Will genetically modified pets soon be reality or do they already live among us?
Demelza Kooij's film The Breeder considers the darker implications of our cultural fetish with cute.
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Sport psychology students' field trip
Two Sport Psychology students share their experiences of their field trip to Manchester United training ground and the English Institute of Sport.
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Nepal’s menstrual huts: what can be done about this practice of confining women to cow sheds?
Despite being illegal, chhaupadi, the practice of exiling menstruating women and girls from their home – often to a cow shed – is still practised in some areas of Western Nepal. Chhaupadi is an extreme example of the stigmas and restrictions around menstruation that exist not only in Nepal, but also globally.
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More vital now than ever: My research on Andrea Levy
Dr Michael Perfect, a Senior Lecturer in English Literature, discusses his research on author Andrea Levy.
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My experience working with orangutans
MRes English student, Lindsay Wilkinson shares her insights into the orangutan volunteer project in Indonesian Borneo.
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Mollie's Clearing blog
We sit down with Mollie who applied to LJMU on Results Day to find out what applying through Clearing is like.
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International Women’s Day – a day for all
Cara Shearer talks about International Women's Day and what it means to her.
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Footprint fossils suggest lizards have been running on two feet for 110 million years
Bipedal movement has existed in modern reptiles for much longer than we previously knew, writes Dr Peter Falkingham
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Decorated snail shell in a cave in Iraq could be evidence of Paleolithic bling
A tiny artefact with complex incisions tells us about prehistoric ornamentation, writes Professor Chris Hunt
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How chimp DNA techniques turned us into jungle detectives
Wild chimpanzees are hard to find, but their DNA – left-behind genetic traces – is opening up a new way of studying them, write experts Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart