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Tom Clarke

Tom Clarke

Science and technology editor

 




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  tom.clarke3@sky.uk  

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Biography


Tom is Science and technology editor, covering a range of stories including COVID, climate and how tech is transforming our lives.


Before joining Sky, he was at ITN for over 17 years, where he was science editor of ITV News and Channel 4 News. 


Tom was nominated for a Royal Television Society award for his investigative reporting on Tamiflu.


He also wrote for the prestigious science magazine Nature. Before working in journalism, Tom studied entomology.
 



Articles by Tom Clarke  








Seb says it's 'cool' something happens when he thinks about moving his hand



Man given Musk's brain chip in UK trial says it 'feels magical'  






A seal swims by icebergs off the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera base. File pic: Reuters



We can learn a lot from Antarctica's weird biology  










Finding Antarctica's weirdest animals  










Is America surrendering Antarctica to its rivals?  










Why Trump is losing in Antarctica  










Why Antarctica's underwater tsunamis are alarming scientists  






still from Clarke piece on Antarctica's underwater tsunamis



Why Antarctica's underwater tsunamis are alarming scientists  










Could Antarctic tsunamis change our future?  










Why our future depends on Antarctica 






An Amazon Web Services AI data centre in the US. Credit: Noah Berger/AWS



Is the AI bubble about to burst? If so the consequences could be dire  










From AI boom to bubble?  






But have a look at this one: 'Have a healthier baby,' it reads. Pic: 28NinetyFive / Nucleus Genomics



If you thought Sydney Sweeney's 'good genes' advert was controversial, get a load of this  










Gene optimised babies explained  






Delegates cheer at the passing of an article during a plenary session at COP30. Pic: AP



What did COP30 achieve after failing to reach deal on fossil fuels?  






File pic: iStock



Regulators approve first trials for puberty-blocking drugs in children since ban  










COVID-19 Inquiry: The second report explained  






Pic: PA



The COVID inquiry highlights a damning statistic - but there's another, far greater failure  










The real bottleneck in the AI race  










‘It’s time to deliver another defeat to denialism’  










The Amazonians who've never heard of Donald Trump - and their fight to defend their homes  










Why US may soon have a real energy emergency  






Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the Prince of Wales at the Cop30 summit. Pic: PA



COP's potential for change limited not by who turned up, but by the elephants not in the room  










Are countries backing climate promises with cash?  






Workers install solar panels on the roof of a house. File pic: iStock



World hits 'crucial turning point' in use of renewables  






MRNA vaccines were pivotal to the fightback against coronavirus



Vaccine giant opens new UK factory with apparent jab at US  










Sky News goes inside Moderna vaccine plant  






Pic: iStock



Trump links paracetamol use in pregnancy to increased risk of autism - here's what the evidence says  










What the evidence says about paracetamol-autism link claim  






New images show the break-up of the iceberg. Pic: MoD/SGSSI Government



One of the world's biggest icebergs breaking up after 40 years  










What nuclear weapons look like today - and how a city as big as London could be wiped out instantly  






File pic: AP



OpenAI releases long-awaited AI chatbot upgrade  






Skyrora tests one of its rocket launches. Pic: Skyrora



Permission granted for first-of-its-kind British rocket launch  










The lab investigating deaths we're all complicit in  










What caused 'monster' quake?  






A kindergarten is damaged by an earthquake in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia. Pic:  Russian Ministry for Emergencies/Reuters



Why some experts were anticipating 'monster' earthquake in Russia  






Donald Trump holds a signed executive order as White House AI and crypto tsar David Sacks claps in the background. Pic: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson



Why Silicon Valley's Trump gamble just paid off... big time  










World's largest human imaging project  






Woman prepares to undergo a CT scan. Pic: iStock



We are entering 'golden age' of cancer treatment - and also facing a less gilded era too  










Can Iran still make a nuclear bomb?  






The facility near Natanz. File pic: Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP



Iran may not have lost its ability to make a nuclear bomb - here's why  






Donald Trump greets Elon Musk before a Starship rocket launch last November. File pic: AP



In a dangerous world, the explosive Trump-Musk bust-up is more terrifying than titillating  






Pics: Reuters



Why NASA may turn to Musk's billionaire rival after Starship failure  






A ban on chlorinated chicken has effectively kept cheaper, lower-welfare chicken out for decades. File pic: Reuters



A ban on chlorinated chicken has protected UK consumers - and farmers  






The former head of vaccines in the US has warned there will be more deaths. Pic: Reuters



Vaccine misinformation will lead to more deaths, says ousted US scientist  










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