Anjana Ahuja
@anjahuja.bsky.social
Science writer, mostly FT.
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NEW: Our three-part podcast Defying Death follows the quest to live longer from ancient times to today's frontier technologies.
Great to work with the wonderful @hannahkuchler.bsky.social, @flophillips.bsky.social, @joshgd100.bsky.social & the rest of the FT pod team.
www.ft.com/content/a33d...
Great to work with the wonderful @hannahkuchler.bsky.social, @flophillips.bsky.social, @joshgd100.bsky.social & the rest of the FT pod team.
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Defying death: The origins of ageing
Why do we age? Can it be stopped?
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November 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
NEW: Our three-part podcast Defying Death follows the quest to live longer from ancient times to today's frontier technologies.
Great to work with the wonderful @hannahkuchler.bsky.social, @flophillips.bsky.social, @joshgd100.bsky.social & the rest of the FT pod team.
www.ft.com/content/a33d...
Great to work with the wonderful @hannahkuchler.bsky.social, @flophillips.bsky.social, @joshgd100.bsky.social & the rest of the FT pod team.
www.ft.com/content/a33d...
My FT column today on the @harva.edu ‘super-elite’ taking on the world’s greatest unsolved scientific problems. Harvard is betting on their cohort of the curious, rather than the merely clever, to be winning Nobels 10-15 years from now.
www.ft.com/content/b5cc...
www.ft.com/content/b5cc...
For scientists, the right questions are often the hardest
The most difficult problems can nurture the most talented researchers
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November 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My FT column today on the @harva.edu ‘super-elite’ taking on the world’s greatest unsolved scientific problems. Harvard is betting on their cohort of the curious, rather than the merely clever, to be winning Nobels 10-15 years from now.
www.ft.com/content/b5cc...
www.ft.com/content/b5cc...
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NEW: A sign of the scientific times as the UK scales back collaboration with China.
Science minister Lord Vallance says the two countries have agreed to work together in the “uncontroversial” areas of health, climate, planetary sciences and agriculture.
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Science minister Lord Vallance says the two countries have agreed to work together in the “uncontroversial” areas of health, climate, planetary sciences and agriculture.
www.ft.com/content/edc0...
UK scales back scientific collaboration with China
Science minister says countries have agreed to work together in ‘uncontroversial’ areas such as health and climate
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November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
NEW: A sign of the scientific times as the UK scales back collaboration with China.
Science minister Lord Vallance says the two countries have agreed to work together in the “uncontroversial” areas of health, climate, planetary sciences and agriculture.
www.ft.com/content/edc0...
Science minister Lord Vallance says the two countries have agreed to work together in the “uncontroversial” areas of health, climate, planetary sciences and agriculture.
www.ft.com/content/edc0...
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NEW: Companies selling products that claim to boost health and longevity see a historic opportunity under the Trump administration.
Senior officials have ties to those industries - and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is a fan of “wellness” supplements and therapies.
www.ft.com/content/ed42...
Senior officials have ties to those industries - and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is a fan of “wellness” supplements and therapies.
www.ft.com/content/ed42...
US ‘wellness’ industry scents opportunity to go mainstream
Supplement manufacturers position themselves to exploit the Trump administration’s openness to fringe science
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October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
NEW: Companies selling products that claim to boost health and longevity see a historic opportunity under the Trump administration.
Senior officials have ties to those industries - and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is a fan of “wellness” supplements and therapies.
www.ft.com/content/ed42...
Senior officials have ties to those industries - and health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is a fan of “wellness” supplements and therapies.
www.ft.com/content/ed42...
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How safe are UK research institutions from politicisation?
@chrischirp.bsky.social & have have written a new blog for LSE on our report
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
@chrischirp.bsky.social & have have written a new blog for LSE on our report
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
How safe are UK research institutions from politicisation? - Impact of Social Sciences
New research finds the arm's length bodies that underpin UK research run the risk of politicisation unless they are put on a firmer footing.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
How safe are UK research institutions from politicisation?
@chrischirp.bsky.social & have have written a new blog for LSE on our report
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
@chrischirp.bsky.social & have have written a new blog for LSE on our report
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
This is fascinating stuff
Claude enters the lab: Anthropic bets big on life sciences on.ft.com/3IUAz2B
Claude enters the lab: Anthropic bets big on life sciences
AI group tailoring its chatbot to integrate with biomedical databases and coding tools
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October 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is fascinating stuff
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NEW: The extraordinary story of an eye implant to help people blinded by age-related retinal damage read again.
One person improved by almost 12 lines of a standard eye test chart.
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One person improved by almost 12 lines of a standard eye test chart.
