Ian Sample is the science editor at the Guardian. He covers a wide range of topics including natural sciences, health and wellness, and climate policy, with a focus on areas such as biology, neuroscience, and ecology. Ian is featured in multiple publications including the Irish Examiner, Canada's National Observer, 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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Researchers say breakthrough offers hope for new medicines but also raises urgent biosecurity questions
By: Ian Sample
Two aviators will take off from Iceland to take pictures of the sun while flying at high altitude along solar eclipse’s path
By: Ian Sample
After lunch on Wednesday, two Nasa aviators will climb into a research plane and take off from Keflavik airport on a western tip of Iceland.
By: Joel Cox, Madeleine Finlay, Ellie Bury, Ian Sample
Madeleine Finlay speaks to Guardian science editor Ian Sample and Prof Falk Huettig, psychologist and author of book on the science of reading’s benefits
By: Madeleine Finlay, Ellie Bury, Ian Sample, Jacob Liebenberg
Books have never been trendier, but studies show that as more and more things compete for our frazzled attention spans, we’re reading less and less. This is a problem because reading has a wealth of cognitive benefits that we’re in danger of missing out on.To find out why declining literacy could affect everything from memory to IQ, Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample. She also hears from Prof Falk Huettig, an experimental psychologist at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and author of The Perks of Being a Bookworm
By: Ian Sample
Organoids and tissues grown from human cells promise more accurate results, with £20m Cambridge project to create standardised models
Astronomers claim to have discovered a new kind of cosmic object, a black hole “star”, which is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light.
By: Petra Stock, Ellie Bury, Ian Sample, Joel Cox, Oliver Milman, Madeleine Finlay
Each year the Guardian runs a competition to find the invertebrate of the year. To find out more about the 2026 nominees science editor Ian Sample hears from climate reporter Petra Stock, environment reporter Oliver Milman and Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay. They each nominate an incredible invertebrate that you might never have heard of, and argue why their choice should be crowned the winner. Vote for your favourite now and the winner will be crowned on 17 August
By: Petra Stock, Ian Sample, Ellie Bury, Madeleine Finlay, Oliver Milman, Jacob Liebenberg
Each year the Guardian runs a competition to find the invertebrate of the year. To find out more about the 2026 nominees science editor Ian Sample hears from climate reporter Petra Stock, environment reporter Oliver Milman and Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay. They each nominate an incredible invertebrate that you might never have heard of, and argue why their choice should come top. Vote for your favourite now and the winner will be unveiled on 17 August
By: Madeleine Finlay, Joshan Chana, Ellie Sans, Ellie Bury, Elizabeth Cassin, Joel Cox, Ian Sample
Can creatine really help boost your workout routine, and how does the popular fitness supplement work? Madeleine Finlay hears from science editor Ian Sample and Dr Justin Roberts, professor of nutritional physiology at Anglia Ruskin University
