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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 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
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that changing the ways in which fruit is gathered from palm trees could help to conserve Amazon peatland forests.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Palm Tree’ by Rabindranath Tagore 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 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
This episode explores new research, which has found that a globalised diet of ultra-processed foods is having a negative impact on both human and planetary health.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Strict Diet’ by James Crews 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