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1. Blackbirds singing in the dead of night

   Conserving habitats could be the key to saving declining songbirds

2. Gravitational wave science used to search for catastrophic explosion

   Researchers at the Astrophysics Research Institute were among the first to use new gravitational wave science, ahead of the recent announcement by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) that they had made the first direct detection of gravitational waves.

3. A peak behind the scenes of major BBC drama

   LJMU Media Production students go behind the scenes of Peaky Blinders which was filmed in Liverpool.

4. Largest dinosaurs walked more like hippos than elephants

   Analysis of footprints evidences unique Sauropod 'roll'

5. Health of contact centre employees under microscope

   Three-year study to advise employers on helping staff be healthier

6. LJMU to lead British Council funded partnership to strengthen ties with Malaysia

   Liverpool John Moores University has been chosen as the Consortium Secretariat of a new Going Global Partnership, funded by the British Council, with Malaysia. The new collaboration aims to promote strategic engagement and bilateral cooperation in higher education between partner institutions in both countries.

7. Discovery of a new great ape: The Tapanuli orangutan

   An international team of researchers have just described a new ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan, find out more about this exciting discovery here.

8. Did Neanderthals have finer feelings?

   Understanding the lives of early people

9. Revealing 100-year global height study

   Dutch men and Latvian women are the tallest on the planet, according to the largest ever study of height around the world. The research group, which included LJMU’s Dr Lynne Boddy, conducted the study using data from most countries in the world, tracking the height of young adult men and women between 1914 and 2014.

10. Latest Roscoe celebrates 'Littlewoods Legacy'

    200 individuals from across the Liverpool City Region attended the latest Roscoe Lecture at the Museum of Liverpool to hear about the legacy of Littlewoods.