UCL in the media
Americans do not have better teeth than the British, study concludes
A study by UCL and Harvard University, has found that contrary to popular belief, the oral health of US citizens is not better than the English and there are consistently wider educational and income inequalities in oral health in the US compared with England.
Read: Telegraph, More: Daily Mail, Times (£), The Sun, Independent, ITV News, Washington Post, The Australian (£), UCL News, Listen: BBC World Service 'World Update'Why Tim Peake's space mission could unearth secrets of depression
Professor Mark Huckvale (UCL Speech, Hearing & Phonetic Sciences) discusses Vulcan, a UCL lead project to develop software which can spot signs of depression by listening to speech patterns which will be tested on board the International Space Station by Tim Peake.
Read: Telegraph, Listen: BBC World Service 'Science in Action' (from 16 mins 5 secs)Circadian Rhythms
Professor Steve Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) joins a discussion on the evolution and role of Circadian Rhythms, the so-called body clock that influences an organism's daily cycle of physical, behavioural and mental changes.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time'Paris climate change summit was like agreeing to cut down from five burgers a day to four
Speaking ahead of her appearance at the UCL SSEES Centenary Conference, environmental activist Naomi Klein said that the Paris climate change agreement was like someone agreeing to cut down from five burgers a day to four.
Read: Huffington PostOvarian cancer: Screening may cut deaths by a fifth
New results from the world's biggest ovarian cancer screening trial led by UCL suggest that screening based on an annual blood test may help reduce the number of women dying from the disease by around 20%.
Read: BBC News, More: Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Evening Standard, Huffington Post, New York Times, The Australian (£), Straits Times, UCL NewsUnderstanding your child's appetite is key to preventing obesity in later life
Research by Hayley Syrad (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) has found that the key to maintaining a healthy weight in toddlers is to tailor a feeding strategy depending on the traits in appetites of individual children.
Read: The Conversation, More: UCL NewsStrathclyde review
Professor Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) said Lord Strathclyde's report on the House of Lords was "ambitious" and if implemented, would mean the first reduction in the House of Lords' powers since 1949.
Read: Financial Times, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'World at One' (from 35 mins)Indian schools are failing their students
In an op-ed piece, Professor Geeta Kingdon (UCL Institute of Education) looks at how education in India has gone dangerously off track since the implementation of the 2009 Right to Education Act (RTE Act).
Read: New York TimesBritain prunes silly laws on salmon handling and armor wearing
Professor Andrew Lewis (UCL Laws) comments on some of the obsolete legislation yet to be repealed in the UK and the work of Britain's Law Commission, which is responsible for reviewing laws and recommending changes.
Read: New York TimesTwo Serbian officials detained pending war crimes retrial
Dr Eric Gordy (UCL SSEES) comments on the overturning of the acquittal of two Serbian former security officials by the appeals chamber of the international criminal tribunal for former Yugoslavia.
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