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  • Ian Sample has been a science correspondent for the Guardian since 2003. Before that, he was a journalist at New Scientist and worked at the Insitute of Physics as a journal editor. He has a PhD in biomedical materials from Queen Mary's, Universty of London
    (source: The Guardian)
  • Ian Sample has written articles published in The Guardian (science correspondent, , Science correspondent) and The Observer (science correspondent).
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Most Recent article

Royal Institution crisis grows over ousted boss Lady Greenfield

The Guardian, Wednesday 17 March
• Rebels move to replace entire governing council • Warning that 'coup' would threaten organisation

Ian Sample has written...

  • More about 'earth' than anything else
  • A lot about 'dna' in the last month

Ian Sample by numbers...

  • 825 articles (since December 2006)
  • Average article: 17 column inches (495 words)
  • Shortest article: 2 column inches (45 words)
  • Longest article: 109 column inches (3274 words)
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Caution: this list is not comprehensive but based on articles published in 21 UK news outlets across 14 different websites. The information is collected automatically so there are bound to be mistakes. Please let us know when you find one so we can correct it.
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The topics Ian Sample mentions most:

 africa   alzheimer   california   cern   dna   earth   europe   european   gm   guardian   higgs   ivf   london   mars   nasa   nature   nobel   royal society   science   university 

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