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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 Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that sperm whales shared behaviours to outmanoeuvre 19th-century human hunters.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Invitation’ by Aimee Nezhukumatathil 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 Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that sperm whales shared behaviours to outmanoeuvre 19th-century human hunters.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Whaler’ by W. S. Merwin 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 Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has discovered plants buried deep beneath the ground, indicating that Greenland was once ice-free.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Over Greenland’ by Peter Campion 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 Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has discovered sea slugs that can decapitate themselves and regrow their entire bodies.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Autotomy’ by Wisława Szymborska 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 Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has read an unopened letter from Renaissance Europe – without breaking its seal or damaging it in any way.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Letters for the Dead’ by Philip Levine 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