Anjana Ahuja

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Friday, 26 April, 2024

Space exploration
Rejoice! Voyager 1 is back from the dead
The craft embodies a golden age of space exploration
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
Wednesday, 17 April, 2024

Artificial intelligence
Can AI really change our material world?
Compounds produced by the technology challenge our idea of novelty
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
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
Thursday, 14 March, 2024

ReviewScience books
The enduring mystery of how humans learned to speak
In ‘The Language Puzzle’, archaeologist Steven Mithen explores how linguistic and evolutionary development go hand in hand, from our grunt-filled past to our garrulous present
Tuesday, 12 March, 2024

Disease control and prevention
The UK could be a vaccine superpower, but it needs a booster
We risk forgetting the lessons of the Covid pandemic