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Scorpion toxin
Scorpion toxin: venom peptides targeting Na, K, Ca, Cl, and TRP ion channels. Long-chain 60-70 aa alpha/beta toxins cause envenomation; short-chain 30-40 aa peptides block K+ channels; chlorotoxin used in tumor imaging.
Scorpions (band)
Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965, best known for 1980s melodic arena rock, the ballad "Wind of Change", and over 100,000,000 records sold.
Scorpions of Australia
The scorpions of Australia number 49 described species, likely over 500 in total, dominated by the endemic burrowing genus Urodacus, with stings that are painful but not medically significant.
Scorpions of Europe
The scorpions of Europe number about 76 valid species as of 2018, nearly all harmless, with Greece the most diverse national fauna and a famous introduced colony in Kent, England.
Scorpions of Mexico
The scorpions of Mexico make it the most scorpion-diverse country in the world, with 281 to 311 species in eight families, dominated by Vaejovidae and including the lethal genus Centruroides.
Scorpius
Scorpius, the Scorpion, is a zodiacal constellation of the southern sky whose brightest star is the red supergiant Antares and which lies near the direction of the galactic center.
Scorpius–Centaurus association
The Scorpius–Centaurus association (Sco OB2) is the nearest OB association to the Sun, a gravitationally unbound grouping of young stars 118–145 parsecs away with at least 150 B-type stars.
Scot A. Wolfe
Scot A. Wolfe is a molecular biologist and professor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts, known for work on protein–DNA recognition and CRISPR gene editing.
Scot Halpin
Scot Halpin (Thomas Scot Halpin, 1954–2008), American artist and musician from Muscatine, Iowa, replaced an unconscious Keith Moon on drums at The Who's 20 November 1973 Cow Palace concert, playing Smokestack Lightning, Spoonful, and Naked Eye.
Scot Martin
Scot T. Martin is an American atmospheric chemist who received a 1998 Presidential Early Career Award at UNC Chapel Hill and has been a Harvard professor since 2000.
Scot Pollard
Scot Pollard, NBA center (1997-2008), Kansas Jayhawk, 19th pick in 1997 draft, 2008 Celtics champion, Survivor season 32 contestant; received a heart transplant at Vanderbilt in February 2024 and now advocates organ donation.
SCOT-HEART trial
SCOT-HEART (Scottish Computed Tomography of the Heart) trial: Scottish RCT of 4,146 stable chest pain patients showing coronary CT angiography plus standard care reduced CHD death or nonfatal MI at 5 and 10 years.
Scotch Ale
Scotch ale, also called wee heavy or Strong Scotch Ale, is a strong, malty Scottish top-fermented beer (BJCP 17C), 6.5-10% ABV, low-hopped, cool-fermented, descended from Edinburgh Ales, with no peat-smoked malt.
Scotch egg
Scotch egg: a hard-boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, breadcrumbed, and fried; a British pub and picnic snack. Claimed 1738 by Fortnum & Mason, first printed 1808, possibly descended from Indian nargisi kofta.
Scotch Game
The Scotch Game, also known as the Scotch Opening, is a chess opening beginning 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4, named after an 1824 correspondence match won by Edinburgh.
Scotch whisky
Scotch whisky, legally defined by the Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009, is whisky distilled and matured in Scotland for at least three years in oak casks. Key facts: five legal categories, 1494 first record, £5.3bn 2025 exports, US tariff history.
Scotch Whisky Association
The Scotch Whisky Association is the trade association representing the Scotch Whisky industry. Founded in 1912 and based in Edinburgh, it advocates on tax, trade, and regulation, and protects Scotch Whisky's legal definition.
Scotch yoke
The Scotch yoke is a mechanism that converts rotation into reciprocating linear motion, producing exact simple harmonic motion from a crank pin sliding in a slot.
Scotch-Irish Americans
Scotch-Irish Americans, also called Ulster Scots Americans, are Americans descended from Protestant settlers, mostly of Scottish origin, who settled in Ulster and migrated to colonial America in the eighteenth century.
Scotford Upgrader
The Scotford Upgrader, opened in 2003 as part of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project near Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, converts oil sands bitumen into synthetic crude oil and feeds the Quest carbon capture facility.
Scotia - Fundy
Scotia - Fundy (FEOW ecoregion 119) is a temperate coastal rivers freshwater ecoregion covering Nova Scotia including Cape Breton Island, draining to the Atlantic via the Bay of Fundy or Gulf of St. Lawrence, home to the endemic Atlantic whitefish.
Scotia Gas Field
The Scotia Gas Field is a coal seam gas field in the Bowen Basin, Queensland, operated by Santos and producing since 2002 as its first coal seam methane venture.
Scotia Plaza
Scotia Plaza is a commercial office complex in Toronto's Financial District, centered on a 68-storey, 275 m tower at 40 King Street West completed in 1988 as Scotiabank's headquarters.
Scotiabank
Scotiabank, formally The Bank of Nova Scotia, is Canada's third-largest bank, with about $1.46 trillion in assets and operations across Canada, the United States, Mexico, and other Latin American markets.
Scotiabank Arena
Scotiabank Arena, formerly Air Canada Centre, is MLSE's 665,000 sq ft Toronto arena at 40 Bay Street, home of the Maple Leafs and Raptors since 1999, renamed in 2018 under an $800 million naming deal.
Scotiabank Centre
Scotiabank Centre, formerly the Halifax Metro Centre, is a multi-purpose arena in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, opened in 1978 and home to the Halifax Mooseheads.
Scotiabank Saddledome
Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary's saddle-roofed arena opened in 1983 for the 1988 Winter Olympics and home of the NHL Calgary Flames, AHL Wranglers, WHL Hitmen, and NLL Roughnecks; farewell season 2026-27 before demolition.
Scotism
Scotism, the school of John Duns Scotus (Subtle Doctor), a Franciscan scholastic tradition marked by univocity of being, formal distinction, haecceity, and voluntarism, distinct from Thomism and dominant among Franciscans from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Scotland
Scotland: northern country of Great Britain and UK devolved nation with its own parliament since 1999. Independent kingdom until the 1707 Acts of Union; population 5.4-5.5 million, GDP £230.9 billion (2025), 73% renewable electricity.
Scotland national football team
Scotland national football team (men's), governed by the Scottish FA since 1873; played the first official international in 1872, reached nine World Cups including 2026, and never passed the group stage.