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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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7 days ago
7 days ago
This episode explores new research, which has found that elephant extinction could have a major impact on atmospheric carbon levels.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Elephant’ by Dan Chiasson 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
Twitter: @samillingworth
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that human-initiated wildfire smoke is responsible for around 20,000 premature deaths per year in the United States.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘SMOKE’ by Philip Levine 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
Twitter: @samillingworth
Monday Jan 16, 2023
Monday Jan 16, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that children near airports may be exposed to dangerous levels of lead.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Sparrow Trapped in the Airport’ by Averill Curdy 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
Twitter: @samillingworth
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that climate change threatens endangered marimo algae balls with extinction through deadly sunburn.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'Hearsay Song' by John Yau 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
Twitter: @samillingworth
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that up to one a half million tonnes of carbon, soot, and other particles from combustion end up in deep-sea trenches every year.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'Ocean of Earth' by Guillaume Apollinaire 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
Twitter: @samillingworth