Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.
This episode explores new research, which has found that snakes can be used to potentially reveal radiation levels in the soil around Fukushima.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Snake’ by Katie Peterson 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
This episode explores new research, which has developed a novel forensic tool for detecting the illegal trading of critically endangered cockatoos.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Cockatoo’ by Cid Corman 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
This episode explores new research, which has found that poachers have killed a third of Wisconsin wolves since they were removed from the Endangered Species List in late 2020.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘A Wolf’ by Jorge Luis Borges 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
This episode explores new research, which has found that wildfire changes songbird plumage and testosterone.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Baby Wren’s Voices’ by Thomas R. Smith 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
This episode explores new research, which has found that painted lady butterflies achieve the longest known insect migration from the Sahara Desert to Europe.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Painted Lady’ by Margaret Danner 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
