Ian Sample is the Science Editor at the Guardian. He covers a range of topics including medicine and healthcare, science, and wellness, while also presenting the Science Weekly podcast. Ian has been featured in the Irish Examiner, Canada's National Observer, The Guardian, and Yahoo News UK.
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Ian Sample's articles primarily cover scientific topics, with a focus on citing data and providing expert commentary. He covers a wide range of scientific themes including animal behavior, climate change, artificial intelligence, genetics, space exploration, medical research and addiction.
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By: Ian Sample, Madeleine Finlay, Ellie Bury, Joel Cox
Ian Sample hears from Guy Leschziner, a consultant neurologist and sleep physician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in London, whose new book, Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human, looks at the neurological basis of behaviours often dismissed as evidence of bad character or lack of willpower
By: Ian Sample
Pre-lunch brewers enjoy lower risk of death, analysis finds, but benefit vanishes among all-day drinkers
Largest study into diet and disease suggests extra 300mg of calcium a day is associated with a 17% lower risk
By: Ian Sample
Morning coffee drinkers less likely to die from cardiovascular disease, analysis suggests
By: Ian Sample
Here are some of the more curious health hacks circulating on the social media platform – and what the evidence says
By: Tony Onuchukwu, Hannah Devlin, Madeleine Finlay, Ian Sample, Ellie Bury
Last year was full of unexpected science news, from a new strain of Mpox emerging in the DRC, to artificial intelligence dominating the Nobel prizes, and two astronauts getting ‘stuck’ in space. So what will this year bring? Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss the big stories likely to hit the headlines and share their predictions for 2025
By: Joel Cox, Ellie Bury, Ian Sample, Madeleine Finlay
Ian Sample speaks to Chris French, emeritus professor of parapsychology at Goldsmiths University. They discuss how scientists have tried to test telepathy, what else could be behind the apparent ability of some people to read minds, and why the idea is still so popular
Data from dozens of countries reveals height and weight differences between sexes have increased since 1900
By: Madeleine Finlay, Tony Onuchukwu, Ian Sample, Ellie Bury
Ian Sample speaks to Keon West, a professor of social psychology at the University of London, whose new book, The Science of Racism, explores what science can reveal about racism, the inventive methods scientists have used to study it and the scientifically proven ways of tackling racism and discrimination
By: Ellie Bury, Joshan Chana, Joel Cox, Ian Sample, Madeleine Finlay
We asked for your questions on getting healthy in 2025 and you delivered. In the first episode of our listener questions special, Madeleine Finlay tells Ian Sample what she has uncovered about the scientifically proven ways to cut down on sugar, the truth behind the panic over seed oils, and why it is that some of us seem to have bullet proof immune systems, while others succumb to every bug they encounter
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