UCL in the media
Lingua Latina mortua est, vivat lingua Latina!
UCL Centre for Languages and International Education comments on Latin as a native language: "It could be argued that the native Latin tongue lasted for ever, inasmuch as modern Romance languages are the contemporary stages of an uninterrupted native usage of Latin."
Anechoic chamber: The room that 'sucks out' sound
Stephen Nevard (UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences) shows Mike Williams around UCL's anechoic chamber, one of the quietest rooms in the world.
International Women's Day: Africa's top women achievers - nominated by you
Chibundu Onuzo (UCL Political Science) is number nine in the Guardian's list of Africa's top women achievers.
BP chief economist Christof Ruhl says thirst for power will change energy market
BP chief economist Christof Ruhl speaks at a forum, hosted by the British Chamber of Commerce and UCL Adelaide.
Moment of Truth for Venezuela 'Revolution'
"We on the outside shouldn't assume that Chavez was the most inflexible and ideological of the Chavistas," said Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas (UCL Institute of the Americas).
Icy volcanoes offer clues for life on Mars
"These environments are fascinating because they exist in such a primitive setting," says Dr Claire Cousins (UCL Earth Sciences), the study's lead author.
Hoffman discusses relationship between acting and the mind
Professor Ray Dolan (UCL Imaging Neuroscience) was involved in a roundtable event that focused on the scientific mindset of an actor organised by the Emotional Brain Institute.
Violent Crime in the Capital
Professor Sonia Johnson (UCL Mental Health Science Unit) comments on violent crime in London this week.
Some DNA ancestry services akin to 'genetic astrology'
Professor David Balding and Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Genetics Institute) warn that DNA ancestry tests are either so general as to be "personally meaningless or they are just speculation from thin evidence".
How Sweet It Is: Genes Show How Bacteria Colonized Human Teeth
Professor Francois Balloux (UCL Genetics Institute) comments on research suggesting that microbes colonised our mouths after humans invented farming 10,000 years ago.