UCL in the media
Job prospects linked to low birth weight and childhood illness, study says
A new study from the Whitehall II team (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) suggests early health problems and lower birth weight can predict career trajectory and earning power.
Read: The GuardianRead all about it: Why we have an appetite for gossip
Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) suggests our disingenuity towards celebrity tittle-tattle is part of our evolutionary legacy.
Read: New Scientist'Multiverse' theory suggested by microwave background
Dr Hiranya Peiris (UCL Physics & Astronomy) leads new research that supports the multiverse theory- the idea that universes lie within "bubbles" of space and time.
Read: BBC News Online More: UCL Press ReleaseEating disorders delay pregnancy
Women with a history of eating disorders may struggle to fall pregnant quickly, according to new research co-authored by Dr Nadia Micali (UCL Institute of Child Health).
Read: BBC News Online More: The IndependentAm I normal?
Professor Peter Brocklehurst (UCL Institute for Women's Health) takes part in a programme examining what constitutes a 'normal' birth.
Listen: BBC Radio 4Science: From Cradle to Grave
Professor Carol Dezateux (UCL Institute of Child Health), Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Professor Diana Kuh (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) contribute to a programme exploring the past, present and future of longitudinal studies.
Listen: BBC Radio 4Mohammed Keshtgar - a pioneering surgical oncologist
A profile of Mohammed Keshtgar (UCL Surgery & Interventional Science) outlines his medical career and research successes.
Read: The LancetScience Weekly: Hearing is believing
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) and Dr Roland Schaette (UCL Ear Institute) take part in podcast about how we make sense of what we hear.
Listen: The GuardianNHS 'misleading women' over breast screening
A group of doctors, including Professor Michael Baum (UCL General Surgery), plan to take legal action over the NHS breast cancer screening programme.
Read: The Sunday Times (£) More: The GuardianThe Tribes of Science
Matthew Pope (UCL Institute of Archaeology) welcomes journalists to a dig in Jersey to explain to them what makes archaeologists tick and discuss whether they form a 'tribe' of science.
Listen: BBC Radio 4