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Is Facebook losing its 'cool'?
Professor Daniel Miller (UCL Department of Anthropology) discusses concerns over Facebook's ability to retain teenage users.
Watch: CNN 'World Business Today', More: Telegraph, Read: Sydney Morning HeraldPrototype lets users read the web in augmented reality
William Steptoe (UCL Department of Computer Science) has developed a prototype augmented reality system which enables users to interact with virtual objects, avatars and websites.
Watch: BBC NewsFossil "frog from hell" gets a new look
A study led by Professor Susan Evans (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology) has substantially revised the appearance and size of the fossil frog Beelzebufo.
Read: National Geographic, Huffington PostExplainer: whatever happened to the threat of peak oil?
Dr Christophe McGlade (UCL Energy Institute) discusses the the principles behind the peak oil debate and whether it is still, or ever was, a relevant subject.
Read: The ConversationSmoking In Cars With Children Ban Bid
Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) comments on the proposed ban on smoking in cars where children are present.
Watch: Sky NewsStem cell 'major discovery' claimed
Professor Chris Mason (UCL Department of Biochemical Engineering) comments on the recent discovery that shocking blood cells with acid could trigger a transformation into stem cells.
Read: BBC News, More: The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times (£), Independent, Daily Mail, New Scientist, The Scotsman, The Australian, Times of India, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'The World Tonight' (from 41 mins), BBC Radio 4 'Six O'Clock News' (from 17 mins), BBC Radio 4 'Inside Science' (from 24 mins)The women left in agony for years
Dr Ertan Saridogan (UCL Institute for Women's Health) comments on the difficulty in diagnosing endometriosis.
Read: Daily MailGoogle buys British artificial intelligence firm DeepMind
DeepMind Technologies, a technology start-up co-founded by Dr Demis Hassabis (UCL Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit), has been purchased by Google for £400 million.
Read: Telegraph, More: Independent, The Times, City A.M, Evening Standard, Khaleej Times, Boston Globe, Economic Times, Listen: BBC Radio 4 'PM' (from 26 mins)DeepMind buy heralds rise of the machines
Professor Geraint Rees (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) comments on Google's acquisition of DeepMind Technologies, describing Demis Hassabis as "a phenomenon".
Read: Financial Times, More: Telegraph, Watch: BBC London News (from 14 mins)Messier 82 Supernova
Dr Steve Fossey (UCL Department of Physics & Astronomy) discusses the discovery by UCL staff and students of a supernova in Messier 82 and what we can learn from such a finding.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 1 hour 54 mins)
