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1. My archaeological summer placement in Pano Lefkara, Cyprus

   Bethany Royle, BSc (Hons) Forensic Anthropology student tell us about her summer placement in Cyprus.

2. Summer internship at LJMU: Fighting climate change one Miscanthus experiment at a time

   Summer internship at LJMU: Fighting climate change one Miscanthus experiment at a time, By Amy Speers, BSc (Hons) Biology student

3. Human ancestors had the same dental problems as us – even without fizzy drinks and sweets

   Prehistoric humans and their predecessors may have had a very different diet but their teeth suffered in similar ways to ours, writes anthropology lecturer Dr Ian Towle

4. Chimpanzee ‘nests’ shed light on the origins of humanity

   Chimpanzees are our closest living relatives, and observing them in the wild helps us reconstruct how our ancestors adapted to a changing environment millions of years ago, write Drs Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart

5. 6 days in the life of a geography student on Almeria field trip

   Geography students, Holly Hadden and Georgina Harriss, share their experiences of a recent field trip to Almeria, Spain.

6. 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.

7. England v South Africa – a history of tough tackling and political turmoil

   The historic sporting rivalry between England and South Africa has often been marred by political protests and controversy.

8. Prescription drugs pregabalin and gabapentin have been reclassified – but it won’t stop problem use

   Prescription drugs pregabalin and gabapentin have been reclassified – but it won’t stop problem use

9. Doing a PhD in sport sciences

   To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, we asked some of the students who completed their PhDs with the Institute over the last 20 years to share their stories.

10. Imagine a world without electrical engineering

    Have you ever stopped to think how essential electricity is in our lives? Graduates who studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at LJMU tell us what the world would be like without it. Be afraid, be very afraid!