UCL in the media
Have YOU inherited the heart attack gene? He was a healthy eater, but Jonathan still needed a triple heart bypass
Professor Steve Humphries (UCL Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics) comments on the need to carry out screenings for genes associated with heart attacks.
It brings joy to countless families, but as another disturbing study emerges, what is the truth about IVF and birth defects?
Dr Alastair Sutcliffe (UCL Institute of Child Health) talks about how he's using the vast Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority database for two new studies, which hopes to reveal what happens later in life to babies conceived by IVF and their mothers.
Climate change wiped out one of the world's first, great civilisations more than 4,000 years ago
Dr Dorian Fuller (UCL Archaeology) talks about how Climate change led to the collapse of the ancient Indus civilization more than 4,000 years ago.
The Ultimate Sacrifice
"The poor Aztecs have been made out to be the most brutal people in the world, but if it's actually warfare, they killed few people," says Professor Elizabeth Graham (UCL Archaeology).
An Evolutionary Theory of Dentistry
Professors Christopher Dean (UCL Cell and Developmental Biology) and Simon Hillson (UCL Archaeology) talk about dental ageing in humans, and primates.
The lake that time forgot
Dr Lewis Dartnell (UCL Space & Climate Physics) says that for the study of life, both on Earth and elsewhere in the universe, Lake Vostok could be a breakthrough.
Guardian book club
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) talks about Spies by Michael Frayn, and looks at the plot.
Never mind the candidate, can you trust the referee?
Is the personal reference a source of useful information on potential candidates? Or is it a pointless paperchase that legal requirements have rendered worse than useless, asks Professor Adrian Furnham (UCL Health Psychology).
… Wolfson's view: how the foundation decides who to fund
The £20m grant to »Ê¼Ò»ªÈËas a 'blockbuster', a huge amount to develop a new research centre. Paul Ramsbottom of Wolfson Foundation explains how the decision was made.
The only comfort from losing our treasured Holly is that no other parent will have to watch their child die of Mad Cow Disease
Professor John Collinge (»Ê¼Ò»ªÈËeurodegenerative Diseases) comments on the importance of finding a screening that would indicate the prevalence of the disease in carriers and identify contaminated blood.