Ian Sample
@iansample
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Guardian science editor and podcast presenter | PhD | Massive, shortlisted Royal Society Science Book Prize | Sony Award | Leaks to [email protected]
I live by the river
Joined October 2009
Great to hear Brent Seales @universityofky on this insanely impressive project ššš¤
What convinced computer scientist Brent Seales to dedicate 20 years of his life to reading the unopenable Herculaneum Scrolls? Turns out it was the very first moment he saw themā¦ Listen now on Where the Wild Thoughts Are, episode 5 @ukyengineering
https://t.co/tKBouDSlWr
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Putin, Xi and the obsession with radical life extension. Fascinating chat with @DrTregoning and @PjotrSauer With Ellie Bury and Tom Glasser #longevity
https://t.co/FZKrh1cwaY
theguardian.com
At a recent ceremony for world leaders in Beijing, a hot mic picked up a surprising exchange between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping about the possibility of living to 150. Putin suggested the secret...
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Can quantum mechanics save reality? https://t.co/ASzVSvP8RG
#quantummechanics
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Podcast Episode Ā· Where The Wild Thoughts Are Ā· 01/09/2025 Ā· 58m
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AHOY! Weāre taking the Science Weekly podcast to @BritishSciFest on Thursday to ask: Will AI make a good companion? Come armed with hopes / fears /questions for @mhairi_aitken and @tonyjprescott Presented & produced by @MadiFinlay and @elliebury
https://t.co/fWFrGN81vv
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Thanks to @alokjha for flagging this gem: A weekend with Gareth Southgate and friends https://t.co/ZMTKOYpSo5 from @TheEconomist
economist.com
England football fans abroad: soft boys playing at being hard men
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āMargaret: theyāre taxing non-doms, not condomsā Pure gold from ā¦@danielboffeyā©
theguardian.com
In Hull East, less than half of the electorate went to the ballot box in 2019 ā and, here and elsewhere, the party fears being caught out by political apathy
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He said: āI was about to burst into tears. I was knocked over by the wave of the reaction of the audience. Up until then I was holding back emotionally, but when the audience reacted, I couldnāt hold back any more. Thatās the only way I can explain it.ā I so love this.
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In the closing minutes of the seminar, the audience erupted in applause, and Higgs removed his glasses and dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief. I wanted to ask him about that moment.
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This was the 4 July 2012 seminar when Fabiola Gianotti on Atlas and Joe Incandela on CMS revealed their spectacular results confirming the particleās existence.
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Some days after CERN announced the discovery of the Higgs boson, I visited Peter in Edinburgh and played him a recording of the event on my laptop.
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Peter was such a lovely, humble and humorous man. And so bloody sharp. RIP. Peter Higgs, physicist who discovered Higgs boson, dies aged 94
theguardian.com
Nobel-prize winning physicist who showed how particle helped bind universe together died at home in Edinburgh
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After claiming humans once lived to 900 and only experienced shorter lifespans today because of genetic diseases caused by their ancestors sins, the head of a top Russian genetics institute has been sacked. As you'd hope. https://t.co/lcHnDTAbBB
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A Russian state news agency says Russia's science and higher education ministry has dismissed the head of a prestigious genetics institute who sparked controversy by contending that humans once lived...
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After seven years of lies about Brexit, Tory Govt realises growth needs foreign workers New relaxations for Bricklayers masons roofers carpenters joiners plasterers To add to care workers engineers web designers lab technicians healthcare workers -The damage theyāve done
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On today's pod we talk about whether to embrace deep sea mining with the brilliantly-informed @chrismichaelgdn and @DivaAmon. https://t.co/2tR4ewLXOs
theguardian.com
As the International Seabed Authority gathers in Jamaica to thrash out regulations for mining the deep sea, Chris Michael of the Guardianās Seascape team gives Ian Sample the background to this...
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I was totally stoked to have Christof Koch AND David Chalmers on the podcast to talk about their bet, made 25 years ago, in a bar in Bremen. Great fun and all thanks to @elliebury and the team. https://t.co/4n9IoXFKHV
theguardian.com
Twenty-five years ago in a German bar, neuroscientist Christof Koch bet philosopher David Chalmers that weād understand the neural basis for consciousness by 2023. Last month, the winner of the bet...
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"The scandal is still playing out right now. The cover-up is still under way right now." After 20 years, hereās why the Post Office scandal is special: the cover-up is happening in plain sight | Marina Hyde
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People whose lives were destroyed deserve justice. And those responsible are contriving to make sure they donāt get it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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It's Corvid for Fuck You. Crows and magpies using anti-bird spikes to build nests, researchers find
theguardian.com
Dutch study identifies several examples of corvidsā āamazingā ability to adapt to the urban environment
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