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Ian Sample

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Guardian science editor and podcast presenter | PhD | Massive, shortlisted Royal Society Science Book Prize | Sony Award | Leaks to [email protected]

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“Nature does not like zombies.” arxiv.org/abs/2409.14545


AHOY! We’re 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 britishsciencefestival.org/event/the-guar…


He said: “I 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 couldn’t hold back any more. That’s the only way I can explain it.” I so love this.


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.


This was the 4 July 2012 seminar when Fabiola Gianotti on Atlas and Joe Incandela on CMS revealed their spectacular results confirming the particle’s existence.


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.


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/science/2024/a…


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. apnews.com/article/russia…


Ian Sample Reposted

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 they’ve done


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. theguardian.com/science/audio/…


"The scandal is still playing out right now. The cover-up is still under way right now." After 20 years, here’s why the Post Office scandal is special: the cover-up is happening in plain sight | Marina Hyde theguardian.com/commentisfree/…


Lawyer humiliated after using ChatGPT to create a brief. "I did not comprehend that ChatGPT could fabricate cases." nytimes.com/2023/06/08/nyr…


A massive privilege of this job is that you get to speak to phenomenal people - people who are brilliant and driven and who actually give a shit about the world - every day. But even among them are people that standout so much you need a quiet walk after the interview. Do listen.

Thank you @iansample for discussing palliative care with me for this week's @guardianscience podcast. The incredible work of local palliative care teams in Ukraine is being supported by new charity @HospiceUkraine, whose launch is tonight! 💙🇺🇦 theguardian.com/science/audio/…



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