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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 Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that jet lag’s harmful health impacts are caused by biological clock misalignment.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Reunion’ by Megan Fernandes 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 Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that blind people sense their heartbeats better than sighted people.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘A Blind Woman’ by Ted Kooser 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 Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has looked at the long-term environmental impact of different methods to control Japanese knotweed.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Autumn’ by Sydney Lea 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 Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that entire populations of Antarctic seabirds fail to breed due to extreme, climate-change-related snowstorms.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Sea Bird to the Wave’ by Padraic Colum 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 Mar 13, 2023
Monday Mar 13, 2023
This episode explores new research, which has found that bees follow linear landmarks to find their way home.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Bees, so many bees’ by Anna Jackson 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