UCL in the media
Must life be Carbon-based?
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) contributes to a discussion about whether life must be Carbon-based or whether it can be based in other elements.
Listen: BBC World Service 'CrowdScience'What medieval artists teach us about animal sex
Professor Robert Mills (UCL History of Art) takes a historical perspective on sex between animals to demonstrate current social and scientific biases.
Read: The ConversationCould ketamine help treat alcohol dependence?
Beth Marsh, Meryem Grabski and Will Lawn (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) co-author a piece about how ketamine may have benefits in the treatment of drug problems when it is administered appropriately in a controlled and safe medical environment.
Read: Guardian'Music is an invaluable resource when it comes to children's mental health - and yet it's under attack'
Research by Professor Sue Hallam (UCL Institute of Education) is used to articulate the impact of music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children.
Read: TESOnly 86 teens ate Tide Pods, so why did the world erupt in moral panic?
Dr Sandra Leaton Gray (UCL Institute of Education) says moral panics engendered by incidents like the Tide Pod Challenge draw attention away from the real online issues affecting children and teens, like the addictive nature of the internet.
Read: New StatesmanAlzheimer's 'can be spotted years early' by new test
Researchers led by Professor Nick Fox and Dr Philip Weston (UCL Institute of Neurology) have developed a memory test that could spot Alzheimer's seven years before symptoms first appear.
How London mosque attacker became a terrorist in three weeks
Dr Paul Gill (UCL Security & Crime Science) says radicalisation can be rapid in the context of the Finsbury Park attacker.
Read: GuardianProstate cancer is now a bigger killer than breast cancer
Professor Mark Emberton (UCL Medical Sciences) advocates using MRI scans in the detection of prostate cancer.
Read: Daily MailInternational Criminal Court judges consider Afghanistan war crimes inquiry
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) comments on the difficulties of bringing a claim against insurgent groups in Afghanistan in the ICC.
Read: BBC News, More: BBC World Service 'The Newsroom' (from 14 mins 40 secs)Why do we know so little about how to cure loneliness?
Unpublished research by Dr Mai Stafford (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) indicates that loneliness in early life stages is linked to greater loneliness in later life.
Read: New Statesman