UCL in the media
How to fake a giant rat (and why you shouldn't trust pictures on the internet)
Oliver O'Brien (UCL Geography) has calculated that a rat shown in a viral image is probably closer to two-feet long rather than the claimed four.
Read: GuardianAmazon makes U-turn over Fire tablet encryption
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Engineering) says that he is surprised Amazon removed disk encryption security protection to its mobile operating system.
Read: BBC NewsGrid cells come into play when the imagination runs away
A study by Professor Neil Burgess and Dr Aidan Horner (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) suggests that neurons which track our movements are also involved in imaginary navigation.
Read: Guardian, More: Daily Mail, UCL NewsPompey's predicament
Professor Nicholas Phelps (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) comments on the problems faced by the city of Portsmouth due to it's reliance on the naval industry.
Read: The EconomistThe European search for life on Mars
Dr Peter Grindrod (UCL-Birkbeck Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences) comments on the ExoMars mission to search for life on Mars, with the launch of the Russian rocket next week.
Read: BT.comShould we subject candidates for President to psychiatric testing?
A study by UCL and Brussels Free university has shown that presidential leaders with anti-social personality disorder and narcissistic character traits can have a powerful influence on people acting under them. Experts have argued that potential candidates should undergo psychiatric tests.
Read: The New Statesman'Stunning' operation regenerates eye's lens
Professor Robin Ali (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) comments on a pioneering procedure to regenerate the eye which has successfully treated children with cataracts in China.
Read: BBC News, More: The TelegraphShared parental leave: the fathers bringing up baby
Professor Margaret O'Brien (UCL Institute of Education) discusses the impact of Shared Parental Leave one-year on from its introduction in the UK.
Read: Financial TimesMy Perfect Country: Uganda
Professor Henrietta Moore (UCL Institute for Global Prosperity) looks at how communities in Uganda have revolutionised the justice system by taking matters into their own hands.
Listen: BBC World Service, 'My Perfect Country'Maya Civilisation
Professor Elizabeth Graham (UCL Institute of Archaeology) discusses the Maya Civilization, which flourished in central America from around 250AD in great cities such as Chichen Itza and Uxmal with advances in mathematics, architecture and astronomy.
Listen: BBC Radio 4, 'In Our Time'