UCL in the media
Starmer ‘resets’ relationship with the EU
Dr Tom O'Grady (UCL Political Science) examines satisfaction with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s record.
Masturbation paper researcher attacks ‘groupthink’ backlash
Ms Michelle Shipworth (UCL Energy Institute) was an early critic of the paper. She said: “Academia is becoming more attitudinally homogenous and, at the same time, more censorious, making it increasingly dangerous for academics to argue against a view they believe is widely held”
UCL neuroscientist and mathematician among Royal Society Medal winners
UCL Professors Hannah Fry (UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis) and Gillian Bates (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) have been honoured with Royal Society Medals.
Massive megalith that predates Stonehenge shows science savvy of Neolithic humans
Professor Michael Parker Pearson (UCL Archaeology) said: “I’ve always been amazed by the engineering skills needed to build this dolmen [...] This paper reveals just how precisely that has to have been done, with an extraordinary eye on dimensions and angles”.
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More people at risk of hereditary heart disease than thought
More people in the UK are at risk of a hereditary form of cardiac amyloidosis, a potentially fatal heart condition, than previously thought, according to a new study led by Dr Luis Lopes (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science).
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Growing number of Americans believe AI will negatively impact jobs market
Dr Peter Bentley (UCL Computer Science) likened the rise of AI to the dawn of the internet. He said: “vast numbers of new jobs were created to run new online businesses. The same is likely to be true of AI".
Vapes should be sold behind the counter like cigarettes, says BMA
Professor Lion Shahab (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) said: “We have to make vaping boring again, but we must be mindful that we do not throw the baby out with the bath water.
We should hug fearsome wasps as they have 'important role' as 'pest controllers'
Professor Seirian Sumner (UCL Biosciences) said she has been 'surprised and pleased’ to see Brits had noticed the stingers had gone missing this summer.
Pain identified as dominant symptom in long Covid
Pain may be the most prevalent and severe symptom reported by individuals with long Covid, according to a new study led by Dr David Sunkersing (UCL Institute of Health Informatics).
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Neolithic engineers built megalithic monument with stones that weighed as much as two jumbo jets
Professor Mike Parker-Pearson (UCL Institute of Archaeology) described it as described the 32 colossal stones that make up the Menga Dolmen as “one of the world’s greatest megalithic wonders”.