Tom Whipple
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Nov 5, 2026
Georgie ThormanHOST
BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Science has been hearing about the latest research.
Georgie ThormanHOST
Cancer cell biologist Anne Willis spoke to presenter Tom Whipple.
Tom WhippleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I guess this moment's been quite a long time coming, hasn't it? There's been some false dawns in cancer vaccines.
Anne WillisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I mean, there's been a lot of work in this space and it's all been very encouraging, particularly in the animal models.
Phil BirdHOST
Could it make a big difference, Georgie?
Georgie ThormanHOST
Well, more trials are needed, but scientists are hopeful.
Georgie ThormanHOST
Here's Anne Willis again, talking to Tom Whipple, presenter of Inside Science.
Tom WhippleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Are you excited?
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Tom WhippleHOST
Hello, welcome to Inside Science from the BBC World Service with me, Tom Whipple.
Tom WhippleHOST
This week, what do the 1851 census of Bedlington, a critical supplement to the Atlas of British Flora, the International Conference on Frequency Control and Jane Eyre have in common? And if that doesn't entice you in, then, well, frankly, I don't know what we can do.
Tom WhippleHOST
But maybe Roland Pease will pique your interest with the story of ancient human hair that has revealed the earliest evidence of cannabis use.
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Tom WhippleHOST
Well, look, as an author of five unsuccessful books and a sixth due to come out, I look forward to the idea that something somewhere is going to break the spine of mine and feed those unread words into a computer somewhere to further the causes of the machines.
Tom WhippleHOST
Well, with that, which I've been told is the sound of the machines rejoicing at reading my wonderful unread prose, that's all we've got time for.
Tom WhippleHOST
You've been listening to BBC Inside Science with me, Tom Whipple.
Tom WhippleHOST
Until next week, it's goodbye from me and it's goodbye from Penny.
Luke JonesHOST
Fascinating, yeah.
Luke JonesHOST
Does mining on the moon, I don't know, affect tides and things here if you're chipping off large chunks of it? Well, we asked our science writer and special correspondent at The Times, Tom Whipple, if this is something we should be worrying about.
Tom WhippleCORRESPONDENT
The simplest answer to Michelle's question is the moon is really big.
Tom WhippleCORRESPONDENT
She's right.
Tom WhippleCORRESPONDENT
So not even enough to notice probably a sort of millimetre of lower tide as you go and splash your feet in the sea.
Tom WhippleCORRESPONDENT
So I think we're all right for now.
Manveen RanaHOST
Isn't that fascinating? Tom Whipple there, the man who knows everything, took out his calculator and did some calculations for us.
Manveen RanaHOST
And
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Tom WhippleHOST
Hello, welcome to Inside Science from the BBC World Service with me, Tom Whipple.
Tom WhippleHOST
The gorillas of Gabon know nothing of the 30 by 30 pledge.
Tom WhippleHOST
The harlequin shrimp of Hawaii has no understanding of the machinations of this week's negotiations in Yerevan.
Tom WhippleHOST
Kit Yates is joining me with some of the other week's stories, and frankly, to help him gain a diversified CV before being replaced by machines.
Tom WhippleHOST
Kit, what have
Kit YatesPANELIST
you got? Hi, Tom.
Kit YatesPANELIST
This week, I'm going to be trying to understand just how common brain disease is in contact sports.
Emma NelsonHOST
have you spotted?
Simon BrookeGUEST
Well, interesting piece by Tom Whipple in The Times.
Simon BrookeGUEST
This follows on from the crackdown on people playing music loud from their phones on public transport and Whipple is looking at why this is so annoying.
Emma NelsonHOST
Thank you very much indeed for that.
29 MINS LATER
Simon BrookeGUEST
Thank you.
Emma NelsonHOST
Right, what else did you want to talk about today? We're talking about, you mentioned at the top of the programme about people making noises on trains.
Simon BrookeGUEST
Yes, interesting piece by Tom Whipple in The Times about this is my bugbear, about whatever happened to headphones, you know? I mean, why people insist on playing their phones.
Simon BrookeGUEST
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Tom WhippleHOST
Hello, welcome to Inside Science from the BBC World Service with me, Tom Whipple.
Tom WhippleHOST
What is time? asked Saint Augustine of Hippo in 400 AD.
Tom WhippleHOST
If nobody asks me, I know.
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Roland PeaseCORRESPONDENT
Nicholas Young is a glaciologist at Columbia University, and the study was just published in Science.
Tom WhippleHOST
Thanks, Roland.
Tom WhippleHOST
You've been listening to BBC Inside Science with me, Tom Whipple.
Tom WhippleHOST
It is goodbye from me, and goodbye from Penny.