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1. Sport Science in action for BBC Sport Relief

   Professor Greg Whyte OBE took time out from supporting Zoe Ball’s Hardest Road Home Challenge for Sport Relief 2018, to talk about how sport and exercise science is playing a key role.

2. New era of gravitational wave astronomy

   Astrophysics Research Institute works with European Southern Observatory to observe first light from gravitational wave source.

3. Challenges of the night-time economy

   Academics argue sexualised drinks advertising undermines anti-rape campaigns

4. Face of the Great Pharaoh revealed

   Face Lab researchers work with Egyptologists to reconstruct the face of Ramses II

5. The future of music in Liverpool

   Research by LJMU in partnership with Bido Lito! asks the question how do we make Liverpool a global music city?

6. Solving the evolutionary puzzle of menopause

   The evolution of the menopause was ‘kick-started’ by a fluke of nature, but then boosted by the tendency for sons and grandsons to remain living close to home, a new study by Liverpool scientists suggests.

7. 'I'm so excited about our new Learning Commons' - Library chief

   The CHAT this month meets Heather Thrift, Director of Library Services, to talk about the digital future, pushing the boundaries of customer service and an exciting new library in the SLB.

8. 25 years of nursing at LJMU

   A year before Liverpool Polytechnic became Liverpool John Moores University, another major change happened at the institution. In April 1991, the Liverpool School of Nursing and Midwifery amalgamated with the Poly, laying the foundations for today’s School of Nursing and Allied Health.

9. Tricks of the trade: debunking psychic abilities

   Forensic anthropologist and mind illusionist, Dr Matteo Borrini, demonstrates the techniques that psychics use to make people believe in paranormal powers.

10. Mystery of the world's largest antlers

    Evolution 'complicated' says new study which overrules Gould's principle of size allometry