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1. UN Report Warns Borneo’s Orangutans Face Severe Threats from Land Cover and Climate Change

   Over 80 percent of the orangutan’s remaining habitat in Borneo could be lost by the year 2080 if the island’s current land-use policies remain intact.

2. Were sauropods swimmers or walkers?

   An international team of scientists, led by the China University of Geosciences in Beijing and including palaeontologists from the Liverpool John Moores University, has shed new light on some unusual dinosaur tracks from northern China. The tracks appear to have been made by four-legged sauropod dinosaurs yet only two of their feet have left prints behind.

3. 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.

4. From Lab Bench to Backbench

   Dr Andreea Font from the Astrophysics Research Institute at Liverpool John Moores University is swapping a lab coat for legislation as she visits Justin Madders MP, at the House of Commons

5. Sport science programmes promote greater diversity

   "We have a chicken and egg situation, which is unsustainable"

6. Space expert Renske on the excitement around the James Webb Space Mission.

   ARI researcher on BBC News to describe the search for the beginning of the Universe.

7. Exercise during chemotherapy reduces tumour growth

   World-first: study demonstrates exercise promotes tumour regression in humans

8. Researchers back Liverpool suicide centre model

   James's Place model has successfully adapted to new London and Newcastle centres after successful record in Liverpool

9. Sleeping 'well not long' linked to better health

   First study of restricted sleep patterns and respiratory illness

10. How can universities help unlock business growth in the Liverpool City Region?

    Dr Fiona Armstrong-Gibbs, of Liverpool Business School, surveys the capacity and culture in Liverpool for rapid business growth