UCL in the media
Summer diet special
Dr Nathan Davies (UCL Medicine) discusses the nutritional benefits of tiger nut milk.
Watch: Channel 4 'Food Unwrapped' (from 33 mins 55 secs) (£)Novichok bottle found in victim's house
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) comments on the latest developments in the Novichok poisonings, stressing the importance of the origins and purity of the substance.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 (from 7 min, 17 secs), More: BBC Radio 5 (from 1 min, 30 secs).Should schools group classes by stage, not age?
Dr Eleanore Hargreaves (UCL Institute of Education) explains that children are likely to thrive as long as they are "challenged appropriately", regardless of age group. Listen:
BBC Look North East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire (from 12 min, 15 secs). Available until 7pm on 13/07/18Happiness linked to longer life
A five-year study by Professor Andrew Steptoe (UCL Epidemiology & Health) showed that older people were up to 35% less likely to die if they reported feeling happy, excited and content on a typical day, even if they had other problems.
Read: Evening Standard, More: CNNIceland slaughters blue whale for first time in 40 years, sparking anger among conservationists
Ellen Coombs (UCL Biosciences) comments on the features and rarity of blue whales and blue-fin hybrids after whalers in Iceland have been accused of slaughtering an endangered blue whale.
Read: Independent, More: Yahoo'Data is a fingerprint'
A study led by Beatrice Perez (UCL Geography) shows how metadata on Twitter can be used in extremely precise identification of each and every one of us.
Read: Wired, More: Guardian, YahooFree schools accused of 'social selection'
A study by Professor Rebecca Allen and Dr Rob Higham (UCL Institute of Education) has found that free schools in England reproduce socio-economic inequalities through social selection.
Read: TESWhat's the point of Ofsted?
Dr Melanie Ehren (UCL Institute of Education) comments on school inspections and how high-performing jurisdictions such as Finland, do not inspect schools.
Read: TES (£)Fertility treatments do not increase the risk of womb or breast cancer
Women are at no increased risk of womb cancer or invasive breast cancer after receiving assisted reproductive therapies, a large UCL-led cohort study of 250,000 British women has found.
Read: Reuters More: UCL News, YahooFertility treatments do not increase the risk of womb or breast cancer
Women are at no increased risk of womb cancer or invasive breast cancer after receiving assisted reproductive therapies, a large UCL-led cohort study of 250,000 British women has found.
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