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Psyche
Professor Patrick Haggard (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) explains whether there is any benefit in searching our brains for soulful activity.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The Ideas That Make Us' (from 10 mins 38 secs)Scientists have been using a flawed method to diagnose pain
Patterns of brain activity thought to show pain responses have been called into question after research by Professor John Wood (UCL Medicine) and the University of Reading found such patterns in rare patients born without a sense of pain.
Read: Gizmodo, More: Scientific American, UCL NewsIB and BTEC 'overvalued' in Ucas tariff
Professor Francis Green (UCL Institute of Education) says the new tariff due to be introduced by UCAS is "disappointing", arguing that schools and universities needed good information to make admissions decisions and advise students on their options.
Read: THE (£)Cambridge college to fund disadvantaged students' living costs
Commenting on plans for a Cambridge college to fund term-time living costs of undergraduates from poorer families, Dr Gill Wyness (UCL Institute of Education) says that students would welcome the funding but warns that a move towards support coming from universities rather than the government was a "worrying prospect".
Read: THE (£)The Paris Agreement has solved a troubling problem
In an op-ed piece, Professor Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) says that by endorsing a limit of 1.5 °C, the Paris climate negotiations have effectively defined what society considers dangerous.
Read: NatureApple scammers have their heads in the iCloud
Commenting on an iCloud phishing scam, Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) says the most likely source of the information was a retailer or another internet site that has been hacked into and had its database stolen.
Read: GuardianInside the brutal, bloody and potentially deadly world of mixed martial arts
Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) describes how full-combat sports with regular or concussive head injuries can trigger devastating brain damage.
Read: Daily MirrorBank of England policymaker is behind the curve on wages
Professor Stephen Machin (UCL Economics) says that wage growth is around 1.2% and falling.
Read: GuardianQB50
A team including Dhiren Kataria and Professor Lucie Green (both UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) are building small sensors to investigate the thermosphere as part of the QB50 project and they explain how scientists cope with the challenge of building their gadgets smaller and lighter.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Science in Action' (from 16 mins 3 secs)Five factors to consider when choosing your PhD
Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) and Professor Kevin Fowler (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) provide some advice on what to look for in a modern PhD programme.
Read: Nature