Episodes
![Episode 257: A Promise of Lavender](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5345855/lavender_s8mvic_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Episode 257: A Promise of Lavender
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has identified the gene that enhances some of the properties of lavender.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'Lavender' by Mary Enslow here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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![Episode 256: Wated Mussels](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5345855/Mussels_acykj2_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Episode 256: Wated Mussels
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that mussels downstream of wastewater treatment plants contain radium.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Merrymakers in a Mussel Shell’ by Holly Corfield Carr here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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![Episode 255: Wobbling Stars and Super Earths](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5345855/planet_e7bwhp_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Episode 255: Wobbling Stars and Super Earths
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has used wobbling stars to find new exoplanets.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘In the Planetarium’ by James Doyle here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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![Episode 254: Shadows in the Sea](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5345855/Sea_phgi3a_300x300.png)
Monday May 27, 2024
Episode 254: Shadows in the Sea
Monday May 27, 2024
Monday May 27, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has investigated how heatwaves are affecting Arctic phytoplankton.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Invitation’ by Aimee Nezhukumatathil here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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![Episode 253: Seismic Snow](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog5345855/snow_wvbdsh_300x300.jpg)
Monday May 20, 2024
Episode 253: Seismic Snow
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that heavy snowfall and rain may contribute to some earthquakes.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'Snowfall' by Ravi Shankar here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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