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University of Edinburgh

About University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter from King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of Scotland's four ancient universities and the sixth-oldest university in continuous operation in the English-speaking world. The university played a crucial role in Edinburgh becoming a leading intellectual centre during the Scottish Enlightenment and contributed to the city being nicknamed the "Athens of the North".

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In 2017, some scientists at the University of Edinburgh found a huge amount of helium in the middle of Scotland.

from No Such Thing As Duck Bill Hickok, 2022-09-15 at 00:29:18 ยท read transcript

Other times University of Edinburgh came up

  1. Sometimes it's weaker, sometimes stronger, but yeah. Wow, amazing. People have been, scientists have been making some wild assertions lately about there was a study done at the University of Edinburgh, I think, with the Bronx Zoo, which compared the personalities of house cats to the personalities of big cats. They tested them on extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness. I don't know how they test, they questionnaires were sent out or whatever.

    106: No Such Thing As A Six-Tier Japanese Human Pyramid, 2016-03-25 ยท listen

  2. People have been, scientists have been making some wild assertions lately about, there was a study done at the University of Edinburgh, I think, with the Bronx. zoo which compared the personalities of house cats to the personalities of big cats and they tested them on extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness and I don't know how they test, they questionnaires.

    No Such Thing As A Six-Tier Japanese Human Pyramid, 2016-03-25 ยท listen

  3. This is a really exciting study. It's the world's longest. bacteria study. It started in 2014 at the University of Edinburgh by a guy called Charles Cockrell, who's an astrobiologist, nice. It's, now it started in 2014, and you've heard me say it's the longest bacteria study ever. That's because of when, not because of how long it's been going so far, but because of when it's planned to end.

    No Such Thing As An Alexa In Heaven, 2022-07-22 ยท listen

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