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People living in Scottish areas with street names commemorating Britain, such as “Queen”, “Royal”, “Regent”, or “London” are less likely to define themselves as Scottish only, new research from the University of St Andrews has revealed. The finding, by Dr Daniel Oto-Peralías, is par

The richest man in the world has announced his intent to create his very own “smart city” in the United States. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates plans invest $80 million (£61m) to buy 40 square miles of land just 45 minutes west of Phoenix to build around 80,000 residential units and thousands o

https://vimeo.com/239763594 Architects and designers in the US were invited to design, build and donate functional and one-of-a-kind outdoor dwellings for cats as part of an animal awareness initiative.

A building constructed in rural Kirkcudbrightshire in the early 1900s, which was designed to look like a castle for a herd of 12 cows, is to be converted into holiday apartments under new plans. The landmark building fell into serious disrepair and was placed on the Buildings at Risk register more t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N5skF6hHM8 A new visitor centre showcasing the archaeological remains of an ancient and mysterious temple to the Latin god Mithras has opened under Bloomberg’s new European headquarters in the heart of the City of London next to the Bank of England.

A massive 11,000-square feet Leonard Cohen mural was inaugurated in downtown Montreal this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the singer’s death. Artists El Mac, Gene Pendon and the MU collective based their work off a photograph that was originally taken by Lorca Cohen in 2008.

A Chinese city has built a museum that looks like a crab. The three-storey museum, designed to resemble the famous Chinese mitten crab, will introduce the crustacean's living habitat and celebrate the locals' tradition of eating the shellfish.

Donald Trump’s five-star golf resort in Aberdeenshire is among a number of courses that could face severe flooding by the middle of this century, according to a study. The Sunday Times reported Ordnance Survey research predicts the coast adjacent to the Trump International Golf Links resort, north

Artists from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design have used the latest technology to bring Dundee’s much-missed Royal Arch back to life for this year’s NEoN Digital Arts festival. Dr Alice Watterson and Dr Kieran Baxter combined their archaeological and animation skills to recreate

A 73-storey office tower in Hong Kong has been sold to a Chinese consortium in what is the highest transaction ever recorded for a single office building. CK Asset Holdings, owned by billionaire and Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-Shing, sold the "The Center" for HK$40.2 billion (£4.98bn).

Officials in the Austrian city of Salzburg have taken novel steps to address the increasing numbers of people injuring themselves by walking into lampposts while peering into the screens of their smartphones by putting airbags around the uprights. Locally, the word 'Smombies' has even been coined to

Ben Nevis, the UK’s tallest mountain, is among four Scottish peaks being offered for “adoption” in one-acre plots as a gift for Christmas. The John Muir Trust is inviting outdoors lovers to raise funds to be used to preserve the landscape of the famous peaks.

Workmen on Perth & Kinross Council’s £35 million A9/A85 project recently uncovered a large carved stone whilst excavating part of the site. Contractors Balfour Beatty stopped works in the area to allow archaeologists from Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust and Culture Perth & Kinross to ins

China is on course to complete the first phase of its massive virtual reality sci-fi theme park complete with huge 53 metre Transformer statue, by Christmas.

Would you be brave enough to live on Vampire Road or Headless Close? With less than a week to go before Halloween, online estate agent HouseSimple.com reveals the 30 spookiest streets in Britain. According to the company’s research, just 19 people had the courage to buy a property on one of these