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1. Cosmic fireworks as distant star ‘squeezed’ by massive black hole

   Daniel Perley and collaborators describe only third Black Hole 'tidal event' on astronomical record in the journal Nature

2. Eating out choices unaffected by calorie awareness

   Setback for Government bid to legislate against over-eating

3. Review supports potential benefit of online pain management

   Cochrane review of 32 studies of online cognitive behaviour therapy by Dr Ben Rosser and experts in Bath and Oxford

4. Study supports 'vulnerable' Probation Service

   School of Justice Studies ESRC study explores change management in under pressure Probation Service

5. How best to tackle health inequalities?

   Public Health Institute report identifies areas of effective and ineffective intervention

6. Energy from plants - how hybrids can boost biomass production

   Plant biologists show methods to improve Miscanthus hybrids to optimise seed production

7. Astronomers spot oldest ‘dead’ galaxy yet observed

   Dr Renske Smit, of the Astrophysics Research Institute, contributed to research in Nature

8. Island lizards offer new twist on theories of evolution

   Professor Richard Brown and Dr Carlo Meloro publish research in Communications Biology which shows divergence of a species of lizard despite cohabitation and gene exchange.

9. The Conversation: How nature can alter our sense of time

   Research on the passage of time by Professor Ruth Ogden and PhD candidate Jessica Thompson

10. Hidden abuse of young people towards their parents and carers - report

    Report by Public Health institute commissioned by Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership