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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 Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has found that the chemical signals that are emitted by coral reefs provide an indicator of their relative health.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Sea Garden’ by Rosamond S. King 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 Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has found that molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest evidence of complex life on Earth, but are instead nothing more than common algae.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific studies that inspired it here and here.
Read ‘Hearsay Song’ by John Yau 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 Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has found that fish carcasses are transporting toxic mercury pollution from the atmosphere to the bottom of the world's oceans.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Hall of Ocean Life’ by John Hollander 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
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
This episode features an alternative format in which I talk to the poet Paul Pearson about his new poetry collection ‘Lunatic Engine’, which reflects on the science of Galileo, and our place in the Universe.
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You can find out more about Lunatic Engine 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 Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has found that global wind systems are responsible for mosses becoming one of our planet's most widely distributed plants.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Moss’ by Bruce Guernsey 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