Professor Steve Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) reviews new book The Archaeology of Race: the Eugenic Ideas of Francis Galton and Flinders Petrie by Debbie Challis (UCL Petrie Museum). Read: Lancet

Professor John O'Keefe (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) comments on grid cells. Read: New York Times

David McCarthy (UCL Pharmacology) assists retired scientist Steve Geschmeistner with creating dramatic images of microscopic pollen. Watch: BBC's One Show

A new generation of drugs promises diagnosis, monitoring, stealth, precision and cure – all in one package. "Doxil was a landmark in the field," says Professor Kostas Kostarelos (UCL Pharmaceutics). Read: New Scientist

Emerging fields such as nanotechnology must resist the false dichotomy that says they're either marvellous or demonic, writes Professor Kostas Kostarelos (UCL Nanomedicine). Read: Guardian

In his new book, Professor Steve Jones (UCL Genetics Evolution & Environment) puts the Bible under the scientific microscope. Here he asks whether religious transcendence might have a biological cause. Read: Telegraph

Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences) is the take-no-prisoners debunker of pseudoscience on his unmissable blog. Read: Guardian

"It's a compromise between having the complexity to model some of the things that we want to study - brain function, behaviour, ... - but also  the simplicity that we might be able to understand it," said Dr Jason Rihel (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology). Listen: BBC Radio 4's Material World (from 11 mins)

"Cupping doesn’t make any sense at all," says Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences). Read: Daily Mail

Professor Martin Raff (UCL Biosciences) and colleagues found that the in vitro lifespans of two different types of cells increased with their density. Read: Wired

The UK's new Centre for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI) launched in London last week. Dr Richard Barker (UCL School of Life & Medical Sciences) and director of CASMI said: “We hope CASMI will address one of the major societal problems of the 21st century.” Read: Lancet

Experiments are being put on the back burner – future discoveries may be scuppered by administrative overload, writes Dr Jenny Rohn (UCL Clinical Physiology). Read: Guardian

Amazon has been criticised for hosting sales of products that claim to cure or treat cancer. Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences) said: “The claims are quite grotesque. The real danger is that people will believe the hucksters and take only things like these.” Read: Times (£) More: Mirror

Dr Jenny Rohn (UCL Physiology) said: "With everything seeming so gloomy after the Budget, it may seem counter-intuitive to start spending more on science. But this is exactly the right time to do it in order to stimulate the economy." Read: Scotsman

The organisation that represents British pharmacologists has remained largely silent over the problems of both big pharma and alternative medicine. It’s time for that to change, says Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences). Read: Research Fortnight

Exaggerated claims from genetic ancestry testing companies undermine serious research into human genetic history, says Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment). Read: Guardian More: BioEdge

“I absolutely do believe it’s possible to coax mammal tissues into regenerating to a greater degree with the lessons we learn from newts,” says Professor Jeremy Brockes (Structural and Molecular Biology). Read: Scientific American

Professor Martin Raff (UCL Division of Biosciences) shares his first experience of presenting a talk. "As soon as I started, I hit a blank,” he recalls. Read: Nature

Draft guidance for the website NHS Choices warning that there is no evidence that homeopathy works was suppressed by officials following lobbying by a charity set up by the Prince of Wales. Correspondence from the Department of Health discussing the guidance was released under the Freedom of Information Act to Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences). Read: Guardian More: DC’s Improbable Science BMJ Daily Mail

“Thicker hair, tooth shape, more sweat glands … could have increased fitness, but for quite different reasons,” said Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) Read: New Scientist More: UCL News

"You might argue that if you're sufficiently fit to grow an enormous and not-grey beard you are making a statement that you are sexually fit,” says Professor Steve Jones (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment). Read: The Age

Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) comments on the use of mitochondrial DNA testing in identifying the remains of King Richard III. Read: Guardian More: New Scientist

Professors Christopher Dean (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) and Tim Cole (UCL Institute of Child Health) have studied the microscopic structure of adult molars to reconstruct the pace of their development. Read: New Scientist

Dr Jason Rihel (UCL Cell and Developmental Biology) talks about how scientists can use tiny fish to provide a window into complex brain connections.  Read: Nature

“I think this country is in danger of having a paternalistic medical system, that doesn’t allow consumers to have real choice,” says Professor David Taylor (UCL School of Pharmacy) in response to recommendations that chemists should be able to refer customers directly to hospital for cancer checks. Read: Telegraph