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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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Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that human-made materials in nests can bring both risks and benefits for birds.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Nests in Elms’ by Michael Field 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 Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that birds raise fewer young when spring arrives earlier in a warming world.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Spring’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins 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 Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that global reservoirs are becoming emptier.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Reservoir’ by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge 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 Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that combustion from gas stoves can raise indoor levels of the toxic chemical benzene.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘In Praise of Old Stoves’ by Paul Petrie 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 Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found evidence of the first prehistoric wind instruments.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Incantation to an Age of Stone’ by V R lang 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