Ian Sample

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1,976 appearances 28 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard yesterday

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 28 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 8.

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Science Weekly · ‘One of the biggest discoveries in science’: have scientists found dark matter? · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

There are other dark matter detectors around the world that people are using, and they will clearly be looking at this result and being very interested and thinking, can we look in our data? voice-verified

Can we tweak our machine to be sensitive to this particular mass range of particle? voice-verified

And there are plans for future detectors. voice-verified

One of them could be voice-verified

a detector that would be about four times more sensitive than the LZ detector. voice-verified

And it could potentially even be put into what's called Bulby Mine, which is an old mine in North Yorkshire, which would be obviously absolutely fabulous for the UK. voice-verified

This would be... voice-verified

One of the biggest discoveries in science, because we're talking about understanding what is the vast majority of the mass of the universe. voice-verified

I mean, this would be vast. voice-verified

Clearly, it would be Nobel time. voice-verified

But it would also just be opening up this massive new realm that until now is completely hidden from us. voice-verified

You know, this result could disappear. voice-verified

We could be not talking about it in a couple of years' time. voice-verified

It may just fade away and the search goes on, right? voice-verified

You know, these signals do go away and we can't get our hopes up just yet. voice-verified

Yeah, and you know, that could well happen, even if this result doesn't pan out right. voice-verified

Science Weekly · Are rich people really worse behaved? Here’s the science · 8 Sep 2026 podcast

You're right. matched

They really are the sort of the irreverent, playful cousin of the the very serious Nobel Prizes. matched

And the reason I like these prizes is that they are, I mean, first and foremost, just an enormous amount of fun, right? matched

I mean, it's routinely pulling out these research studies that really often do make you laugh out loud, but they also show you the importance and and sort matched

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