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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 Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has developed a novel forensic tool for detecting the illegal trading of critically endangered cockatoos.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Cockatoo’ by Cid Corman 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 Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that poachers have killed a third of Wisconsin wolves since they were removed from the Endangered Species List in late 2020.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘A Wolf’ by Jorge Luis Borges 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 Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that wildfire changes songbird plumage and testosterone.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Baby Wren’s Voices’ by Thomas R. 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 Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that painted lady butterflies achieve the longest known insect migration from the Sahara Desert to Europe.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Painted Lady’ by Margaret Danner 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 Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has used millimetre-sized computers to reveal how one species of Pacific Island land snail has used the sun to escape extinction.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Snail’ by Langston Hughes 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