Alice Lipscombe-Southwell

Managing editor, BBC Science Focus

Alice Lipscombe-Southwell is the managing editor at BBC Science Focus Magazine. She has a BSc in zoology with marine zoology. Her interests include natural history, wildlife, the outdoors, health and fitness.

Recent articles by Alice Lipscombe-Southwell

Puppies are born ready to communicate with people

Born to be mild: puppies have an innate ability to understand humans

Echolocation: People trained to perceive the world like bats in pioneering study that could help those with vision loss © Getty Images

Echolocation: People trained to hear like bats in a study that could help those with vision loss

Zombie fires could become more common in the Arctic

Bizarre zombie fire outbreak rages on beneath the Arctic’s frozen surface

Maggots and kelp must be on the menu to curb global malnutrition

Maggots and kelp must be on the menu to curb global malnutrition

Cicadas: what is Brood X and when will it emerge?

Cicadas: What is Brood X and why is it emerging now?

Assistance dogs’ feet are pawsitively cleaner than the soles of shoes

Assistance dogs’ feet are pawsitively cleaner than the soles of shoes

Painkillers should not be prescribed for chronic pain with no known underlying cause

Painkillers should not be prescribed for chronic pain with no known underlying cause

Gold ‘tattoos’ revolutionise medical diagnostics

Colour-changing tattoos could tell you when you get ill

Lister's gecko © Parks Australia

Mystery of Christmas Island’s reptile-killer solved

Lemurs can sniff out fruit hidden 15 metres away

Scentsational skill Lemurs can sniff out fruit hidden 15 metres away

The evolution of the ocean’s shadowy ‘twilight’ zone may be linked to climate change © Getty Images

Evolution of life in the ocean’s shadowy ‘twilight’ zone may be linked to climate change

UK scientists recover pieces of rare meteorite that fell from fireball © Trustees of the Natural History Museum

UK scientists recover pieces of unique meteorite that fell from fireball

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