UCL in the media
‘I was attacked by a man in the street in broad daylight – why did no one come to help?’
“The uncertainty of the situation and whether it was dangerous or not could have been factors in why people didn’t intervene in Amy [Smith]'s attack,” said Dr Lasana Harris (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) who added the “the bystander effect” may have also been at play.
Dementia drug linked to lethal bleeds will 'get the green light' in the US, swaying UK health chiefs to do the same, says expert
"Once the FDA approve lecanemab, it will be up to the UK medical regulators to make their call. I trust that they will make the right decision," said Professor Robert Howard (UCL Psychiatry) who highlighted the possible life-threatening side effects for the new dementia drug.
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Climate crisis deniers target scientists for vicious abuse on Musk’s Twitter
“I want people to understand there are solutions. There is a real need for us to be on social media defending the truth, however nasty the responses get," said Professor Mark Maslin (UCL Geography) who uses Twitter to challenge conspiracy theories with scientific evidence.
The animals that could unlock the secret to immortality
"One idea that has been around for a long time is that aging is caused by accumulation of damage, and that non-aging organisms are very good at repairing themselves," said Professor David Gems (UCL Biosciences) as scientists research the mechanisms which slow or stop aging.
Why suicide rates are dropping around the world
Suicides linked to guns are “totally preventable,” said Dr Alexis Palfreyman (UCL Institute for Global Health) who pointed to Brazil, which enacted firearms restrictions in 2003, leading to a 27 percent reduction in firearm suicides.
The struggle to explain the 'gender well-being gap'
Professor Alex Bryson (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society) co-authored the working paper titled “The Gender Well-Being Gap" which found that women score higher than men on all negative measures of “affect” such as depression and lower than men on most positive measures.
‘Why would we employ people?’ Experts on five ways AI will change work
"Human interaction is something to be cherished, not thrown out," Professor Rose Luckin (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society) cautions that education institutions could worsen inequality if they become overly reliant on artificial intelligence.
London exile 'leads Kremlin plot to oust Moldova president'
"The British government has failed to take Moldova seriously and missed an opportunity to support a democratically elected government under threat from Russia," commented Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies).
Can we prevent natural disasters?
Professor Ilan Kelman (UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction) joins a discussion which explores how we forecast natural disasters, the steps we can take to mitigate their effects, and how we can try to increase our resilience to them.
What is the future of AI? Google and the EU have very different ideas
“I suspect AI firms are looking at similar models [to Google's Content ID system for YouTube] today, which would allow them both to play a compliance game while minimising costs by staying the price-setter, not the price-taker,” commented Dr Michael Veale (UCL Laws).