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BBC is dumbing down science
Professor Lisa Jardine (UCL Centre for Editing Lives & Letters) argues that BBC programme makers steeped in the humanities underestimate their audiences' understanding of science.
Read: Daily Mail TelegraphGenetics plays key role in shaping outlook
A person's disposition toward happiness or misery is genetic, according to work by UCL, Harvard and the universities of California, San Diego and Zurich.
Read: China DailyHiggs boson: at a crossroads
Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) says that there are still more exciting discoveries to come following discovery of the Higgs.
Read: New Scientist (£)How playing video games could help us stay sharp on the road to old age
Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience) likened exercising the brain to going to the gym: "Your muscles don't stay toned unless you keep exercising. It's always a good idea to keep your brain active."
Read: Times (£)Lighting strikes twice
Professor Mark Handley (UCL Computer Science) said: "They (developers of 'Walkie Talkie' tower) have missed a chance. They should have put some solar panels down on this patch. They would've made a fortune."
Read: MirrorHistoric space pictures published online for the first time
The Centre for Planetary Science at UCL & Birkbeck has an amazing collection of images, including Soviet photos of the surface of Venus, mosaics of Jupiter's moons and an incredibly detailed map of the Moon.
View: TelegraphSeven Ages of Science
Professor Lisa Jardine (UCL Centre for Editing Lives & Letters) discusses the evolution of scientific endeavour in Britain over the last four centuries.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Age of the Lab'University alliance launches for the East
The south-western GW4 alliance was unveiled in January and the Science and Engineering South Consortium was announced in May. The latter consists of the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Southampton, Imperial College London and UCL.
Read: THE'Brain window' implant devised
Discussing a new "window to the brain" implant which would allow doctors to see through the skull, Prof John Duncan (UCL Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy) said: "Access to the brain for minimally invasive surgery would be a major step forward."
Read: BBC NewsBody sensors to measure Heathrow 'noise stress'
People living under the flight path of Heathrow Airport are being invited to wear body sensors to monitor stress caused by aircraft noise. About 140 residents have already taken part in a study using a mobile phone app to record and chart plane noise. UCL is extending the project to monitor the stress inflicted on people's bodies.
Read: BBC News
