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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

July 2024

  • A close-up image of a blue-grey coloured single sperm cell on black background

    Science Weekly
    ‘Spermageddon’: is male fertility really in crisis? – podcast

    Recent research has suggested a global reproductive crisis could be in the offing, with researchers in Israel saying average sperm counts may have more than halved in the past 40 years. But a study published last month appears to call this narrative into question. Ian Sample is joined by the Guardian’s science correspondent Nicola Davis to unpick why these studies have come to different conclusions – and what could be causing the crisis, if declines are as dramatic as they appear
  • Professor Jacob Hanna, a specialist in molecular genetics at Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science, demonstrates his roller culture incubator used to grow synthetic mouse embryos in a lab in the Israeli central city of Rehovot on August 4, 2022

    Work on synthetic human embryos to get code of practice in UK

    Code will remove grey area around stem cell-based technology and ensure responsible research, say scientists
  • Hippo with all four feet off ground running with a group of wildebeest in grassland

    Hippos might fly: UK research discovers animal can get airborne

    Analysis shows hippos get all four feet off the ground at once up to 15% of the time when at full pelt

June 2024

  • Scientist working in a lab

    Top scientists turning down UK jobs over ‘tax on talent’, says Wellcome boss

  • Packaged sandwiches on sale on shop shelves

    What is E coli and how should I avoid infection?

  • Woman holds a glass of water in one hand and several pills in the other

    Daily multivitamins do not help people live longer, major study finds

  • A container carrying the world’s first samples from the far side of the moon.

    China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe returns world’s first samples from far side of the moon

  • Science Weekly
    A black hole awakens and why some people avoid Covid: the week in science – podcast

  • AI-enhanced blood test may detect Parkinson’s years before onset

  • Astronomers detect sudden awakening of black hole 1m times mass of sun

  • Science Weekly
    What are the main UK parties promising on climate and is it enough? – podcast

  • Brrr-itish summer: why is it so cold and when will it get warmer?

  • Science Weekly
    Are cold and wet UK summers here to stay? - podcast

  • Why do women outlive men? Cells that develop into sperm and eggs could give the answer

  • Women may be more resilient than men to stresses of spaceflight, says study

  • Science Weekly
    Slaughter-free sausages: is lab-grown meat the future? – podcast

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

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

  • Bowel disease breakthrough as researchers make ‘holy grail’ discovery

  • Gene therapy trial gives deaf children hearing in both ears

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