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Jellyfish Shut Down A Nuclear Power Plant

Jellyfish invaded the cooling water at a Scottish nuclear power plant this week. There were so many of these aquatic creatures floating around, the plant had to shut down.


A Beautiful Building For The Scottish War Blind

Blind veterans in Scotland have a new place they can hang out and not hurt themselves.


The Worst Typist In The Universe Is A Scottish Cop

If someone were filming me at work, I’d be sure to do all sorts of cool stuff, like put my feet up on the desk and wear sunglasses. But if I had to use my computer, I’d be sure I didn’t type like it was the first time I’d ever seen a keyboard, as appears to be the case with this Scottish officer.


How To Survive A 300m Fall

British climber Adam Potter fell 300m down the side of a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. A helicopter crew found him half an hour later, standing on his feet reading a map. How did he survive?


Prisoners Hacking PlayStations For Charging Mobile Phones

Honestly, I’m beginning to think prisoners have been receiving some sneaky electricians’ training, such is the quality of rewiring skills they possess. From rewiring PlayStations into tattoo guns, Scottish crims have gone a step further down the sparky route.


Every Day Is A Fairground Ride For Wind Turbine Engineers

As you stagger into work and slump over your desktop like one of last night’s zombies, engineer Ross Kennedy is having an exhilarating ride atop a 100m-high wind turbine with the best views of Scotland. I’m not jealous… much. [Daily Mail]


See The World’s Fanciest Nuclear Submarine Pathetically Stuck In Mud

Aw, look at the poor British nuclear submarine, HMS Astute. The “world’s most advanced nuclear submarine” has run aground off the coast of the Scotland’s Isle of Skye, and it’s just sitting there like a sad mallard.


X-Rays Reveal Perfectly Preserved 300-Year-Old Pocket Watch

It looks like some crusty old rock, but this is actually an exquisite 17th century pocketwatch. And now, state of the art x-rays have revealed that its 300-year-old mechanisms are still perfectly intact inside its rusting shell.


Robots Are Taking Over In A New Hospital Opening In Scotland

Robots (albeit not quite as pretty as Salma Hayek in Across The Universe) are replacing humans in a $US444 million hospital opening in Scotland. They’ll take over some of the more menial duties of ward-workers, including bringing meals and dispensing drugs.


Street View Captures Superhero Pub Outing In Scotland

Now that Street View has covered 95 per cent of British roads, expect to see a lot more random snapshots of those eccentric Brits – like these, which show a comic book meet-up on a very remote island off Scotland.


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