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Anjana Ahuja is a contributing writer on science for the FT. She was previously a feature writer and columnist at The Times. She also contributes to BBC Newsnight and Prospect. She is co-author of Selected, on the evolution of human leadership, and was named best science commentator in the 2013 Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards. Anjana has a PhD in space physics from Imperial College London, and is a visiting lecturer in science journalism at City University in London.

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