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Star Trek used wormholes to jump through space – what’s the science behind them?

Since Star Trek began sending its crews out to explore strange new worlds 60 years ago, the franchise has both imagined and inspired new concepts for travel across the vast distances of space.

The Conversation · Sep 7

Edge of Armageddon: why does one of the world’s top thinkers believe we’re nearing nuclear apocalypse?

In a chilling new book, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli says we’re back on the brink – and this time, leaders chronically lack the nous of Kennedy and Khrushchev. So why is he against rearming?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25

How the 'delayed choice quantum eraser' experiment got us to rethink reality

Does the universe notice that we're paying attention to a quantum experiment? The answer goes against everything we thought we knew.

Space · Dec 20, 2025

Scottish Labour MP hopeful: My party helped Tory campaign in 2019

A LABOUR candidate admitted to helping the Tory campaign at the last election in a bid to defeat the SNP, The National can reveal.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 26, 2024

'The worst kind of politics': SNP expose Tory hypocrisy on low emission zones

THE Scottish Conservatives have been called out for “hypocrisy” over their opposition to the introduction of a low emission zone (LEZ) in…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 1, 2024

Fears for paralysed Glasgow dad as son claims carers not early enough to give him vital medicine

John Wheeler suffered a major stroke last March, leaving the 70-year-old bed-ridden. He has an allocated time-slot for a visit from home carers but his son John says he needs his medication sooner.

Glasgow Live · Jul 13, 2023