180.3K
Downloads
280
Episodes
Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.
Episodes
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that the sounds of spring are changing, with dawn choruses across North America and Europe becoming quieter and less varied.
---
Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Dawn Chorus’ by Sasha Dugdale here.
---
Music by Rufus Beckett.
---
Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
Twitter: @samillingworth
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has investigated the different losses that young adults have suffered during COVID-19.
---
Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Are they Shadows’ by Samuel Daniel here.
---
Music by Rufus Beckett.
---
Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
Twitter: @samillingworth
Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that ancient driftwood can be used to track 500 years of Arctic warming and changes to sea ice levels.
---
Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Driftwood’ by Ralph Cheever Dunning here.
---
Music by Rufus Beckett.
---
Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
Twitter: @samillingworth
Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that dragonflies can migrate thousands of kilometres across the Indian Ocean, from India via the Maldives to Africa, and back again.
---
Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Fly, Dragonfly!’ by Joyce Sidman here.
---
Music by Rufus Beckett.
---
Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
Twitter: @samillingworth
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that a cosmic impact destroyed Tall el-Hammam, an ancient city in the Jordan Valley.
---
Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘On an Evening of Bright Meteors’ by Maurice Lesemann here.
---
Music by Rufus Beckett.
---
Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
Email: sam.illingworth@gmail.com
Twitter: @samillingworth