UCL in the media
How to pick the perfect password
Professor Angela Sasse and Dr Steven Murdoch (both UCL Computer Science) explain what makes a good password.
Read: BBC News, Listen: BBC Radio 5 live 'Up All Night' (from 3 hours 24 mins), More: BBC Local Radio 'Mark Forrest' (from 2 hours 4 mins)Free brave blue-skies researchers to refuel economic growth
Professor Donald Braben (UCL Earth Sciences) warns that budget cuts, bureaucrats and overcautious research priorities are strangling scientific breakthroughs.
Read: New ScientistWhat will Jeremy Corbyn's win mean for UK universities?
Dr Gill Wyness (UCL Institute of Education) says the extra funding Jeremy Corbyn is proposing to cut tuition fees would be better spent on young people who don't go to university.
Read: GuardianNew species of extinct human found in cave may rewrite history
Professor Fred Spoor (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) comments on the discovery of thousands of Homo naledi bones recovered in South Africa.
Read: New ScientistLovers' soft skin is just an illusion
Research led by Dr Aikaterini Fotopoulou (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) has found that people rate others' skin as softer than theirs, regardless of whether it actually is.
Read: Times (£), More: Daily Mail, Los Angeles TimesThermonuclear weapons and Mars
Dr Geraint Jones (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) comments on Elon Musk's suggestion to make Mars habitable by using thermonuclear weapons to warm its atmosphere.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 48 mins 26 secs)Faster London trains could make your commute even longer
Professor Michael Batty (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) comments on a new model for transportation which suggests examining the effect of changes on one mode of transport on all networks rather than in isolation.
Read: New Scientist, More: BBC NewsClosing the door on music?
Professor Susan Hallam (UCL Institute of Education) helps to examine the impact of music education on the intellectual, personal and social development of young people.
Listen: BBC Radio Wales 'Closing the Door on Music?' (from 3 mins 25 secs)Migration crisis: an opportunity for Europe?
Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL Economics) discusses the migration issue in Europe and the fiscal impact of the crisis.
Watch: BloombergExplainer: how do archaeologists discover forgotten ancient monuments?
Dr Kris Lockyear (UCL Archaeology) explains how advances in computer power mean archaeologists can now tell a huge amount about what's underground without picking up a spade.
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