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1. Camping makes you happy - new study

   A major new study revealed how camping in 'great outdoors' improves well-being and mental health

2. Personality is consistent according to cockroaches

   A team of scientists from Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Manchester have released the findings of a personality study.

3. Chimpanzees copy gestures to get by in a complex social world

   Researchers have found that wild chimpanzees may copy each other’s gestures to maintain their complex social relationships.

4. Beatles heritage adds £81.9m to economy

   Research reveals that The Beatles legacy adds £81.9m to economy each year and creates 2,335 jobs.

5. Oldest Pharaonic mummy from Museum of Florence finally has a face

   Forensic techniques by international scientists has led to the facial reconstruction of the oldest preserved mummy in the Egyptian Museum of Florence

6. ICC to research civic engagement and impact of arts organisations

   The Institute for Cultural Capital (ICC), a collaboration between LJMU and the University of Liverpool, is conducting research to establish the role arts organisations play in their communities and nationally.

7. Roscoe Lecture, Peter Elson

   The sinking of the Liverpool-bound superliner The Lusitania was the fascinating subject of the first Roscoe Lecture of 2026.

8. Researchers reveal new findings into greatest scientific fraud

   A new analysis of the famous Piltdown Man forgeries, conducted by LJMU researchers, points the finger of suspicion even more firmly at their discoverer, Charles Dawson. The Piltdown Man scandal is arguably the greatest scientific fraud ever perpetrated in the UK, with fake fossils being claimed as evidence of our earliest ancestor.

9. Inaugural Liverpool Commonwealth Lecture held on campus

   The Liverpool Commonwealth Association (LCA) held its first Commonwealth Lecture at LJMU.

10. New website enhancements

    From today, you will see changes to the main megamenu navigation bar and footer at the top and bottom of each webpage and the main banner image on the homepage.