Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.
This episode explores new research, which has shown how large tides may have driven the evolution of fish towards life on land.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Evolution’ by Linda Bierds 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 used flour beetles to predict how different species will interact with each other following shifting habitats brought about by climate change.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Elegy for the Insects’ by Michael Benedikt 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 mysterious seafloor ‘crop circles’ off the north-west coast of Australia.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Circle’ by Pádraig Ó Tuama 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 24 ‘superhabitable’ planets that may have conditions that are more suitable for life than here on Earth.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Another Planet’ by Dunya Mikhail 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 'zombie fires' in the Arctic are likely to have strong consequences for the global climate.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Fire’ by Katie Ford 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
