated runic inscription has shed “compelling” new light on who might have owned the Galloway Hoard, experts have announced ...

The National (Scotland)

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Newly translated runes shed ‘compelling’ new light on who owned Galloway Hoard

The Viking Age hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist in Balmaghie, near Kirkcudbright, in 2014.

The Guardian - UK

Mystery behind Viking-age treasure find in Scotland may finally have been solved

A runic inscription on one of the Galloway hoard’s elaborately decorated arm rings has been deciphered

Evening Standard

Large ‘tail vanes’ enabled pterosaurs to take to the air, scientists announce

A team led by palaeontologists at the University of Edinburgh used new laser technology to study the tail vane on a 150-million-year-old fossil.

The Independent UK

Researchers finally solve the mystery of the flying dinosaurs

Pterosaurs – commonly known as pterodactyls – lived some 225 million years ago

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The National (Scotland)

Historic 100-year-old festive photographs of rural Scotland released for first time

A GROUP of historic photographs offering a glimpse into Scotland’s rural past from more than 100 years ago will be available for the first time ...

The National (Scotland)

Fossils in Highland cave suggest polar bear ancestry for Scottish bears

NEW analysis of ancient bones and fossils found in a Highland cave has revealed evidence which could suggest polar bears once roamed Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Viking-age treasures discovered in Scotland to go on display in Australia

A hoard of “exceptional” Viking-age objects discovered by a metal detectorist in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014 will go on display in Australia…

Evening Standard

Galloway Hoard to go on display in Australia at start of international tour

The Viking-age items were unearthed in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014.

The National (Scotland)

'Iconic' Lewis chessmen redisplayed to allow for 'in the round view'

The “iconic” Lewis chessmen have been redisplayed in a case which allows visitors to see their backs for the first time...

The National (Scotland)

‘Utterly unique’ Bronze Age hoard found in Borders saved for the nation

An “utterly unique” hoard of hundreds of Bronze Age items discovered by a metal detectorist in the Scottish Borders has been saved for the…

Evening Standard

‘Utterly unique’ Bronze Age hoard saved for the nation

The Peebles Hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist in the Scottish Borders in 2020.

1 2 3

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Giants

13,238 stories

University of Edinburgh

197 stories

the University of Edinburgh

190 stories

Dumfries and Galloway Council

104 stories

the University of Southampton

67 stories

National Museums Scotland

63 stories

the University of Aberdeen

University of Southampton

38 stories

NMS

28 stories

the National Museum of Scotland

22 stories

National Museums

12 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.