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Anti-ageing pills closer to reality
When mice were fed the drug rapamycin, they lived longer, says Professor Dame Linda Partridge (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment). The drug also offered protection against neurodegenerative diseases, which are closely linked to ageing.
Read: Times of IndiaChildren's cancer cures 'put at risk by EU regulations'
"It's all incredibly bureaucratic. The whole process needs to be much simpler and less expensive," says Professor Kathy Pritchard-Jones (UCL Institute of Child Health).
Read: TelegraphWomen in Science: Cracking the code in the battle of the sexes
Professor Judith Mank (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) talks about how her lab looks at the differences between males and females in animals to untangle how these different forms are encoded by a set of genes that are nearly identical.
Read: IndependentLeveson inquiry: journalists 'should disclose financial interests'
Professor John Tasioulas (UCL Laws) comments on our rights to freedom, and points out that not all freedoms are valuable and that genuine rights involve corresponding duties.
Read: GuardianDegree classifications are extremely crude - and pretty useless
When they graduate, students should simply be given a transcript of their marks as a record their study, says Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy).
Read: GuardianGet the picture? Art in the brain of the beholder
Founded just over 10 years ago by Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology), the idea of neuroaesthetics was to bring scientific objectivity to the study of art, in an attempt to find neurological bases for the techniques that artists have perfected over the years.
Read: New ScientistUK science to be freely available
"What the UK government's plan actually does is to protect the publishing sector's exorbitant profits," says Fred Friend (UCL Scholarly Communication).
Read: BBC NewsGuardian book club
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, and looks at readers' responses to the book.
Read: GuardianNasa counts down the hours to its latest mission: is there life on Mars?
Dr Lewis Dartnell (UCL Space & Climate Physics) comments on NASA's latest mission, which aims to search for organic materials and amino acids.
Read: Guardian More: Wired UKOur money is safer with gamblers
UCL has pioneered the use of "confidence-based assessment" or "certainty-based marking". These tests reward people not just for knowing the right facts, but also for recognising the limits of their knowledge.
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