UCL in the media
Women in Science: Cracking the code in the battle of the sexes
Professor Judith Mank (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) talks about how her lab looks at the differences between males and females in animals to untangle how these different forms are encoded by a set of genes that are nearly identical.
Leveson inquiry: journalists 'should disclose financial interests'
Professor John Tasioulas (UCL Laws) comments on our rights to freedom, and points out that not all freedoms are valuable and that genuine rights involve corresponding duties.
Degree classifications are extremely crude - and pretty useless
When they graduate, students should simply be given a transcript of their marks as a record their study, says Professor Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy).
Get the picture? Art in the brain of the beholder
Founded just over 10 years ago by Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Cell & Developmental Biology), the idea of neuroaesthetics was to bring scientific objectivity to the study of art, in an attempt to find neurological bases for the techniques that artists have perfected over the years.
UK science to be freely available
"What the UK government's plan actually does is to protect the publishing sector's exorbitant profits," says Fred Friend (UCL Scholarly Communication).
Guardian book club
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks, and looks at readers' responses to the book.
Nasa counts down the hours to its latest mission: is there life on Mars?
Dr Lewis Dartnell (UCL Space & Climate Physics) comments on NASA's latest mission, which aims to search for organic materials and amino acids.
Our money is safer with gamblers
UCL has pioneered the use of "confidence-based assessment" or "certainty-based marking". These tests reward people not just for knowing the right facts, but also for recognising the limits of their knowledge.
Ooh, I never knew it did that
Professor Robin Weiss (UCL Research Department of Infection) speculates that one of the main reasons human beings uniquely evolved a "thick bush of wiry hair" around their genital regions was to signal sexual maturation.
Only out-of-touch bosses go undercover on the floor
Good generals, bishops and headteachers all know their staff well. They don't shut themselves off in the high-security executive suite. They go out and greet the troops, chat to them and take the pulse of the organisation, says Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Health Psychology).