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Anjana Ahuja

Anjana Ahuja

Financial Times

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Build a global genetic database — ‘stolen’ children deserve it

The science now exists to help parents and NGOs track down kids coercively adopted in wartime

29.01.2025 10

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How to solve world hunger

Averting a tragic mismatch between global food supply and demand requires moonshot ideas

22.01.2025 30

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Fire and floods: the rising intensity of climate whiplash

We are mounting 20th-century responses to 21st-century weather

15.01.2025 10

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New neutron science could explain our cosmic leftover status

The world’s most powerful source of electrically neutral particles may help us understand why the universe exists

08.01.2025 9

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Our humdrum A-Z goes back further than we think

An archaeological discovery in Syria may force a revision of the alphabet’s origin story

10.12.2024 2

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On assisted dying, are we really any good at predicting survival?

Forecasting the last seven days of life is harder than the final 24 hours; beyond that, things become shakier still

27.11.2024 4

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The new Republican war on science

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s appointment is characteristic of Trump’s hostility to expertise

20.11.2024 3

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Fungi deserve a natural kingdom of their own

Scientists are pushing for their unique contribution to biodiversity to be recognised

23.10.2024 10

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Diversity concerns cast a shadow over the science Nobels

Failure to ensure wider representation challenges the perception of science as a merit-driven enterprise

16.10.2024 3

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Marie Curie’s modest revolution

15.10.2024 6

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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

09.10.2024 4

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‘Evidence banks’ can drive better decisions in public life

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

02.10.2024 2

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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

17.09.2024 2

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Statistics are still misunderstood in the courtroom

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

11.09.2024 2

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The science of falling in love

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

07.09.2024 3

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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

14.08.2024 10

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Rising rates of cancer in young people prompts hunt for environmental culprit

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

07.08.2024 9

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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

30.07.2024 1

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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

17.07.2024 2

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