UCL in the media
HS2 rail link 'over-priced' say transport experts
Professor James Croll (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) comments on the decision to design HS2 to run ultra-fast at 240mph, faster than the 190mph normal for continental high-speed trains covering greater distances.
Read: BBC News, More: Daily MailWomen who want to be taken seriously at work should stand 'like a man'
A study co-led by UCL has suggested that women are more likely to be taken seriously at work if they stand in a typically male way.
Read: Daily Mail, More: Telegraph, The SunVote to leave EU would 'condemn Britain to irrelevance', say historians
Professor Kathleen Burk (UCL History) is one of 300 prominent historians to sign a letter warning voters that if they choose to leave the European Union they will condemn Britain to irrelevance.
Read: GuardianThe enduring fascination of relics, from Becket's elbow to Elvis's Graceland
Dr Bill MacLehose (UCL Science & Technology Studies) comments on the appeal of secular relics.
Read: Guardian, More: New York Times'Instant cure' weight-loss surgery denied to diabetics
Professor Rachel Batterham (UCL Metabolism & Experimental Therapeutics) says stigma around obesity meant access to care was not a priority for NHS clinical commissioning groups.
Read: Times (£)Economists jump on the Bremain bandwagon
47 economists from the UCL Department of Economics have signed a statement warning that the economic costs of Brexit would be high.
Read: Times (£), More: UCL NewsWhy being lazy might actually be good for you
A UCL Festival of Culture talk by Dr Isabelle Moreau (UCL SELCS) hopes to cast light on laziness by contextualising it in space and time, rather than simply contrasting it with "hard work".
Read: IndependentThieves steal £8.8m in ATM bank heist in Japan
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) comments on the likely cause of a nationwide ATM heist in Japan that saw nearly £8.8 illegally withdrawn from 1,400 cash machines in the space of two hours.
Read: Telegraph, More: National PostSwapping one vice for another?
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) explains that how addictive a nicotine product is depends on the speed of absorption.
Read: Daily MailHow many people did it take to build Stonehenge?
An experiment organised by UCL Archaeology for the UCL Festival of Culture has recreated how the bluestones of Stonehenge may have been transported from the Presili Mountains in Wales to Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.
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