UCL in the media
Newborn babies may be more developed than we think
Journalist Angela Saini takes her son to the London Babylab (UCL Institute of Child Health) and learns about the latest research in child development.
Read: The ObserverCultural and educational hub to be built on London Olympics site
UCL has confirmed its continuing plans to develop an education hub in the Olympic Park, following a government announcement. Professor Steve Caddick Vice-Provost (Enterprise) said UCL's aim is "to establish east London as the global hotspot for enterprise, innovation, research and education."
Read: FT More: BBC OnlineSubjectivity may curb false findings
Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Division of Biosciences) comments on a recent study which suggests that purely objective scientific peer review could fail to eliminate false theories.
Read: Chemistry WorldWhy being left handed can make you more successful
Professor Chris McManus (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) discusses research on left-handedness, saying that the different way many left-handers' brains are structured widens their range of abilities.
Read: Daily MailBuilding on London's scientific tradition
Professor Michael Arthur (UCL President & Provost) comments on the capital's growing reputation for research: "I believe that London has a golden opportunity to be the premier destination in the world for higher education and, within that context, it can also become pre-eminent in biomedicine, health and life sciences."
Read: FTBartlett hat-trick at 2013 RIBA President's Medals
Students from the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture cleaned up at the RIBA President's Medals Student Awards, with winning projects including a floating community centre for the Helsinki archipelago and a proposal to rebuild 250 Russian churches.
Read: Building Design (£), More: Architect's Journal (£), Dezeen, UCL NewsCrazy comet ISON returns bearing solar system secrets
Geraint Jones (UCL Space & Climate Physics) comments on comet ISON, saying: "It is fairly unlikely to be a naked-eye object."
Read: New ScientistMonkey Planet
Will Self explores the connection between man and his closest living relative, from Darwin to Nim and King Kong to the PG Tips chimps, with contributions from Professor Volker Sommer (UCL Anthropology).
Listen: BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4 (from 6mins45secs)Rat study shows ancestral fear 'causes brain changes'
Professor Marcus Pembrey (UCL Institute of Child Health) comments on a new study which has found that epigenetic adaptation can happen from one generation to the next.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 Today (from 2hrs54mins)Wagner: A Long-Running Cycle of Triumph and Despair
A comment piece by Professor Mark Ronan (UCL Mathematics) gives a brief history of the Bayreuth Festival and reflects on the new Ring production this year for Wagner's bicentenary.
Read: History Today