UCL in the media
In the Balance: Choosing a Running Mate
Dr Iwan Morgan (UCL Institute of the Americas) comments on Mitt Romney's decision to choose Paul Ryan as his running mate.
Listen: BBC World Service In the BalanceIs DNA the future of large-scale digital storage?
Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics, Evolution and Environment) talks about DNA, and why it could become a future option for storing large amounts of data.
Watch: Channel 4 NewsThe superwoman fallacy: what it really takes to be an academic and parent
Dr Melissa Terras (UCL Information Studies) is tired of being called superwoman because she has three young children and a job. Here she takes apart the myth and says there's no such thing as 'work-life balance'.
Read: GuardianGuardian book club
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about Regeneration by Pat Barker, and looks at the use of sympathy in the book.
Read: GuardianScience Weekly podcast: Engineering living tissue
Dr Suwan Jayasinghe (UCL Mechanical Engineering) discusses his work at UCL, where his team is engineering at the cellular level to create tissues that will one day repair or replace whole organs.
Listen: Guardian Science WeeklyHas François Hollande gone from being Mr Normal to Mr Neoliberal?
Socialist President François Hollande vowed to tackle inequality, but 100 days on he is not keeping his word, says Professor Philippe Marliere (UCL French).
Read: GuardianThe rise of the nerds
Dr Steve Cross (UCL Museums and Public Engagement) talks about Bright Club, and the rise of science stand-up.
Read: IndependentSun is the most perfect sphere ever observed in nature
Scaled to the size of a beach ball, say scientists, the sun's equatorial bulge would be less than the width of a human hair, says Dr Geraint Jones (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory).
Read: GuardianBook written in DNA code
Scientists who encoded the book say it could soon be cheaper to store information in DNA than in conventional digital devices, says Dr Geraint Jones (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory).
Read: GuardianDementia: I have a 50:50 chance. But I try not to worry
Professor Martin Rossor (UCL Neurodegenerative Diseases) talks about Alzheimer's disease, and how attitudes to the disease have changed over the years.
Read: Independent