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Ian Sample

Ian Sample

Science Editor/podcast presenter at The Guardian

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  • English
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  • Science

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Recent Articles

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Use it or lose it: how to sharpen your brain as you age – podcast

Many of us believe that cognitive decline is an inevitable part of ageing, but a new study looking at how our skills change with age challenges that idea. Ian Sample talks to Ludger Wößmann, a professor of economics at the University of Munich, about the study
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Are noise-cancelling headphones impairing our hearing skills? Some ...

Some specialists suspect that constantly filtering out background noise may have unintended consequences
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What are sinkholes, how are they formed and why did one appear in a...

Failed water main or mineshaft most likely culprits as hole opens up in the village of Godstone
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Don’t look up: is an asteroid heading for Earth? – podcast

Ian Sample hears from Richard Binzel, a professor of planetary sciences at MIT and inventor of the Torino scale, which is used to categorise the threat posed by objects such as asteroids and comets
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AI helps researchers read ancient scroll burned to a crisp in Vesuv...

Writing on PHerc. 172 papyrus, found at Roman mansion in Herculaneum, revealed after 3D X-rays and software competition
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Farewell potholes? UK team invents self-healing road surface

Researcher at Swansea University says tiny plant spores mixed into bitumen can extend surface lifespan by 30%
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Endangered frogs born at London zoo after rescue mission in Chile

Group of Darwin’s frogs threatened by chytrid fungus thrive in specially built room that mimics their natural habitat
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What has the UK Covid inquiry learned so far about vaccines and tre...

In fourth part of the inquiry, questons were asked about vaccine trials, procurement and the UK’s preparedness for future pandemics
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Asteroid triggers global defence plan amid chance of collision with...

Hundred-metre wide asteroid rises to top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December by automated telescope
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Both men and women prefer younger partners, study finds

Even though women tend to say they prefer older men they scored younger men as more desirable, research shows
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Badenoch tells inquiry of fake claims on WhatsApp during Covid pand...

Badenoch tells inquiry of fake claims on WhatsApp during Covid pandemic