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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)
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Disease control and prevention
    Marburg outbreak in Rwanda shows some post-pandemic progress

    It is too early to know whether the prompt response to the virus is enough to turn the tide

    Andy Carter illustration of two scientists working on a vaccine as a virus looms large over them
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Science
    ‘Evidence banks’ can drive better decisions in public life

    From climate change to crime, repositories of good quality information are essential

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Climate change
    A seismic hum signals a new era of climate uncertainty

    An enigmatic sound has shown that the frozen corners of the world are creaking — and in more ways than one

    Illustration of a distorted Earth as a vinyl record on a turntable
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Lucy Letby
    Statistics are still misunderstood in the courtroom

    As the inquiry into the Lucy Letby case begins, experts are querying the use of scientific evidence

    Andy Carter illustration of a courtroom scene mixed with a bar chart, showing the statistics having a large presence in the courtroom.
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    Science
    The science of falling in love

    Anthropologist Helen Fisher took her insights out of the laboratory and into online dating

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  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Medical science
    Molecular ‘de-extinction’ sparks the imagination

    Scientists’ goal is not to resurrect vanished creatures but discover whether ancient molecules can solve modern problems

    Andy Carter illustration of a zombie hand made of molecules reaching out from a petri dish filled with molecules, proteins and DNA.
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Space exploration
    Water on Mars presents scientists with an unearthly challenge

    Evidence of an underground reservoir is an obvious destination to look for life on the Red Planet

    Andy Carter illustration of a NASA lander opening Mars to see under the surface, discovering a large amount of liquid water.
  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
    Disease control and prevention
    Rising rates of cancer in young people prompt hunt for environmental culprit

    That many of the cancers are gastrointestinal offers clues and could point to microplastics

    A man stands in the middle of red circle amid an even darker shade of red beyond that
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Medical science
    Speedy sepsis test could save lives — but only if health systems can keep up

    The illness causes more deaths than strokes but a new time-saving technology may be able to help

    Andy Carter illustration of a hand holding a looking glass in the form of a ticking clock displaying germs in different colours
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Medical science
    The questions behind the Ozempic baby boom

    There is concern that medications used widely for weight loss have not been tested for use by pregnant women

    Andy Carter illustration of a woman standing on weighing scales
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Climate change
    Supreme Court ruling is bad news for science — and the public

    The overturning of the Chevron doctrine means the opinion of experts will count for less

    Illustration of a giant judge slamming down his hammer, sending experts flying
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Climate change
    The great geo-engineering gamble

    Climate experiments rightly raise hackles but we need to find out whether these fixes could work

    Andy Carter illustration of a person up on a ladder against the sky, spraying clouds above the ‘real clouds’ with an aerosol can.
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Flexible working
    Invested in the WFH argument? Home in on the evidence

    Empirically robust trials are particularly important in evaluating social and economic interventions

    Andy Carter illustration of a person working comfortably and productively from his home environment, while other in office workers around are tired and burnt out.
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Disease control and prevention
    Women have a lot on their Petri dish

    A new WHO survey suggests that they are more exposed than men to superbugs

    Andy Carter illustration of a person standing on a stage the shape of coronavirus in the spotlight
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    Science
    A giant genome shows size doesn’t matter

    The new discovery in the south Pacific illustrates the mystery surrounding the code of life

    Andy Carter illustration of scientists as if they were new world explorers at sea, with 1 version showing the DNA pattern being created in the boats wake, and the other as the scientists sailing on waves doubling as DNA helices.
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Environment
    Humans may turn out to be the most crucial ‘keystone’ species of them all

    Consensus about how to define the concept remains elusive among ecologists

    Andy Carter illustration of two conservationists looking into a habitat ‘orb’, with a large starfish clinging on to show the large impact it has. However, the conservationists are peeling back one of it’s legs and looking instead at the overall habitat as well.
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Science
    The epidemic of bogus science

    There’s an arms race in academic publishing between AI, fraud detectors and authorship brokers

    A highlighter pen being used on a sheet of paper covered in text
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Science
    Northern delights: more luminous treats may lie in store

    The question of how we classify and weather such geomagnetic storms needs revisiting

    Andy Carter illustration of a group of people amongst their cars looking up at the wildly bright aurora.
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    Science
    The next critical mineral source could be volcanic soup

    Geologists are exploring whether magmatic brine can be tapped for dissolved treasure such as lithium, copper and cobalt

    Andy Carter illustration of people inspecting a glowing layer of magmatic brine within a volcano that contains valuable rare earth metals.
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
    Medical science
    How worried should we be about the return of bird flu?

    Now is not a time for paranoia but there is a case for extreme vigilance

    Andy Carter illustration of a bird flu virus trying to break out of a bird cage
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Space exploration
    Rejoice! Voyager 1 is back from the dead

    The craft embodies a golden age of space exploration

    This artist’s concept of NASA’s Voyager spacecraft with its antennapointing to Earth
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    Climate change
    Beware the pragmatism of the nonchalant ‘hot earthers’

    Defending the environmental status quo in the name of ‘pragmatism’ is indefensible

    Andy Carter illustration of a man in a suit casually walking along while the world burns around him
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Can AI really change our material world?

    Compounds produced by the technology challenge our idea of novelty

    Andy Carter illustration of a robot walking along throwing everything into it’s bag without analysing whether it’s novel or useful
  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    Science
    The explosive evolutionary tactics of snakes

    A new study shows the twisting backstory of an animal touted as a new superfood

    Andy Carter illustration of a snake flying ahead, while the other slower lizards look on in awe
  • Wednesday, 27 March, 2024
    Science
    Trump’s curious effect on trust in science

    His presidential term jolted many people out of the zone of indifference

    Andy Carter illustration of a scientist looking through a microscope, with Donald Trump speaking at a lectern under its lens
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