UCL in the media
Should you send your children to private school?
Britons with private education enjoy a “modest” boost in test scores when compared with children from similar homes who enroll in government classrooms, reckons Professor Francis Green (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society).
The evolutionary origins and advantages of masturbation
The evolutionary advantages of auto sexual behaviour have been revealed in a new study led by Dr Matilda Brindle (UCL Anthropology).
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Carbon capture and storage is ‘no free lunch’, warns climate chief
“Just because there is an understanding that complete removal of fossil fuel use would be almost impossible in this century is no justification to expand production," said Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) on Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fossil fuel guidance.
Labour’s tax raid on private school fees could raise ‘very little’
“Scrapping tax breaks for private schools would amount to a small but overall positive step towards addressing the educational inequality caused by the two-tiered education system in England and Wales," said Professor Francis Green (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society).
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Disposable vapes must be slapped with new £5 tax to protect kids, warn campaigners
“Addressing the availability of cheap and illicit disposable vapes is a vital first step," said Professor Jamie Brown (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) who highlighted the need to control access, appeal and advertising of vapes.
What is the connection between memory and language?
Professor Alex Leff (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) explains how "episodic memory" is affected in different orders in each dementia syndrome and says language retrieval is more susceptible to neurological damage.
How are exoplanets discovered?
Dr Vincent Van Eylen (UCL Space & Climate Physics) explains the techniques used to find exoplanets (a planet that orbits a star outside the solar system) and the likelihood of scientists discovering planets that have similar conditions to Earth in the future.
Social media ‘trust’/’distrust’ buttons could reduce spread of misinformation
The addition of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ buttons on social media, alongside standard ‘like’ buttons, could help to reduce the spread of misinformation, finds a new experimental study led by Professor Tali Sharot and Laura Globig (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences).
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How a coup to force Putin from power could go down if he loses in Ukraine, according to former intel officers
"Rather than providing credible intelligence about imminent moves against the president, however, these rumours tell us more both about the nature of the political system and about those commenting," said Dr Ben Noble (UCL SSEES).
Five priorities to make biomedical science green
"We need to involve the community in our design of more sustainable research, to ensure we’re not excluding important sectors of the population in our studies," said Professor Susan Michie (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) who spoke on a greener research panel last month.