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Medicine: the appliance of science
Professor Chris Mason (UCL Biochemical Engineering) comments on a technique called genome editing, which could help make immune cells HIV-resistant.
Read: GuardianSmoking: Can the nation kick the habit?
"It does get harder when you are down to a smaller number of smokers, but the research shows that about 70% of smokers still want to give up," says Professor Robert West (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health).
Read: BBC NewsGovernment drugs policy
Professor Val Curran (UCL Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology) comments on the chemical changes to cannabis over the years, and how has "created a new kind of drug with new kinds of problems".
Listen: BBC R4 Today (from 1hr 41m)Academic questions Reid thinktank's link to drone firm
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Read: GuardianHow life emerged from deep-sea rocks
Dr Nick Lane (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) and colleagues have fleshed out the detail on how the first cells might have evolved in these vents, and escaped their deep sea lair.
Read: NatureApocalypse tomorrow
Dr Francisco Diego (UCL Physics & Astronomy) and Professor Liz Graham (UCL Archaeology) talk about the Mayan's apocalyptic prophesies, and other ways the world could end.
Watch: Channel 4 News More: BBC 5 Live (from 1hr 56mins)Mayan apocalypse: Where to see out the end of the world in London
Professor Elizabeth Graham (UCL Archaeology) comments on the Mayan's apocalyptic prophecies. "Did they explicitly say the world was going to end on that day? No, " she added.
Read: MetroThe Puzzle of Proto-Elamite
Professor Mark Ronan (UCL Mathematics) describes new efforts at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, to decode the world's oldest undeciphered language.
Read: History TodayWhy we couldn't back a Bill that strips us of our rights
We oppose a UK Bill of Rights that is not supported by the whole of the UK, that will be used to strip people of basic rights and decouple the UK from the European Convention, says Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws).
Read: IndependentMathieu Ngudjolo Chui acquittal puts pressure on ICC
"The costs of the ICC are small compared with the global aid budget, and completely irrelevant as compared with defence spending. You can't compare the cost of international justice with shopping at a supermarket," says Professor Philippe Sands.
Read: BBC News