UCL in the media
The bitter row over office temperature
In an article exploring differing opinions on office temperature, Professor David Shipworth (UCL Energy Institute) suggests associations of warm colours with physical warmth may potentially date 'back to red campfires and blue ice.'
Read: BBC Global NewsTraining helps us know when we're wrong
Individual levels of metacognition - the ability to recognise when you are wrong - can be increased with training, a small-scale study by Dr Stephen Fleming (UCL Institute of Neurology) and colleagues has shown.
Read: New Scientist (£)The rise of Britain's clean-eating kids
Ensuring babies get the nutrients and energy they need from a vegan diet takes careful planning, says Professor Mary Fewtrell (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health) in an article exploring the popularity of 'clean eating'.
Read: Telegraph (£)Quarter of 14-year-old girls in UK have self-harmed, report finds
A report by the Children's Society which reveals levels of self-harm by teenage girls in the UK draws on data from the Centre for Longitudinal Studies' millennium cohort survey, managed by Professor Emla Fitzsimons (UCL Institute of Education).
Read: GuardianTeenagers who smoke or binge drink have stiffer arteries
A study led by Professor John Deanfield (UCL Vascular Physiology) and Dr Marietta Charakida (UCL Vascular Physiology) has found that the arteries of teens who drink alcohol and smoke, even occasionally, are already beginning to stiffen by the age of 17.
Read: Daily Telegraph (£), More: Guardian, BBC News, Times (£), Sky News, Daily Mail, Mirror, Sun, Yahoo, UCL News, Listen: BBC Radio 4, 'Today' (from 30 mins, 52 secs), More: BBC Radio 5, 'Wake Up to Money' (from 16 mins, 15 secs), BBC Radio 5 'Up All Night' (from 3 hrs, 1 min, 52 secs)Why many people choose capitalism over socialism
Economies based on market-oriented principles work much better than centrally-planned ones, suggests Visiting Professor Paul Ormerod (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) in an article exploring why many people leave socialist states for capitalist ones.
Read: City AM'We'd be best staying in the Galileo system'
Following the report on Britain's post-Brexit access to the European Union's Galileo project, Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Space & Climate Physics) discusses his views on whether Britain should start work on an alternative satellite system.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 51 mins), Read: PoliticsHelp from 'the bank of mum and dad' can change family relationships
Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) talks about the pressures, expectations and effects on family relationships when parents help children to buy their first property.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Call You and Yours' (from 21 mins, 31 secs)China moves to end two-child limit, finishing decades of family planning
The end of birth restrictions in China seems likely to come soon, says Professor Therese Hesketh (UCL Institute for Global Health) adding the country may also move towards pro-natal policies such as increased paid maternity leave.
Read: CNN, More: TIMELNG shippers are taking advantage of open waters as ice caps stage one of their largest retreats on record
Professor Julienne Stroeve (UCL Earth Sciences) comments on the speed of melting ice in the Arctic in comparison to previous years, saying it is not as extreme as 2007 and 2012.
Read: Bloomberg