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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 Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that planting hedges and flower strips in orchards helps to support wild bee communities, thereby improving pollination.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Bees’ by Bruce Mackinnon 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 Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that five years after the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, one in four residents has PTSD.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Water Table’ by Eliza Griswold 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 Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 05, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that bottlenose dolphins form the largest alliance network outside of humans.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Dolphins at Seven Weeks’ by Rachel Jamison Webster 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 Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that a single introduction of wild rabbits triggered their invasion across Australia in the 1800s.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Rabbit’ by Stanley Vestal 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 Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that climate change will likely lead to irreversible declines in freshwater storage in the Tibetan Plateau by the middle of this century, impacting the supply of freshwater for nearly two billion people.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Water Table’ by Eliza Griswold 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