Dr. Raj Patel

Raj Patel has spent twenty-five years translating cutting-edge science into stories that spark wonder rather than confusion. After earning his physics degree in India, he pursued a PhD at Oxford, then began his journalism career at Nature magazine before leading the science desk at The Economist for fifteen years. There he won the Royal Society Science Book Prize and co-authored three popular books that made complex topics like quantum computing and climate modeling accessible to general readers. He has testified before Parliament on AI ethics and believes the best journalism reignites the childlike "how does that work?" questions adults often suppress. Raj joined GroundTruthCentral to provide calm, step-by-step answers to those questions — whether about a viral breakthrough or a mind-bending paradox — without jargon or condescension. A fellow of the Royal Institution, Raj holds a PhD in physics from Oxford University and a first-class BA from IIT Bombay. He still experiments with home science projects with his child, keeping his own sense of wonder alive.