Anjana Ahuja

Wednesday, 7 June, 2023

Tuesday, 23 May, 2023

New surgical procedure makes us question what it means to be alive

The organ recovery technique has provoked criticism from within the scientific community

Friday, 19 May, 2023

Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken — how our food turned to junk

The podcaster and presenter breaks down the complex issue of additives with clarity and sensitivity but without moralising

Tuesday, 16 May, 2023

Health

The loneliness epidemic threatens our health as well as our happiness

Our craving for human company causes psychological stress, which induces physiological effects

Wednesday, 10 May, 2023

Artificial intelligence

We need to examine the beliefs of today’s tech luminaries

The futuristic philosophies favoured by AI’s most prominent supporters ignore the issues we should be grappling with now

Wednesday, 3 May, 2023

Carbon capture and storage

Turning whales into carbon-based assets won’t be easy

We have allowed the natural capital on which we all depend to be depreciated off the books

Wednesday, 26 April, 2023

Science

Scientific rivalries can benefit us all

From Newton to Darwin, skirmishes for primacy have driven some of the most famous thinkers in history

Wednesday, 19 April, 2023

Mental health

Automated stress detection might not be the office panacea it appears to be

New technology intended for self-management could open the door to surveillance

Wednesday, 5 April, 2023

Coronavirus

We should learn from rival attempts to write pandemic history

Data-sharing was messy, as shown by duelling claims about who published the coronavirus genome sequence first

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

ReviewFT Books Essay

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

Coronavirus

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

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