September 28, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has used geochemical analysis to show that millions of wild birds were once sacrificed to Ancient Egyptian gods.
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Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Audubon Becomes Obsessed with Birds’ by Andy Brown here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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September 21, 2020
This episode explores new research, which shows how the ability for certain animals to navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field may be due to bacteria.
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Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘My Proteins’ by Jane Hirshfield here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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September 14, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has used environmental DNA sampling to rediscover Brazilian frogs that were assumed to be extinct.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Tree Frogs’ by William Logan here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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September 7, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has found that loggerhead sea turtles are able to detect hurricanes.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Swimming With A Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle’ by Freya Manfred here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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August 31, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has found that flooding can be predicted using the same models that are used for mapping pandemics.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Flood’ by Janet McAdams here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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