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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 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
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has successfully revived tiny 24,000-year-old microorganisms buried under Siberian permafrost.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Librarian Decides on Cryonics’ by Judith Skillman 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 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that Californian wildfire smoke reached Europe in 2020, causing a strong cloudiness of the sun.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Smoke of Distant Fires’ by Eduardo Chirinos 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