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Race to map Africa's forgotten glaciers before they melt away
Dr Richard Taylor (UCL Geography) talks about the rapidly disappearing Rwenzori glaciers in Uganda, and how Project Pressure is documenting them before they have gone forever.
Read: GuardianFrench expats prepare to vote in parliamentary elections
"Northern Europe is a constituency for the left to win," says Professor Philippe Marlière (UCL French), who sees Hollande's narrow victory over Sarkozy in Britain as a cause for the Socialists to hope.
Read: Guardian More: BBC NewsIn Italy, a Soccer Scandal Casts a Shadow Over Euro 2012
"This is the worst scandal in Italian football history, and that's saying something," says Professor John Foot (UCL Italian).
Read: TimeLook, ol' Venus is giving us an eyeful
Venus will pass in front of the face of the sun this week. It is our last chance for 105 years to glean the planet's secrets, says Dr Lucie Green (UCL Space & Climate Physics).
Read: Times (£) More: UCL NewsWhen mums go mad
Women who choose not to work feel obliged not only to defend their decision to stay at home, but to go to ever more extreme lengths to demonstrate they are producing 'better' children as a result, says Dr Anne McMunn (UCL Epidemiology and Public Health).
Read: Times (£)'Hope' for the paralysed?
Professor Geoff Raisman (UCL Brain Repair and Rehabilitation) talks about using stem cells in spinal repair, and the difficulties associated with such complex work.
Read: BBC NewsGovernment adviser Bill McGuire says global warming is causing earthquakes and landslides
Professor Bill McGuire (UCL Earth Sciences), a member of the Government's Natural Hazard Working Group, warns the Hay Festival of an age of "geological havoc".
Read: TelegraphRevealed: postcode lottery for dystonia treatment
Professor Patricia Limousin (UCL Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders) talks about dystonia, and the benefits of deep brain stimulation.
Watch: Channel 4 NewsCharles in waiting: 63-year-old pays tribute to Queen - and his own destiny?
Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit) argues that the most powerful case that republicans could make for abolishing the ancient British monarchy - practical rather than theoretical - is "the serious burdens it places on the royal family".
Read: GuardianRehab robot helps paralysed rats walk again
Professor Geoffrey Raisman (UCL Brain Repair & Rehabilitation) comments on research that has enabled paralysed rats to recover their ability to walk, sprint and even climb stairs, thanks to a rehabilitating robot and a chocolate treat.
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