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Comment: Superstorms, 45°C days and sleeping in the park: What summer will be like in 2050
Comment: Superstorms, 45°C days and sleeping in the park: What summer will be like in 2050

Comment: Superstorms, 45°C days and sleeping in the park: What summer will be like in 2050

Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences) warns in the iNewspaper that by 2050, heatwaves will become longer and more intense because of climate change, and extreme weather by today’s standards will be the ‘new normal.’

14 Jul 2025

Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain
Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain

Animal-inspired AI robot learns to navigate unfamiliar terrain

An artificial intelligence (AI) system that enables a four-legged robot to adapt its gait to varied, unfamiliar terrain, just like a real animal, has been developed by researchers at UCL and the University of Leeds.

11 Jul 2025

Analysis: Five unusual ways to make buildings greener (literally)
Analysis: Five unusual ways to make buildings greener (literally)

Analysis: Five unusual ways to make buildings greener (literally)

Paul Dobraszczyk (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) explores five ways of integrating plants into buildings beyond simply trying to grow them on walls in The Conversation.

11 Jul 2025