UCL in the media
Left handers day: How many people are left handed and why are more people right handed?
Professor Chris McManus (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) explains that some people are left handed because their brains are "organised differently".
Read: Metro, Watch: BBC IdeasWorms help scientists unlock the key to ageing
Ageing in worms mainly results from the direct action of genes and not from random wear and tear or loss of function, and the same is likely to be true in humans, finds a study led by Professor David Gems (UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing).
Read: iNews, More: Daily Telegraph (£), Science Magazine, UCL NewsNavigation skills depend more on where you live than your gender
People in Nordic countries, North America, Australia, and New Zealand have the best spatial navigational abilities, according to a new study using the Sea Hero Quest mobile game, led by Dr Hugo Spiers (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) and researchers at the University of East Anglia.
Read: Daily Telegraph (£), More: Daily Mail, BBC News, BBC Radio 4 News (from 26 mins, 4 secs), BBC World Service 'The Newsroom' (from 6 mins, 35 secs), iNews, Times (£), Harper's Bazaar, New Zealand Herald, UCL NewsLatest subject rankings place UCL in top ten
In the latest data from the Complete University Guide, UCL has been recognised as one of the top ten places to study
architecture, biology, chemistry, English literature, and history.Solar probe will improve our understanding of the sun
Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Space & Climate Physics) comments on thermodynamic mysteries which the US's Parker Solar Probe may help to explain. The probe will fly through the corona, a shell of hot plasma surrounding the sun.
Read: Economist (£)Student finance - should maintenance grants be reintroduced?
Professor Lorraine Dearden (UCL Institute of Education) discusses how the 2018 government review should approach student finance systems.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The Briefing Room' (from 14 mins, 55 secs)English schools are struggling to retain newly qualified teachers
Professor Rebecca Allen (UCL Institute of Education) and research associate (UCL Institute of Education) explore why schools are failing to retain teachers.
Read: Economist (£)Wearable tech to help people with paralysis
Materials expert Zoe Laughlin visits UCL's biomagnetics lab where Dr Ben Bengler (UCL Computer Science) shows how wearable technology can help people with paralysis.
Watch: BBC 'The Big Life Fix' (from 37 mins, 4 secs)Cost of vaping is catching up with hand-rolled tobacco
Professor Robert West (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) warns that rising costs mean e-cigarettes are nearing the same cost as hand-rolled cigarettes.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'You and Yours' (from 5 mins, 26 secs)UCL supporting grassroots schools network in Lebanon
Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) heads a team of UCL researchers supporting Syrian neurosurgeon Dr Fadi al-Halabi's grassroots schools network, which works with displaced young people in the region.
Read: Guardian