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    Anjana Ahuja

    Science Commentator

    Anjana Ahuja is a contributing writer on science, offering weekly opinion on significant developments in global science, health and technology. She was previously a feature writer and columnist at The Times in London.

    She is the co-author, with Professor Mark Van Vugt, of Selected: Why Some People Lead, Why Others Follow, and Why It Matters (2010), on the evolution of human leadership. With Sir Jeremy Farrar, she also co-authored the bestselling Spike: The Virus Vs The People (2021/updated paperback 2022), on the inside story of the Covid-19 pandemic. Spike was shortlisted for the 2022 Orwell Prize for Political Writing and is shortlisted for the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize.

    Anjana has a PhD in space physics from Imperial College London, and studied journalism at City University, London.

    Email Anjana Ahuja @anjahuja  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

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    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Science
      We can’t let companies get away with making consumers sick

      Just four sectors contribute to at least a third of global deaths — they should be held accountable

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Scientific research
      World-leading? Britain’s science sector has some way to go

      The country’s reputation is inflated by historic successes and relies on successful outliers

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Genomics
      We need rules before we let the genome-editing genie out of the bottle

      Changing human DNA brings hope for treating diseases but raises concerns such as equitable access

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Generative AI is sowing the seeds of doubt in serious science

      Researchers have already developed a bot that could help tell the difference between synthetic and human-generated text

    • Monday, 27 February, 2023
      News in-depthNews in-depth3 min
      Falling wind speeds could affect green energy strategy | FT Rethink

      Anjana Ahuja examines what impact that might have on targets and what could be done to reduce any adverse effects

    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Science
      A cosmic death spiral may tell us about the age of the universe

      Decoding the 2017 kilonova, when two neutron stars collided, could unlock other astrophysical mysteries

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Genomics
      Dead as a dodo? The unsettling bid to bring back extinct species

      We should focus on conserving endangered animals rather than resurrecting those already gone

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Climate change
      ExxonMobil shows the perils of corporate science

      The conglomerate’s research on climate change was much more accurate than its public messaging

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Environment6 min
      Battling the avian flu epidemic | FT Food Revolution

      The FT's Anjana Ahuja reports on how virologists are unlocking the secrets of the latest H5N1 avian flu strain

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Innovation
      Science is losing its ability to disrupt

      The decline in truly revolutionary research may have serious implications for humanity

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Dementia
      New Alzheimer’s drug straddles uneasy gulf between help and harm

      For all its landmark status, lecanemab may end up representing a triumph of hope over evidence

    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
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      Can awe change the way we see the world?

      Two books encourage us to look at life afresh — via the senses and cultivating a sense of wonder in our day-to-day lives

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
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      We may be entering Covid’s least predictable year yet

      China’s unleashing of the virus is raising questions about the potential for harmful, new variants

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Artificial intelligence
      ‘Grief tech’ avatars aim to take the sting out of death

      Personalised chatbots hope to console the bereaved but the ethics remain complicated

    • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
      Hydrogen power
      Seawater electrolysis ignites new hope for affordable green hydrogen

      Researchers in China claim their technique bypasses the need for desalination

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Agricultural production
      Why lab-grown meat may never be on the menu

      High production costs together with increasingly vegetarian appetites may prevent this industry taking off

    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      Artificial intelligence
      A Machiavellian machine raises ethical questions about AI

      Researchers have developed a bot capable of the deceptions required to prosper in an online diplomacy game

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      FT SeriesBest books of the year 2022
      Best books of 2022: Health and wellbeing

      Anjana Ahuja selects her must-read titles

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Health
      ‘Immunity debt’ is a misguided and dangerous concept

      There is no evidence that an individual is worse off for having avoided earlier infection

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
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      Lazy winds could blow Europe’s renewable future off course

      We need to future-proof against the phenomenon of ‘global stilling’

    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
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      We are dangerously reliant on GPS to tell the time

      Recent outages in satellite systems have confirmed the importance of data from atomic clocks as an invisible utility

    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
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      Making research funding a lottery could help tackle ‘status bias’

      The system of peer review tends to favour established names and institutions

    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      Science
      What quantum physics tells us about reality

      The new Nobel laureates proved Einstein was not always right

    • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
      Science
      Deflecting asteroids is only one thing on humanity’s worry list

      Nasa’s mission gives hope we can defend our planet but human nature and technology present risks of their own

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      Climate change
      ‘Magic numbers’ are clouding the climate debate

      Better metrics would allow scientists to link abstract data with everyday experience

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