UCL in the media
Living with animals
Tannis Davidson (UCL Grant Museum of Zoology) discusses preserved animal specimens.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Evidence: Humans and Animals' (from 26 mins 55 secs)Ten thousand march for science in London
Numerous UCL academics took part in the march for science on April 22. Coverage includes comment from Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy), Professor Chris Rapley (UCL Earth Sciences), Dr Francisco Diego (UCL Physics & Astronomy), Dr Tracy Underwood (UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering), and Lucy Young (UCL Cancer Institute).
Read: The Guardian, More: Financial Times, THE, NatureExtra powers for councils to boost cycling
A UCL study is mentioned, which will assess the benefits of 20mph speed limits.
Read: The Times (£)Forbidden foods: think twice before you give up dairy, meat or wheat
Dr Anton Emmanuel (UCL Medicine) comments on how few people have formally diagnosed problems with dairy consumption.
Read: The Times (£)Sinking the Bermuda Triangle Theory
Dr Helen Czerski (UCL Mechanical Engineering) debunks the myth that ships lost in the so-called Bermuda Triangle may have been pulled under by methane bubbles from undersea gas explosions.
Read: Huffington PostEducation Sec wants grammar schools for 'ordinary families'
Dr Alice Sullivan (UCL Institute of Education) comments on the government's grammar schools plan, stating they are "by definition selective" and will "never be the solution for average or below average kids". She argues the government should instead focus on getting good graduates into teaching and making sure it's a successful profession.
Watch: BBC NewsThe four factors that decide how we feel about income inequality
Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) writes about the complexities of income inequality, and when it seems most unjust.
Read: The ConversationWeird science pushes back the boundaries
Professor Andrew Fisher and Professor Jonathan Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) comment on the development of a fluid with negative mass that works counter to Newton's second law of motion as it moves slower when pushed.
Read: The Times (£)LGBT London: what venue closures mean for the capital's future
An article about the closure of LGBTQI nightlife spaces in London includes quotes from a report on the issue by the UCL Urban Laboratory.
Read: The GuardianBrain's 'hand area' used by other body parts in people born with one hand
A study co-led by Dr Tamar Makin (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) found that the area of the brain used to control the hand gets used instead to support the lips, feet or arms of people who were born with only one hand.
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