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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 May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that shipping poses a significant threat to the endangered whale shark.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Requiem Shark’ by Rad Smith 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 May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that student debt can impair your cardiovascular health into middle age.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Debt’ by Paul Laurence Dunbar 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 May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found links between red tides and dead zones off the west coast of Florida.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Fabliau of Florida’ by Wallace Stevens 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 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that the absence of visual imagination can be detected by looking at how the pupils respond to light.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Mind’s Eye’ by David M. Graham 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 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that children differ dramatically from adults in their moral views on animals.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Animals That Die in Our Houses’ by Jane Shore 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