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Anjana Ahuja

Anjana Ahuja

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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 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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 10

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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 20

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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 10

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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 6

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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 10

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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

03.07.2024 20

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The great geoengineering gamble

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

26.06.2024 40

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Invested in the WFH argument? Home in on the evidence

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

19.06.2024 30

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Women have a lot on their Petri dish

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

12.06.2024 10

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A giant genome shows size doesn’t matter

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

05.06.2024 30

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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

22.05.2024 20

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The epidemic of bogus science

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

17.05.2024 20

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Northern delights: more luminous treats may lie in store

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

15.05.2024 30

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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

08.05.2024 50

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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

01.05.2024 60

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Rejoice! Voyager 1 is back from the dead

The craft embodies a golden age of space exploration

26.04.2024 20

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Beware the pragmatism of the nonchalant ‘hot earthers’

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

24.04.2024 20

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Can AI really change our material world?

Compounds produced by the technology challenge our idea of novelty

17.04.2024 20

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The explosive evolutionary tactics of snakes

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

03.04.2024 40

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Trump’s curious effect on trust in science

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

27.03.2024 30

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Delusions of immortality

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18.03.2024 5

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The UK could be a vaccine superpower, but it needs a booster

We risk forgetting the lessons of the Covid pandemic

12.03.2024 10

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The battle against forever chemicals should not become a forever war

The coveted qualities which make these substances resistant to water and oil has also rendered them virtually indestructible

06.03.2024 30

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UK scientists don’t need a corporate saviour as their boss

Replacing a top researcher with a private sector manager would send entirely the wrong signal

28.02.2024 10

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There is magic in the discovery of a new type of magnetism

Altermagnets could help make computing more energy efficient

21.02.2024 20

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AI’s bioterrorism potential should not be ruled out

Risk evaluation of the technology cannot be left to the industry alone

07.02.2024 40

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The EU risks losing out on farming’s genomic reboot

Scientists in Africa and elsewhere are seizing the opportunity to transform agriculture

31.01.2024 10

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The case for a social sciences tsar is stronger than ever

An exclusionary focus on shiny new technology has left the UK’s research and innovation strategy lopsided

23.01.2024 30

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A new galactic superstructure could undo science’s theory of the universe

The finding has provoked a mixed reaction among the cosmological cognoscenti

17.01.2024 100

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Could an AI ‘death calculator’ actually be a good thing?

A new Danish algorithm exploits the fact that both language and life are sequences

10.01.2024 10

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Worrying about your festive BMI? You may not need to

The measure is saddled with scientific and historical baggage — and may not be that useful anyway

26.12.2023 10

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My University Challenge debut was a heady festive cocktail

I pored over obituaries, memorised cultural trivia and even learnt the Latin for ‘turkey’ — but prep was not much help

22.12.2023 10

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