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Scientists invent eye implant to help blind patients see again
Device improves vision of people suffering from advanced macular degeneration
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October 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
NEW: The extraordinary story of an eye implant to help people blinded by age-related retinal damage read again.
One person improved by almost 12 lines of a standard eye test chart.
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One person improved by almost 12 lines of a standard eye test chart.
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Massive crowds gather across US for ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump on.ft.com/3JlrmQR
Massive crowds gather across US for ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump
Republicans decry demonstrations as ‘anti-American’ as people voice opposition to administration’s hardline policies
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October 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Massive crowds gather across US for ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump on.ft.com/3JlrmQR
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The nutrient spermidine is at the heart of a growing battle about health products touted as having anti-ageing effects.
Its promoters cite evidence that it helps extend lifespan in animals - but sceptics point to the lack of research in humans.
www.ft.com/content/7282...
Its promoters cite evidence that it helps extend lifespan in animals - but sceptics point to the lack of research in humans.
www.ft.com/content/7282...
How one supplement sums up the uneasy science of selling youth
The potential anti-ageing effects of molecule spermidine have attracted longevity researchers and the wellness industry
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October 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The nutrient spermidine is at the heart of a growing battle about health products touted as having anti-ageing effects.
Its promoters cite evidence that it helps extend lifespan in animals - but sceptics point to the lack of research in humans.
www.ft.com/content/7282...
Its promoters cite evidence that it helps extend lifespan in animals - but sceptics point to the lack of research in humans.
www.ft.com/content/7282...
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OpenAI is spending at a scale that even Silicon Valley can't quite believe, buying up 20 nuclear reactors' worth of computing power this year. But there are big questions around whether it can turn that power into profit.
An #FTEdit 🧵on the ChatGPT maker’s $1tn bet on artificial intelligence 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵on the ChatGPT maker’s $1tn bet on artificial intelligence 👇
October 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
OpenAI is spending at a scale that even Silicon Valley can't quite believe, buying up 20 nuclear reactors' worth of computing power this year. But there are big questions around whether it can turn that power into profit.
An #FTEdit 🧵on the ChatGPT maker’s $1tn bet on artificial intelligence 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵on the ChatGPT maker’s $1tn bet on artificial intelligence 👇
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Freshers' Flu, the seasonal viruses that pray on vulnerable students. Great to work with @joshelgin.bsky.social and @sheencr.bsky.social on this piece for BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Freshers' flu: Why is it so hard for students to dodge?
It's not the actual flu, and it's rarely serious, but when thousands of students arrive on campus they bring a cocktail of viruses.
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October 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Freshers' Flu, the seasonal viruses that pray on vulnerable students. Great to work with @joshelgin.bsky.social and @sheencr.bsky.social on this piece for BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is a beautiful tribute to an amazing person who truly revolutionised our understanding of non-human animals.
October 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is a beautiful tribute to an amazing person who truly revolutionised our understanding of non-human animals.
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On 15th Sept, billionaire & Royal Society fellow Elon Musk called for political & interethnic violence, to pre-empt (ie, begin) a civil war. ("Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."). A fortnight later, the Society expresses its disapproval
"I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish." Read the full statement from the President of the Royal Society Sir Adrian Smith: royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...
A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society
A statement from the President of the Royal Society regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.
royalsociety.org
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
On 15th Sept, billionaire & Royal Society fellow Elon Musk called for political & interethnic violence, to pre-empt (ie, begin) a civil war. ("Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."). A fortnight later, the Society expresses its disapproval
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The winner of the Royal Society book prize 2025 is ... Masud Husain
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The winner of the Royal Society book prize 2025 is ... Masud Husain
A lovely thread on my FT piece today!
So many mentions of Soundgarden, who knew about this before the astronomers 👏🏽
So many mentions of Soundgarden, who knew about this before the astronomers 👏🏽
Astronomers may have found a new class of cosmic object that could change our understanding of how stars, galaxies and black holes are formed.
An #FTEdit 🧵on everything you need to know 👇
An #FTEdit 🧵on everything you need to know 👇
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A lovely thread on my FT piece today!
So many mentions of Soundgarden, who knew about this before the astronomers 👏🏽
So many mentions of Soundgarden, who knew about this before the astronomers 👏🏽
My take on #Tylenol for the FT: The White House is drifting ever farther from scientific reality.
Autism has no easy answers.
www.ft.com/content/72fa...
Autism has no easy answers.
www.ft.com/content/72fa...
Autism has no easy answers
Donald Trump’s promotion of an unproven link between Tylenol and neurological disorders does not help pregnant women
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September 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
My take on #Tylenol for the FT: The White House is drifting ever farther from scientific reality.
Autism has no easy answers.
www.ft.com/content/72fa...
Autism has no easy answers.
www.ft.com/content/72fa...
