UCL in the media
A Is for Anonymous
Professor John Mullan (UCL Department of English Language & Literature) discuses the use of anonymity and pseudonyms by authors.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Analysis' (from 8 minutes)Warnings to PM against taking practical marks out of A-levels
Professor Sir John Tooke (UCL Vice Provost, Health) says he is "concerned that students' understanding of theory would be damaged" if marks for practical experiments stop counting towards final grades for A-level science.
Read: GuardianComputers select personal medicine
At the AAAS annual meeting, Professor Peter Coveney (UCL Chemistry) presented new research on the future of patient-specific drug selection.
Read: BBC News, More: UCLWhy bosses have stopped marrying their secretaries
Professor Stephen Machin (UCL Economics) comments on how couples that get married are more likely to be educated to the same level: "There are many more graduates around, so there are many more to match together".
Read: Sunday Times, More: Daily Mail, The Australian (£)The brain reacts to beautiful mathematics in the same way as great art
Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Cell and Developmental Biology) says: "When one looks at a formula rated as beautiful it activates the emotional brain like looking at a great painting or listening to a piece of music."
Read: BBC News, More: Independent, UCL News, The Australian, Huffington PostA family affair: How genetic mixing has affected us all
DNA footprints left in the wake of ancient warriors can unravel long-held secrets about a country's past. Dr Garrett Hellenthal (UCL Genetics Institute) says: "We made some very surprising discoveries".
Read: Daily Mail, More: Independent, UCL News, New York Times, Washington Post, Gulf News, New Scientist, ScienceNot eating your greens is in your genes
An aversion to eating greens may be genetic. Professor Wardle (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health) says the findings help vindicate parents who struggle to get their children to eat their greens.
Read: Daily MailAndroid's 'open' system has limits
Dr Ioannis Lianos (UCL Laws) comments on the restrictions placed on device makers who want access to Android's search engine.
Read: Wall Street Journal (£)Institute of Education will bring 'healthy dowry' to UCL marriage
The proposed merger between UCL and the Institute of Education is for academic reasons, not to cut costs, says Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President & Provost).
Read: THEIs "male, mad and muddle-headed" a fair description of the modern-day academic?
Professor Melissa Terras (UCL Department of Information Studies) has found that academics in picture books "tend to be elderly, old men, who work in science, called Professor SomethingDumb".
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