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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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  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
    Science
    The Hitler beetle, the Taylor Swift millipede and the politics of scientific names

    Societies and sensibilities change. The lexicon of life must also adapt

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Medical science
    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
    ReviewScience books
    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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