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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 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.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Driftwood’ by Ralph Cheever Dunning 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 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.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Fly, Dragonfly!’ by Joyce Sidman 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 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.
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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.
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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 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that ancient residents of Teotihuacán reshaped the landscape in a way that continues to influence modern construction in this part of Mexico.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Flower Song’ by Francisco Xavier Alarcón 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 20, 2021
Monday Sep 20, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that global light pollution has increased by at least 49% over the last 25 years.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Light’ by C. K. Williams 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