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Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.
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15 minutes ago
15 minutes ago
This episode explores new research, which has found 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at the same spot.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Footsteps’ by Fanny Howe here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
7 days ago
7 days ago
This episode explores new research, which has found that more snow could protect glaciers from melt – but only if we curb greenhouse gas emissions soon.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Eating the Glacier’ by Lauren Winchester here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that rainforest protection reduces the number of respiratory diseases.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Rainforest’ by Teresa Mei Chuc here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has observed warm ocean water moving beneath the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica, where it contributes to ice melting.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'Ice' by Gail Mazur here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
X: @samillingworth
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that bats use an acoustic cognitive map for navigation.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Bats' by Luke Hathaway here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
X: @samillingworth