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 migratory birds have lighter-coloured feathers.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Migration’ by Ira Sadoff 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 a waterfall's sound and visual appearance can be used to track changes in its flow.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Waterfall’ by Mary Oliver 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 shown how the magnetisation of rocks can be used to find the impact sites of meteorites.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Santa Fe Trail’ by Barbara Guest 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 the world's largest mass extinction may have begun with volcanic winter.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘For a Coming Extinction’ by W. S. Merwin 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 investigated how the communication styles of volunteers attempting to replicate life in deep space changed over time.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Space’ by William Burford 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
