UCL in the media
What would it take to make the most inhospitable planet for life?
Using what we know about the most hostile planets in the universe, Dr Vincent Van Eylen (UCL Space & Climate Physics) attempts to create the worst of all possible worlds for life.
Artificial intelligence threatens social stability, experts warn
Ahead of November's AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, Professor Madeline Carr (UCL Computer Science) talks AI regulation and emphasises the importance of anticipating and mitigating the possible negative outcomes of emerging technology.
‘We’re being fed into a broken system’: The medical students facing a career in crisis
‘Retention is the big elephant in the room.’ Professor Faye Gishen (UCL Medical School) and current ʼһ medical students talk about what it's like coming into the NHS amid a crisis in resourcing.
Where can Palestinian civilians go after being ordered to evacuate?
With an Israeli ground offensive on the horizon, Dr Anne Irfan (UCL Arts & Sciences) says it is “not a feasible option” to keep such a high concentration of people in one corner of what is already an “absolutely tiny strip of land” in Gaza.
Rishi Sunak and his hopes for the AI Safety Summit
Professor Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies) claims the government has “let the AI industry set the agenda” at the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in November.
Could a ketone drink used by soldiers help to ward off dementia?
It’s too early to say if supplements can replicate the impact of a ketogenic diet, suggests Professor Helen Cross (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health).
America's hard left is tearing itself apart
"Like every other hot-button issue, the Israel-Hamas war has the potential to hurt Democrats insofar as they allow the far-left to define their agenda," says Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
Better use of existing drugs increases cervical cancer survival
A course of treatment with existing drugs prior to chemoradiation led to a 35% reduction in the risk of death or return of cancer, in trial results led by Dr Mary McCormack (UCL Cancer Institute and UCLH).
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What are the three types of pain we suffer from?
Professor Maria Fitzgerald (UCL Biosciences) explains that although there are lots of different pains and everyone suffers differently, pain can be classified into three categories.
Chaos in the US House of Representatives threatens to stall aid to Israel
“All I see now is dysfunction,” says Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science), "and there’s no doubt that the speaker fiasco is posing a challenge to getting funding to Ukraine or Israel.”