UCL in the media
Report calls for diversity audits across all subjects
Professor Donald Braben (UCL Earth Sciences) comments on the recommendation that science and maths courses should touch on topics such as gender.
UK riots: What turns people into looters?
Dr James Thompson (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) comments about looting and group behaviour.
Insight: Equity analysts behind the curve...again
Professor David Tuckett (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) discusses his psychoanalytical study of financial markets and the behaviour of fund managers.
The brain's internal map of space is disappointingly flat
Research by Professor Kate Jeffery (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) finds that cells in the brain's hippocampus are bad at detecting altitude, meaning our 'map' of space is surprisingly flat.
,Do You See What I See?
Dr Beau Lotto (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) explores the science behind our perception of colour, a highly subjective illusion.
Flowing water 'is found on Mars'
Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Space & Climate Physics) comments on new images that suggest the presence of patches of liquid water on Mars.
Google backs Bletchley Park restoration project
Dr Sue Black (UCL Computer Science) has been involved in a campaign to save Bletchley Park, a crucial site in computing and cryptography. Its future is now assured due to backing from Google.
Job prospects linked to low birth weight and childhood illness, study says
A new study from the Whitehall II team (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) suggests early health problems and lower birth weight can predict career trajectory and earning power.
Read all about it: Why we have an appetite for gossip
Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) suggests our disingenuity towards celebrity tittle-tattle is part of our evolutionary legacy.
'Multiverse' theory suggested by microwave background
Dr Hiranya Peiris (UCL Physics & Astronomy) leads new research that supports the multiverse theory- the idea that universes lie within "bubbles" of space and time.