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Apocalypse tomorrow
Dr Francisco Diego (UCL Physics & Astronomy) and Professor Liz Graham (UCL Archaeology) talk about the Mayan's apocalyptic prophesies, and other ways the world could end.
Watch: Channel 4 News More: BBC 5 Live (from 1hr 56mins)Mayan apocalypse: Where to see out the end of the world in London
Professor Elizabeth Graham (UCL Archaeology) comments on the Mayan's apocalyptic prophecies. "Did they explicitly say the world was going to end on that day? No, " she added.
Read: MetroThe Puzzle of Proto-Elamite
Professor Mark Ronan (UCL Mathematics) describes new efforts at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, to decode the world's oldest undeciphered language.
Read: History TodayWhy we couldn't back a Bill that strips us of our rights
We oppose a UK Bill of Rights that is not supported by the whole of the UK, that will be used to strip people of basic rights and decouple the UK from the European Convention, says Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws).
Read: IndependentMathieu Ngudjolo Chui acquittal puts pressure on ICC
"The costs of the ICC are small compared with the global aid budget, and completely irrelevant as compared with defence spending. You can't compare the cost of international justice with shopping at a supermarket," says Professor Philippe Sands.
Read: BBC NewsFetal healing: Curing congenital diseases in the womb
Drs Simon Waddington and Anna David (UCL Maternal & Fetal Medicine) talk about fetal trials, and curing diseases in the womb.
Read: New ScientistIf only Marx had used emoticons
There is something about email that turns irony, wit and style into trouble. But could misunderstandings be avoided by using little winky faces? No, says Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy).
Read: GuardianCarpenters Estate residents 'face uncertain future'
UCL, one of the UK's top universities, wants to build a campus in East London.
Read: BBC News More: BBC InsideOutPiltdown Man: A hoaxer still pursued
"We want to go back to the original records of the excavations, to follow the logic of Dawson and others involved and to see these deposits with modern archaeological and geological eyes," says Dr Matt Pope (UCL Archaeology).
Read: BBC NewsLandmark climate change report leaked online
Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences) says that sceptics' reading of the draft was incorrect: "Alex Rawls' interpretation of what IPCC5 says is quite simply wrong," he said.
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