Ian Sample

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

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@adamgopnik Hi Adam, I have a quick query for you…. Message me if you can? [email protected]

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Great to hear Brent Seales @universityofky on this insanely impressive project 📜🌋🤖

[Jo Marchant @JoMarchant]

What convinced computer scientist Brent Seales to dedicate 20 years of his life to reading the unopenable Herculaneum Scrolls? Turns out it was the very first moment he saw them…

Listen now on Where the Wild Thoughts Are, episode 5

@ukyengineering

https://t.co/tKBouDSlWr

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Putin, Xi and the obsession with radical life extension. Fascinating chat with @DrTregoning and @PjotrSauer
With Ellie Bury and Tom Glasser
#longevity
https://t.co/FZKrh1cwaY

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Can quantum mechanics save reality?

https://t.co/ASzVSvP8RG

#quantummechanics

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“Nature does not like zombies.” https://t.co/Xr2skWk0oW

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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

https://t.co/fWFrGN81vv

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Thanks to @alokjha for flagging this gem:
A weekend with Gareth Southgate and friends https://t.co/ZMTKOYpSo5 from @TheEconomist

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“Margaret: they’re taxing non-doms, not condoms” Pure gold from ⁦@danielboffey⁩ https://t.co/5PsQjgYoAO

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https://t.co/5TArTEsCVu

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Peter was such a lovely, humble and humorous man. And so bloody sharp. RIP.

Peter Higgs, physicist who discovered Higgs boson, dies aged 94 https://t.co/qkjcWSZEE5

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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.
https://t.co/lcHnDTAbBB

[Paul Johnson @paul__johnson]

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

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On today's pod we talk about whether to embrace deep sea mining with the brilliantly-informed @chrismichaelgdn and @DivaAmon.
https://t.co/2tR4ewLXOs

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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.

https://t.co/4n9IoXFKHV

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@paul_boyd @Freedland Thank you sir! Might splash out some new goggles.