UCL in the media
A very long view
Professor Alison Park (UCL Institute of Education) explains the value of longitudinal studies.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Forum' (from 10 mins 4 secs)Handedness in a portrait of Giovanni Bressini
Professor Chris McManus (UCL Academic Centre of Medical Education) explores handedness at The Scottish National Gallery.
Listen: BBC Radio Scotland 'Brainwaves'School grades 'linked to where you live'
Commenting on a new study which looks at the test results of cohorts born in 1970 and 2000, Dr Alice Sullivan (UCL Institute of Education) says that the numbers of ethnic minority pupils born in 1970 were too small to make such comparisons.
Read: BBC NewsBody of songs
Professor Hugh Montgomery (UCL Internal Medicine) discusses Body of Songs, a British science project making an album of new songs about body parts.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Arts Hour' (from 44 mins 19 secs)Germany and refugees
Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL CReAM) explains some of the challenges faced by Germany as a result of refugee migration.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Saturday PM' (from 6 mins 19 secs)Welcome back to real lightbulbs?
Professor John Marshall (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) says LED and fluorescent bulbs damage the retina as they produce more 'short wavelength' light in the blue and ultraviolet end of the spectrum which is more damaging to skin cells, just as ultraviolet light causes sunburn.
Read: Daily MailSound of your own voice may help you understand your emotions
Professor Mark Huckvale (UCL Speech, Hearing & Phonetic Sciences) says that avatars could be applied in mental health therapy.
Read: New Scientist (£)Nature's numbers
Professor Brian Butterworth (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) explains why counting words are not necessary to have concepts of exact numbers.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Discovery' (from 12 mins 15 secs)
Scientists herald dawn of the rubbish era
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) says that many of the effects of the "great acceleration", the time of rapid environmental change caused by a surge in human population and increased consumption during the mid-20th century, could still be undone.
Read: The Times (£)Michael Mosley: The truth about alcohol
Dr Alexander Jones (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) says that alcohol raises your risk of a wide range of cancers but there is decent evidence that alcohol can be beneficial for the heart, at least in relatively low doses.
Read: BBC News, Watch: BBC Two 'Trust Me I'm a Doctor' (from 45 mins 33 secs)