UCL in the media
Moderate drinking can lower risk of heart attack, says study
A study involving UCL researchers found that moderate drinkers are less at risk of a heart attack and some other heart conditions when compared to non-drinkers and heavy drinkers. Co-author Dr Annie Britton (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) comments.
Read: The Guardian, More: The Sun, Independent, Daily Mail, ExpressThe shape of things to come in higher education
Professor Rose Luckin (UCL Institute of Education) comments on how artificial intelligence could be incorporated into teaching practice.
Read: THEUsing satnav 'switches off' parts of the brain
A study led by Dr Hugo Spiers (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) found that using a satnav to get to your destination 'switches off' parts of the brain that would otherwise be used to simulate different routes.
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Haunted by the mystery deaths in Nicaragua's brutal sugarcane fields
Dr Ben Caplin (UCL Medicine) comments on an unexplained kidney disease responsible for 75% of deaths of young and middle-aged men in Nicaragua, particularly those working on sugarcane fields.
Read: The Observer25 tips for your Isa
Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) comments on how investors can be prone to "activity bias" - the idea that doing something is better than doing nothing.
Read: The TelegraphPoor Old Potato
Dr Bill Sillar (UCL Institute of Archaeology) is interviewed about how the early Andeans and Inca developed innovative ways to cultivate potatoes, but preferred to celebrate maize instead.
Listen: BBC World Service 'The Food Chain' (from 3 mins 50 secs)Technically, what exactly is 'technical education'?
Professor Martin Doel (UCL Institute of Education) writes about what technical education really is, and why it would benefit from being approached differently than academic education.
Read: TESEx-Eton head brands academic selection 'harmful'
Professor Becky Francis (UCL Institute of Education) is quoted saying that comprehensive education systems tend to yield better outcomes than those with academic selection.
Read: i NewsParrots find 'laughter' contagious and high-five in mid air
Professor Sophie Scott (UCL Psychology & Languages Sciences) comments on a study into emotional contagion in wild keas.
Read: New Scientist (£)Help me fund lab to fight DNA errors, says expert
Dr Ruth Morgan (UCL Security & Crime Science) says forensic analyses presented in courts are often flawed, as she seeks to set up a new forensic evidence research laboratory.
Read: The Times (£)