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A Scottish research fellow studied the reports of sea creatures over the centuries to figure out why their shapes changes in reported sightings

How a Scots researcher solved the mystery of Nessie's shape

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Back in the day: The killing that helped usher in the Reformation

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St George: What was his story and why is he the English flag's namesake?

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Joining the dots between the Clearances, colonialism, land reform and climate change

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This is how close Scotland was to a full union with France

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WW2 airmen whose plane went down in East Lothian to be remembered with memorial

Gravestone rescue documentary celebrates Scotland-Norway links

Scottish volunteers' role in Spanish Civil War celebrated

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Trix the Tyrannosaurus rex is in town and ready for public

This is how a Scottish city's medieval heritage could influence video gaming

Back in the Day: Tommy Douglas – the Scotsman who gave Canada free healthcare

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Joseph Black: Chemistry pioneer and star of the Scottish Enlightenment

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Why Scots are tracing their pasts back to their family trees' roots

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Did any members of your family sign the historic Declaration of Arbroath?

Historic Glasgow performance by Robeson to be marked by play

The face of Neolithic man’s best friend discovered in Orkney

The story behind the UK Government's brutal Amritsar Massacre

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Stories of Scots legend Lorna Moon brought to life in new production

Giant challenge as Trix the T-rex prepares to meet Scots for the first time

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Secrets of Scottish whisky smuggling to be revealed at ancient distillery site

Back in the day: The story of the Scot who was a genius in any language

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Letters

Why did Tartan Week in New York get more attention than Arbroath?

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The Scottish fiction writer with much to tell about the times in which he lived

Proof that Scotland was independent 500 years before Bannockburn

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Planning under way to mark anniversaries of Declaration of Arbroath

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Author offers sneak peek into historic book to mark key Arbroath Declaration date

150 million-year-old 'crocodile fossil' gives insight into evolution

Public urged to help protect Culloden Moor

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Scots woman's support for Jews during Second World War detailed in new book

Back in the Day: 100 years since a deadly outbreak finally left Scotland

Search under way for Scottish Parliament's birthday 'babies' ahead of anniversary

How the maths skills of John Napier added up to a historic invention

Row over 'ridiculous' NTS demands for march to Bannockburn

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Historic stones found by schoolboy volunteering on community dig

Historic 17th-century gem shines again after 30 years of restoration work

Busting the myth that the SNP brought us Margaret Thatcher

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Back in the Day: ‘Dr Livingstone, I presume?’: A legacy confirmed

The sad death of the first prince to become the Duke of Rothesay

Explained: The '1604 rule' cited by Speaker ... and a question for all Scots

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The birth of a legend: Remembering Scotland's most famed explorer

Remembering the Longhope lifeboat disaster that broke the hearts of a nation

Tories upset at mild insult but what’s all the ‘Ragman Roll’ fuss?

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