UCL in the media
Morbid exhibits of UCL's Pathology Museum
Dating back to the 1800s the UCL’s Pathology Museum has more than 2,000 specimens of human remains, according to Curator Subhadra Das (UCL Culture).
Varied diet helps avoid allergies in children
An article exploring reasons for the increase in children's allergies quotes Emeritus Professor Graham Rook (UCL Infection & Immunity) who urges avoiding antibiotics and having a varied diet.
Read: NZ Herald'Harpoon' device to tackle dangerous space debris
Future space missions "are in jeopardy" from debris floating in space, says Professor Lucie Green (UCL Space & Climate Physics), as she investigates the potential of a 'space harpoon' to help to solve the problem.
Watch: BBC1 'The One Show' (from 15 mins 10 secs)EU border 'lie detector' system criticised as pseudoscience
Plans to use AI to analyse micro-expressions of people at EU borders could lead to "the implementation of a pseudoscientific border control," commented Bennett Kleinberg (UCL Security & Crime Science).
Read: Guardian, More: New Scientist (£), Listen: BBC World Service 'Newshour' (from 19 mins 55 secs)The AI healthcare revolution
Dr Hannah Fry (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) presents a Horizon documentary exploring the role of AI in healthcare. Professor Ann Blandford (UCL Institute of Digital Health) comments (from 15 mins 35 secs and 25 mins 35 secs).
Watch: BBC 'Horizon'Appendix removal may lower Parkinson's risks, study suggests
There is "strong, highly valuable, long-term epidemiological evidence" of a link between Parkinson's and the gut, suggesting appendix removal could reduce risks of Parkinson's in later life, comments Professor Tom Foltynie (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology).
Read: Independent, More: Daily MailToddlers more open to chatting in natural environments, experts find
Commenting on research which found time spent in nature could boost children's verbal skills, Professor Courtenay Norbury (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) said increasing language learning opportunities within rich social interactions is "key to enhancing oral language competence."
Read: Daily MailMedicinal cannabis and pain management
Professor Eileen Joyce (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) co-signs a letter contesting the claim that the effectiveness of medicinal cannabis for pain management is not supported by the evidence.
Read: Times (£)The lessons Frankenstein can still teach us
Dr Jack Stilgoe (UCL Dept of Science & Technology Studies) joins the discussion about the lessons that Frankenstein can still teach us, even 200 years on.
Read: CBS NewsFree Radicals
Professor Nick Lane (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) joins a discussion on free radicals, which he explains is an atom or molecule that has a single unpaired electron.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'In Our Time' (from the start)