UCL in the media
The Anthropocene age: what world will humans leave behind?
The human-dominated geological epoch known as the Anthropocene probably began around the year 1610, according to a new study by Dr Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) and Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography).
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UCL has been ranked 17th in the world, and 4th in the UK, in the latest world reputation rankings published by THE.
Read: Telegraph, More: Evening Standard, Independent, Telegraph (2), Daily Mail, Times (£), TES, ForbesIs the word 'fracas' just a middle-class way of describing a punch-up?
Dr Kathryn Allan (UCL English Language & Literature) says the BBC may have deliberately chosen to use "fracas" to describe Jeremy Clarkson's suspension because it can be ambiguous.
Read: IndependentLarge Hadron Collider
Professor Jonathan Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) explains how the upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider could lead us to new discoveries.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 1 hour 47 mins)Step into ancient worlds
Dr Stuart Eve (UCL Archaeology) has developed a new app, called Dead Men's Eyes, which uses augmented reality to lay virtual images onto the real world to emulate what it would have been like to live in an ancient era.
Read: Daily MailIs this a mushroom cloud on Mars?
Professor Jan-Peter Muller (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory) comments on an image of a mushroom-shaped dust cloud on Mars taken by an Indian space probe.
Read: MirrorUK apprenticeships
Professor Alison Fuller (UCL Institute of Education) says the contrast between the apprenticeships offered in the UK and countries such as Germany is stark.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'World at One' (from 23 mins 18 secs)Early-onset Alzheimer's disease
Professor Nick Fox (UCL Neurodegenerative Diseases) is leading a new trial on early onset familial Alzheimer's disease.
Read: BBC News, Listen: BBC Radio 5 live '5 live Breakfast' (from 1 hour 2 mins), More: BBC Radio 2 'Chris Evans Breakfast Show' (from 2 hours 33 mins)Unimpressive discounts
Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) explains the psychology behind those "special offers" that amount to a penny off.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'You and Yours' (from 22 mins 55 secs)Elements: Technetium
Professor Andrea Sella (UCL Chemistry) explains why technetium sparked a 70-year wild goose chase by chemists in the Nineteenth Century.
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