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Intense scrutiny heaped on Joe Biden's Israel policy
Anything Joe Biden says at the moment on Israel-Palestine is going to be "parsed, scrutinised, reinterpreted, taken out of context, and pulled through the wringer by critics a million different ways," explains Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
Shortage of HPV vaccines leads to millions of girls in Africa missing out
Professor Monica Lakhanpaul (UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) discusses the dangers of plane turbulence as well as the shortage of HPV vaccines in Africa, which could lead to ten million girls in some of the poorest parts of the world missing out on the jab.
Malaria warning to Brit holidaymakers
"It’s very important that British travellers are aware of malaria cases. Even if someone previously lived in a malarial area and had built up some immunity, that immunity is lost after about a year," warns Professor Bryony Franklin (UCL School of Pharmacy).
Travelling Brits warned against malaria spike
The primary driver for malaria cases detected in the UK is the number of Brits who travel abroad, states Professor François Balloux (UCL Biosciences), as health chiefs warn malaria levels in UK holidaymakers are at their highest for 20 years.
UCL signs up to ground-breaking sustainable research agreement
UCL has signed up to a ground-breaking new agreement aimed at making research more environmentally sustainable.
‘Weak’ hush money case may be only chance to stop Trump before election
“There’s always a risk that it turns the courtroom into a spectacle, with the judge, the prosecutor, or the defence playing to the camera,” says Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science), adding: “That’s especially true in a case like Trump’s."
Using AI to spot ships smuggling Russian oil
“It’s very difficult for humans to search large areas for small things, like a needle in a haystack sort of problem, but obviously deep learning [AI] is really good for exactly that sort of thing," says Dr Ollie Ballinger (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis).
Does St George's day and England need a reset?
Polling from More in Common and the UCL Policy Lab, headed by Professor Marc Stears (UCL Political Science), suggests that the overwhelming majority of English voters neither want to recreate their country’s past nor forget it entirely.
Is Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial too political?
Between 20 and 30 per cent of the US population believe Donald Trump is the subject of a witch hunt after being embroiled in several criminal cases, says Dr Brian Klaas (UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society).
Cost increasingly important motive for quitting smoking in England
Health concerns are still the primary motive for more than half of those who say they want to stop smoking in England, but cost is now a key factor for more than one in four, finds a new study led by Dr Sarah Jackson (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care).
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