Tom Whipple

Tom Whipple is a British journalist. He has worked for The Times since 2006, and was the newspaper's science editor from 2012 to 2024. He is currently a science correspondent and columnist.[1][2]

After attending Reading School in 1993–2000,[3] Whipple studied maths and then computing until 2004 at Churchill College, Cambridge while writing features for the student paper.[4] He was twice named student feature writer of the year by The Guardian[5] and was a member of the Night Climbers.[6][7]

In 2019, Whipple won the silver AAAS Science Journalism Award for his April 2019 story "Caucher Birkar — from asylum seeker to Fields Medal winner at Cambridge" for The Times Magazine.[8] In 2015, he was named best print writer for his features in Intelligent Life by the British Society of Magazine Editors.[9] In 2024, he won the opinion or editorial award from the ABSW for his article "lessons from lockdown", published three years on from the first covid-19 pandemic restrictions.[10] And in 2020, he was recognised as science journalist of the year at the Press Awards for his work reporting on the pandemic.[11] His 2025 column 'Five years on, why the battle over Covid’s origins still rages'[12] was recognised with the Harding Prize for Trustworthy Communication.[13]

Whipple is a member of the advisory group of the Science Media Centre in London[14] and has supported their view of the role of industry in science.[15]

Books

  • The Battle of the Beams: The secret science of radar that turned the tide of the Second World War (Bantam, 2023)[16]
  • X and Why: The rules of attraction: why gender still matters (Short Books, 2018)[17]
  • How to Win Games and Beat People: Demolish Your Family and Friends at over 30 Classic Games with Advice from an International Array of Experts (2015)[18]

References

  1. ^ "Tom Whipple | The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.com.
  2. ^ Cecilia Grimaldi (23 September 2024). "A Day in the Life of Tom Whipple, Science Editor at The Times". Association of British Science Writers.
  3. ^ "Gala Dinner". Reading School. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
  4. ^ "Communicating maths: a journalist's perspective, an interview with Tom Whipple" (Podcast). Living Proof. No. 43. Interviewed by Maha Kaouri; Christie Marr. Isaac Newton Institute. 8 July 2022. Event occurs at 0:50.{{cite podcast}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. ^ Matt Wells (13 November 2003). "Students repeat Guardian scoop scoop". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Orla Moore (11 April 2019). "The shadowy climbers scaling Cambridge's college rooftops". BBC News.
  7. ^ Erik Olsson (26 November 2022). "'It felt impossibly romantic': the nightclimbers of Cambridge". Varsity.
  8. ^ "Award Winners | AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards". sjawards.aaas.org.
  9. ^ "BSME Rising Stars 2015 – The Winners". InPublishing. 4 June 2015.
  10. ^ "ABSW Awards 2024: The Winners". ABSW. 2024.
  11. ^ "Past winners". Press Awards. 2020.
  12. ^ Tom Whipple (21 March 2025). "Five years on, why the battle over Covid's origins still rages". The Times.
  13. ^ "The Harding Prize for Trustworthy Communication".
  14. ^ "governance". Science Media Centre.
  15. ^ Rebecca Coombes (2023). "Row over ultra-processed foods panel highlights conflicts of interest issue at heart of UK science reporting". BMJ. 383 (1 November 2023): 2514. doi:10.1136/bmj.p2514.
  16. ^ David, Saul (10 May 2023). "The Battle of the Beams by Tom Whipple review — the man who 'broke the beam' and won the war". www.thetimes.com.
  17. ^ Katsoulis, Melissa (30 March 2018). "Review: X and Why: The Rules of Attraction: Why Gender Still Matters by Tom Whipple — the science of human sexuality". www.thetimes.com.
  18. ^ Whipple, Tom. "How To Win Games and Beat People". Library Journal.

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