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1. Is this the world's oldest oven?

   Archaeologists have unearthed baked bread and food remains from 70,000 years ago in Shanidar Cave in Iraq and published the study of early culinary skills in the journal Antiquity.

2. The Secrets of the Neanderthals

   Scientists from LJMU and Cambridge help piece together human remains and the story of the Neanderthal cave dwellers of Shanidar

3. The tropical birds that hang out with the right-looking guys

   In the world of rare tropical birds, hanging out with guys with the right looks can be the difference between life or death.

4. Why algae is a forensic biologists best friend

   Dr Kirstie Scott explains how diatoms provide evidence in BBC cold case

5. Seminar series: decolonising the science curriculum

   This is a virtual seminar series to encourage discourse on decolonising the curriculum in the sciences.

6. Thermal ‘fingerprinting’ to help conserve rare animals in Madagascar

   SCIENTIFIC methods developed at Liverpool John Moores University and Chester Zoo to count animals from the air are being adopted in the wilds of Madagascar.

7. The Conversation: Most humans haven’t evolved to cope with the cold, yet we dominate northern climates – here’s why

   Evolutionary biologists Dr Laura Buck and Dr Kyoko Yamaguchi write in The Conversation on how human species (hominins) have coped with cold climates over the millennia.

8. Which dogs live longest?

   Concern from study of more than 150 breeds

9. Making the invisible visible

   Research unlocks secrets of rare bacteria

10. A new era for the science of ageing

    LJMU collaborates to accelerate real world benefits from laboratories