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Huge thanks to @mja-uk.bsky.social for last night's awards for my brilliant columnist colleague @anjahuja.bsky.social and the @financialtimes.com project on the race against time to defeat mosquito-borne diseases. Congratulations to @ian-bott.bsky.social, @sdbernard.bsky.social and Charlie Bibby!
September 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Huge thanks to @mja-uk.bsky.social for last night's awards for my brilliant columnist colleague @anjahuja.bsky.social and the @financialtimes.com project on the race against time to defeat mosquito-borne diseases. Congratulations to @ian-bott.bsky.social, @sdbernard.bsky.social and Charlie Bibby!
Honoured to be in the mix here, and congrats to all the finalists! 🙌🏽
And as always our Freelance of the Year is a heavily contested category. Up for the 2025 award are @anjahuja.bsky.social Simar Bajaj, Jacqui Thornton and Adele Waters for their work across the national and specialist media.
September 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Honoured to be in the mix here, and congrats to all the finalists! 🙌🏽
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@anjahuja.bsky.social here on the phenomenon called “emergent misalignment” where AI models can end up optimising for malice even when not explicitly trained to do so. www.ft.com/content/7f14...
September 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
@anjahuja.bsky.social here on the phenomenon called “emergent misalignment” where AI models can end up optimising for malice even when not explicitly trained to do so. www.ft.com/content/7f14...
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Big thanks to the @mja-uk.bsky.social for the double shortlisting, including for this piece on mosquitoes with @ian-bott.bsky.social, Steve Bernard and Charlie Bibby.
www.ft.com/content/816c...
Congrats also to my wonderful columnist colleague @anjahuja.bsky.social.
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Congrats also to my wonderful columnist colleague @anjahuja.bsky.social.
mjauk.org/2025/08/15/f...
The race against time to defeat mosquito-borne diseases
Researchers are trying to tackle the threat before nature’s ‘flying needles’ become more prevalent and resistant to prevention
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August 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Big thanks to the @mja-uk.bsky.social for the double shortlisting, including for this piece on mosquitoes with @ian-bott.bsky.social, Steve Bernard and Charlie Bibby.
www.ft.com/content/816c...
Congrats also to my wonderful columnist colleague @anjahuja.bsky.social.
mjauk.org/2025/08/15/f...
www.ft.com/content/816c...
Congrats also to my wonderful columnist colleague @anjahuja.bsky.social.
mjauk.org/2025/08/15/f...
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Janet Yellen in FT oped - Trump’s attack on the Fed threatens US credibility. History teaches us that chaos follows when leaders undermine the independence of central banks www.ft.com/content/d2ea...
August 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Janet Yellen in FT oped - Trump’s attack on the Fed threatens US credibility. History teaches us that chaos follows when leaders undermine the independence of central banks www.ft.com/content/d2ea...
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The science of starvation - timely column here from @anjahuja.bsky.social on seminal 1940s study that remains hauntingly relevant today www.ft.com/content/fb0a...
The science of starvation
A seminal 1940s study remains hauntingly relevant today
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July 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The science of starvation - timely column here from @anjahuja.bsky.social on seminal 1940s study that remains hauntingly relevant today www.ft.com/content/fb0a...
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The book that explains the billionaire doomers https://on.ft.com/3H4sp6x | opinion
The book that explains the billionaire doomers
A niche investment text from the 1990s may explain why powerful tech leaders fixate on the apocalypse
on.ft.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The book that explains the billionaire doomers https://on.ft.com/3H4sp6x | opinion
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NEW: The incredible shrinking fish: Baltic cod evolve to dodge nets
Genetic shift driven by over-exploitation risks undermining populations beyond repair, according to research
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Genetic shift driven by over-exploitation risks undermining populations beyond repair, according to research
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The incredible shrinking fish: Baltic cod evolve to dodge nets
Genetic shift driven by over-exploitation risks undermining populations beyond repair, according to research
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June 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NEW: The incredible shrinking fish: Baltic cod evolve to dodge nets
Genetic shift driven by over-exploitation risks undermining populations beyond repair, according to research
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Genetic shift driven by over-exploitation risks undermining populations beyond repair, according to research
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Top chemist gives back Royal Society medal, in deepening Musk fallout.
@sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Exclusive @ft by @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social and me.
www.ft.com/content/8778...
@sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Exclusive @ft by @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social and me.
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Royal Society prize winner returns award in protest over Elon Musk
Andrea Sella is latest scientist to express dismay over UK science academy’s refusal to criticise tech billionaire
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June 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Top chemist gives back Royal Society medal, in deepening Musk fallout.
@sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Exclusive @ft by @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social and me.
www.ft.com/content/8778...
@sellathechemist.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Exclusive @ft by @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social and me.
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