UCL in the media
Kevin McCarthy Turns republicans against Representative Lauren Boebert
"No-one wants to be seen as sticking up for the White House or failing to go after the president. At the same time, they know that an impeachment vote is both substantively baseless, and would backfire politically," commented Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science).
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Letters: Endless state meddling will only prolong Britain’s economic woes
"My work with victims groups has revealed that, at present, we can’t even follow the journey of a single victim through the agencies of the criminal justice system," writes Dr Natalie Byrom (UCL Laws) in a Telegraph letter on the need for changes to the criminal justice system.
British five-year-olds up to 7cm shorter than western peers
Professor Tim Cole (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health) explained that height is a clear indicator of living conditions and said wider data on the height of 19-year-olds suggested economic factors were to blame for British children's faltering height.
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One in five women become pregnant naturally after having a baby conceived with IVF
Around 20% of women who needed fertility treatment, such as IVF, to conceive their first child are likely to get pregnant naturally in the future, finds a new UCL study, led by Dr Annette Thwaites (UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health).
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There can be no ‘moving on’ from the Windrush scandal
Dr Steve Cushion (UCL Institute of the Americas) contributes to a Guardian letter responding to the closure of a unit to reform the Home Office and Suella Braverman's comments that the Windrush crisis is behind us.
Will thinking machines change society for the better, or bring it to an end?
“I’ve heard the arguments about runaway intelligence but I don’t get a visceral sense of them. We don’t give these systems the agency they would need to carry out those threats," commented Professor David Barber (UCL Computer Science) on the advancements of AI.
Regular napping linked to larger brain volume
Daytime napping may help to preserve brain health by slowing the rate at which our brains shrink as we age, suggests a new study co-led by Dr Victoria Garfield (MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË).
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Missing Titanic submarine: US and Canadian teams search for tourist vessel
“If it has gone down to the seabed and can’t get back up under its own power, options are very limited," said Professor Alistair Greig (UCL Mechanical Engineering) on efforts to find the craft that went missing on Sunday with five people onboard.
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Why your GP may soon prescribe a gut bacteria drug to treat IBS and even arthritis
If the balance of the gut microbiome is disrupted, Dr Mona Bajaj-Elliott (UCL GOS Institute of Child Health) explains: "C. diff (an infection) can take over and produce multiple toxins that attack the gut lining, causing symptoms such as cramp, fever, nausea and diarrhoea".
Fears about Singapore’s airport ‘robo-cops’ need to be addressed, says expert
"Introducing mobile platforms with cameras – such as the ‘robo cops’, people are more aware their behaviour is being captured and observed, and it could be one solution to maintain police presence," commented Professor Helge Wurdemann (UCL Mechanical Engineering).