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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 Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that reducing fishing gear could save whales with low impacts to California’s fishing industry.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Humpback’ by Robert Bernard Hass 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 Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that jellyfish can learn from past experiences.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'Moon Jellyfish’ by Jennifer Martelli 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 Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that supermassive black holes alter galactic chemistry.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'The Black Hole’ by Michael Ryan 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 Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
This episode explores new research, , which has investigated how climate change will affect decomposition.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'I know that all beneath the moon decays' by William Drummond of Hawthornden 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 Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that air pollution has decreased across the US, but health burdens remain unequal among racial groups.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'Hiking' by Abigail Wender 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