Angela Saini
Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist based in London. Her first book, Geek Nation:How Indian Science is Taking Over the World, was published in 2011. Her second book, Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story will be released by Harper Collins in summer 2017. Her website is here.
Articles by Angela Saini
Felling the family tree
Hereditary traits and even eugenics are back in the headlines, as a series of new books seek to influence the nature-nurture debate.
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If women ruled the world
The Mosuo, a culturally isolated community in south-western China, are as close as we can get to a matriarchal society.
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Period pains: how the menstrual taboo is being challenged
Social taboos over menstruation cause undue shame to millions of women – but it is finally being understood as a human rights issue.
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What is behind the trend for modesty in fashion?
The fashion industry has great power to shape the way women are viewed. What happens when religion is added to the mix?
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Modi’s soft war on secularism
India's government panders to the Hindu majority. This can seem silly, but scratch a little and it reveals an ugly religious agenda.
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Reasons to be cheerful
The eradication of polio is a sign of India's progress, says Angela Saini
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A risk worth taking
The crisis at Japan’s Fukushima plant raised the spectre of nuclear disaster. But, one year on, it has made atomic power safer than ever. Angela Saini on the productive upside of failure
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Book review: Humanity 2.0 by Steve Fuller
Angela Saini is frustrated by Steve Fuller
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Book review: The Address Book by Tim Radford
Angela Saini feels at home with Tim Radford
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The god confusion
In trying to make religion sound more logical and scientific, are educated Indians actually having a crisis of faith? asks Angela Saini
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Yield of dreams
Don't swallow the scaremongering claims of the anti-GM lobby, urges Angela Saini. Modified foods are a rational alternative to mass starvation
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Power struggle
For decades, it was the scourge of the environmental movement. But now, discovers Angela Saini, the greens are going nuclear
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