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Tom Whipple has Beaver Anal Glands.
Testing Testosterone Testing
BBC Inside ScienceSecretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has announced that the US military will be screening military personnel aged 30 and older for testosterone deficiency. Those found with low testosterone levels will be offered voluntary hormone replacement therapy. The secretary says this is to ensure “a healthy, capable, and decisively dominant fighting force”. Tom Whipple is joined by Professor Joe Herbert from the University of Cambridge to discuss why jacking soldiers up with testosterone may be the best idea. [NS1.1]
Marine Biologist Kathryn Ayres, from the non-profit organisation Beneath the Waves, describes a newly observed behaviour in orcas in which they collaboratively swim so hard into a dead sunfish it explodes. Is it a teachable moment for their young or is it just for fun?
Finally, we have Kit Yates, our resident mathematician, to reassure Tom that although AI might one day actually kill [NS2.1]us all, at least it can disprove an 87-year-old mathematics conjecture[NS3.1].
Presenter: Tom Whipple
Producer: Dan Welsh, Alex Mansfield, Imy Harper, Tabitha Taylor Buck
Editor: Martin Smith
Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth2026-07-23 1630-1700
( ... would actually pay #BBCLicenceFee for this content ... maybe ...)
#Hegseth #Orca
#TomWhipple #InsideScience #BBCInsideScience #BBCRadio4 -
Tom Whipple has Beaver Anal Glands.
Testing Testosterone Testing
BBC Inside ScienceSecretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has announced that the US military will be screening military personnel aged 30 and older for testosterone deficiency. Those found with low testosterone levels will be offered voluntary hormone replacement therapy. The secretary says this is to ensure “a healthy, capable, and decisively dominant fighting force”. Tom Whipple is joined by Professor Joe Herbert from the University of Cambridge to discuss why jacking soldiers up with testosterone may be the best idea. [NS1.1]
Marine Biologist Kathryn Ayres, from the non-profit organisation Beneath the Waves, describes a newly observed behaviour in orcas in which they collaboratively swim so hard into a dead sunfish it explodes. Is it a teachable moment for their young or is it just for fun?
Finally, we have Kit Yates, our resident mathematician, to reassure Tom that although AI might one day actually kill [NS2.1]us all, at least it can disprove an 87-year-old mathematics conjecture[NS3.1].
Presenter: Tom Whipple
Producer: Dan Welsh, Alex Mansfield, Imy Harper, Tabitha Taylor Buck
Editor: Martin Smith
Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth2026-07-23 1630-1700
( ... would actually pay #BBCLicenceFee for this content ... maybe ...)
#Hegseth #Orca
#TomWhipple #InsideScience #BBCInsideScience #BBCRadio4 -
Need to tell off Tom Whipple on presenter style.
"... those crazy cryogenics guys ..."
They may be crazy but you are a Science programme host.
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Need to tell off Tom Whipple on presenter style.
"... those crazy cryogenics guys ..."
They may be crazy but you are a Science programme host.