Making Science with Tom Whipple
What connects 200 hand-holding monks, a lump of gold hidden in a beaker, and irradiated cocktails? Welcome to Making Science with Tom Whipple, Science Editor at The Times and Sunday Times. This is the podcast where history, innovation, and the unexpected collide, as we uncover jaw-dropping stories behind the scientific discoveries we take for granted.
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Latest Episode
Breakthroughs in Cancer Research (21.11.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Time-lords and the extra seconds
- The Tree of Life
- Glow in the dark cocktails and radioactive health drinks
- The kilogram that lost its weight
- How do you hide a lump of gold in plain sight?
- How far can bull frogs jump? (And why it matters!)
- Are friars electric?
- Islands of Ice and Straw
- War, Stones and Metals!
- Death rays and other would-be inventions!
- Introducing Making Science with Tom Whipple
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