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Ian Sample

Ian Sample is science editor of the Guardian. Before joining the newspaper in 2003, he was a journalist at New Scientist and worked at the Institute of Physics as a journal editor. He has a PhD in biomedical materials from Queen Mary's, University of London. Ian also presents the Science Weekly podcast

June 2024

  • Picture of the Olympus Mons taken early in the morning with a thin layer of frost on the surface

    Early morning frost spotted on some of Mars’s huge mountains

  • A scientist shows "Golden Rice" and ordinary rice at the laboratory of the International Rice Research Institute in Los Banos<br>A scientist shows "Golden Rice" (L) and ordinary rice at the laboratory of the International Rice Research Institute in Los Banos, Laguna south of Manila, August 14, 2013. Bruce Tolentino, Deputy Director of the International Rice Research Institute, said his team has been perfecting their decades-old research on “Golden Rice”, which consists of genetically-modified rice grains infused with beta-carotene, a chemical substance responsible in producing Vitamin A in the body. He also said,“ In a Vitamin A-enriched rice, what the scientists did was to select three genes out of roughly 30,000 genes in a rice plant. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: FOOD AGRICULTURE BUSINESS)

    Science Weekly
    Golden rice: why has it been banned and what happens now? – podcast

  • Illustration of the human body digestive system anatomy in pink and blue

    Bowel disease breakthrough as researchers make ‘holy grail’ discovery

  • A close-up of a baby touching its ear with a hand

    Gene therapy trial gives deaf children hearing in both ears

  • AI researchers build ‘future self’ chatbot to inspire wise life choices

  • A guide to ADHD and autism
    The truth about ADHD and autism: how many people have it, what causes it, and why are diagnoses soaring?

May 2024

  • Little boy eating peanuts

    Giving young children peanut products cuts allergy risk, study finds

  • A glowing robot finger points to a key on a keyboard

    Could AI help cure ‘downward spiral’ of human loneliness?

  • Two people lean against a metal fence and hold up white and orange umbrellas

    Rates of melanoma skin cancer hit all-time high in UK, study finds

  • A purple light in a dark sky shrouded in orange and stars

    Euclid telescope spies rogue planets floating free in Milky Way

  • Science Weekly
    Why is air turbulence getting worse? – podcast

  • Electric cars more likely to hit pedestrians than petrol vehicles, study finds

  • Science Weekly
    In their prime: how trillions of cicadas pop up right on time – podcast

  • Device aids recovery of people with spinal injuries, trial finds

  • Researchers build AI-driven sarcasm detector

  • Earth-sized planet spotted orbiting small star with 100 times sun’s lifespan

  • One bad rumour can affect how children view each other, study finds

  • Science Weekly
    Backstabbing, bluffing and playing dead: has AI learned to deceive? – podcast

  • Scientists find 57,000 cells and 150m neural connections in tiny sample of human brain

  • Google DeepMind’s ‘leap forward’ in AI could unlock secrets of biology

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