How parasites and bacteria could be changing the way you think and feel
From losing inhibitions to dementia – Lecturer in Genetics Dr Robbie Rae explores the role small critters play in a range of illnesses and behaviours
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Colombia vs England post-match analysis
Post-match analysis on the World Cup game between Colombia and England from Science and Football students.
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How a career in maths can take you to some unexpected places
Why maths is more than just numbers...
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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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We are engineers: meet product design engineering students, Chloe and Kara
Chloe Thomas and Kara McDougall talk about their experiences as women in the engineering sector.
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What supplements do scientists use, and why?
Six scientists, including LJMU Professor of Human Physiology Graeme Close, on the supplements they take every day and why they take them
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Here’s how your holiday photos could help save endangered species
Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world – 42m people visited sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 alone. Photographs on social media are already being used to help track the illegal wildlife trade and how often areas of wilderness are visited by tourists.
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The welcome rise and worrying fall in covert investigation
Covert techniques and specialist intelligence never appear to be far from the headlines - so why are they on the decline?
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A chimpanzee cultural collapse is underway, and it’s driven by humans
Chimpanzees now face the daunting task of surviving in a habitat increasingly infested and assaulted by humans. And as their populations decline, so does their behavioural variation. In short, humans are causing chimpanzee cultural collapse.
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Student placement at Secret World Wildlife Rescue: Saving the world via hedgehogs
By Catherine McCarthy, BSc (Hons) Animal Behaviour student