Scotland

If you can manage to save $1 million, you'd have a heck of a nest egg and more overseas options for your retirement than Americans with smaller stashes.Some spots you might have dreamed about, such as Canada, Barbados and Sweden, have restrictive entry requir…

The following is an excerpt from The Way to the Sea: The Forgotten Histories of the Thames Estuary by Caroline Crampton. As one of the key entrances and exits to England, the estuary has been pivotal to London’s economic fortunes and in defining its place in …

In 2008, scientists from Oxford and Aberdeen University made a startling discovery in the northwest of Scotland. Near the village of Ullapool, which sits on the coast opposite the Outer Hebrides, they found a debris deposit created by an ancient meteor impact…

Holland, an experienced security analyst, has spent the last decade focusing on the intersection of digital banking, payments and security technologies. He has spoken at a variety of conferences and events, including Mobile World Congress, Money2020, Next Ban…

Clients often ask whether they can have their photos in black & white. My reply is always that Ill do black and white versions in the gallery if they work. If they help the image shout look at me. In the darkroom Back in 1986 when I got my first…

A team of scientists led by Ken Amor from the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University has uncovered evidence of the largest meteor ever to strike the British Isles. Based on scattered debris material first discovered near Ullapool, northwest Scotlan…

Some 1.2 billion years ago, an asteroid measuring over 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) wide smashed into northwest Scotland. Trouble is, scientists arent sure exactly where the meteorite struck, as traces of the crater are long gone. With new research, however, scien…

Scientists believe they have discovered the site of the biggest meteorite impact ever to hit the British Isles.Evidence for the ancient, 1.2 billion years old, meteorite strike, was first discovered in 2008 near Ullapool, NW Scotland by scientists from Oxford…

Scientists believe they have discovered the site of the biggest meteorite impact ever to hit the British Isles.Evidence for the ancient, 1.2 billion years old, meteorite strike, was first discovered in 2008 near Ullapool, NW Scotland by scientists from Oxford…

Its always gratifying to see your ideas take wing. Back in 2012, on a lark, Toshi Yoshihara and I broached a strategic concept we took to calling island-chain defense, or sometimes a Great Wall in reverse. Long story short, the conceit behind island-chain def…