UCL MEDIA RELATIONS

"Along with many of my colleagues, I simply cannot understand why this wasn't discovered in the six weeks between the exam date and the release of results," says Lyndon James, a final year medical student at UCL. Read: Guardian

French scientist Henri Poincaré arrived at the main ideas of Relativity Theory before Einstein, says Professor Mark Ronan (UCL Mathematics). Read: Standpoint

"British colonial slave-ownership was of far greater significance in Britain than has previously been recognised,” said Professor Catherine Hall (UCL History). Read: Guardian Listen: BBC Radio 4's Today (from 2 hours 19 mins) BBC News BBC Radio Merseyside (From 47 mins) More: LBS project BBC News BBC News Dorset Herald Scotland York Press BBC News (2) Indian Express Windsor Star Scottish Sun Wired Plymouth Herald San Francisco Chronicle Las Vegas Sun The Voice Miami Herald Calgary Herald CBC News Denver Post Huffington Post Huffington Post (2) News 24 Evening Standard Hindustan Times Times of India Telegraph Blog Independent Globe & Mail Belfast Newsletter Gazette & Herald Herald Scotland Herald Scotland (2) New York Times St Helen's Reporter Ebony The Argus Caribbean 360 Jamaica Observer This is Nottingham Plus a range of local and international media.

“This gap between what is seen in the surveys and sales potentially has enormous implications for public health in England," says Sadie Boniface (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health). Read: BBC News Listen: BBC Radio 4's Today (from 54 mins) ABC Radio BBC Radio 5 Live's 5 live Drive (from 1 hour, 3 mins) BBC Radio Humberside (from 1 hour, 1 min) Watch: BBC News BBC News (2) Huffington Post ITV's Daybreak (from 23 mins) More: UCL News Guardian Independent Telegraph Express Huffington Post Metro Daily Mail Times (£) Guardian (Comment is Free) Guardian Blog Independent (2) Wolverhampton Express & Star CBS News Express (2) Bristol Post CTV News New Zealand Herald The Australian Japan Times Scottish Sun Belfast Telegraph Washington Star Cambridge News Daily Mail Plus a range of regional and international media.

"When food is being used for comfort, or as a pick-me-up, most people choose something sweet or salty,” said Professor Jane Wardle (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health). Read: Guardian

“I am still seeing young children that appear to be damaged by these drugs,” says Professor Matthew Walker (UCL Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy). Watch: BBC Inside Out (from 14 mins)

Professor Uta Frith (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. Listen: BBC Radio 4

People-oriented urbanization requires local governments to transform from an entrepreneurial actor in land dealings to a provider of public goods, writes Professor Fulong Wu (UCL Bartlett School of Planning). Read: China Daily

"We know that babies hear can hear their mother's voice in the womb and pick up on the pitch and rhythm,” says Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience). Read: BBC News

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