UCL in the media
Human skills will prevail in world of AI
Professor Rose Luckin (UCL Institute of Education) underscores the prevailing importance of human skills as AI is discussed in the context of teaching.
Read: The Australian (£)How children make friends across difference
Dr Humera Iqbal (UCL Institute of Education) speaks about her research, looking at how children make friends across difference in diverse London primary schools.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'A Culture of Encounter' (from 12 mins 41 secs)Free-fall experiment could test if gravity is a quantum force
Professor Sougato Bose and Professor Peter Barker (UCL Physics & Astronomy) have proposed an experimental test of whether gravity is quantum or not, to settle questions about the force's true nature.
Read: New ScientistSkylark: The unsung hero of British space
Professor Chris Rapley (UCL Earth Sciences) discusses his involvement in Skylark while a PhD student at UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, saying 'it was more than career-forming; it was life-forming'.
Read: BBC NewsDiscussion on monochrome art
Sarah Pickering (UCL Slade School of Fine Art) discusses monochrome art on the advent of a new exhibition at the National Gallery in London: 'Monochrome: Painting in Black and White', which opened two days ago.
Listen: BBC Radio 3 'Free Thinking'What young Britons really think about Brexit and their prospects outside the EU
Dr Avril Keating (UCL Institute of Education) writes about the difficulty of categorising the views of young people in the UK on Brexit.
Read: The ConversationParis agreement pledges only third of action needed to avoid worst effects of climate change, major UN report finds
Professor Chris Rapley (UCL Earth Sciences) says findings from the UN's Emissions Gap report should encourage politicians to do more to fight climate change.
Read: Evening StandardHow cats and dogs are helping doctors predict dementia in people with Parkinson's
Dr Rimona Weil (UCL Molecular Neuroscience) comments on her research which developed a way of determining will who will develop dementia at a later stage.
Is this the interactive road of the future?
UCL research has been involved in the development of a prototype for a 'responsive road', intended to reduce collisions between cars and pedestrians at road crossings.
Read: Daily MailHow WhatsApp conquered Westminster - and other workplaces
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) comments on the use of Whatsapp in work contexts, and whether employers can track what their employees are saying.
Read: New Statesman