UCL in the media
The optimism bias: reasons to be cheerful
Dr Tali Sharot (UCL Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences) explains how she discovered the optimism bias, and how it helps to keep people feeling happier.
Lie back and relax: reflexology and aromatherapy degrees are dropped
Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences) comments on degrees in complementary medical therapies, and their decline following campaigns by scientists.
Epic: A Cast of Thousands!
Professor Maria Wyke (UCL Greek & Latin) comments on the biggest film genre of them all - the epic.
Clopidogrel Testing Comes Under Fire
A new study by Dr Michael Holmes (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) and colleagues has casts doubt on the usefulness of a highly touted genetic test for patients taking the popular anti-clotting drug Clopidogrel.
Brain Implant Cures Woman's Tourette's Tics
A patient who is part of the first UK trial to evaluate the impact of 'deep brain stimulation' on Tourette's has experienced a dramatic recovery.
Christmas University Challenge
UCL graduates Lucy Jones, Trevor Lock, Fiona Armstrong and Michael White play Magdalen College, Oxford on the Christmas edition of the quiz University Challenge.
Independent voices of 2011: The most influential non-celebrity users of Twitter
Described as a "key voice in an increasingly digital future", Dr Sue Black (UCL Computer Science) wins the most influential non-celebrity tweeter in technology.
Boom, bust and bonuses
Like capitalism, science has flaws, but it's the best we've got, says Dr Kevin Fong (»Ê¼Ò»ªÈËeuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology).
Astronomers find important planets
"I think we will find life out there", says Dr Lucie Green (UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory).
Talk this way - the new lexicon for 2011
Dan Clayton (UCL English Language & Literature) on UCL's Survey of English Usage, and how 2011 was characterised by the repurposing of words.