Professor Andrew Steptoe and Dr Mark Hamer (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) talk about new study showing 2.5 hours of moderate activity per week reduces heart disease risk. Listen: BBC Radio 4 Today (from 51mins) More: BBC News, Daily Mail, UCL News

Professor Chris Rapley and Dr Seymour Laxon (UCL Earth Sciences) talk about how new satellite images show polar ice coverage dwindling in extent and thickness. Read: Guardian More: Times (£) I Mail BBC R4 Today Planet Earth Times (£) II New Scientist Huffington Post

Fossils from Northern Kenya show that a new species of human lived two million years ago, according to research by Professors Fred Spoor and Christopher Dean (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology). Read: PA More: BBC R4 Today (from 54m) NY Times The Australian IBT UCL press release

Dr Matt Piper (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) comments on animal studies showing the impact of restricted diet on disease risk. Read: Daily Mail

Professor Chris Rapley (UCL Earth Sciences) discusses why climate change has slipped from the public agenda and the need to urgently bring about public discourse: “We must begin to discuss the risks and impacts of a climate disaster, since our institutions and processes appear incapable of preventing it.” Read: FT (£)

Dr Karl Woodbridge and Dr Kevin Chetty (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering) publish research demonstrating how a passive radar system can see through walls by reading Wi-Fi radio waves. Read: Wired UK

The Anna Freud Centre at UCL withdraws an advert for an unpaid internship after concerns are raised. Read: THE More: Guardian THE II THE III

A third of children who survive meningitis will be left with long-term conditions, new research led by Professor Russell Viner (UCL Institute of Child Health) suggests. Read: The Independent More: The Guardian, The Herald, The Scotsman, Evening Standard, UCL News

Professor Malcolm Grant (UCL President & Provost) and Professor Sir John Tooke (UCL Vice Provost Health) comment on changes within the NHS and efforts to bring university research and the health service closer together. Read: THE

Research by UCL and Edinburgh University suggests people with mild mental illnesses such as anxiety or depression are more likely to die early. Read: BBC News More: Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Express, The Herald, More info: UCL News