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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 Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has found that the wing length of the monarch butterfly has evolved in response to migration habits.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘of a butterfly in el barrio or a stranger in paradise’ by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez 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 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has shown how large tides may have driven the evolution of fish towards life on land.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Evolution’ by Linda Bierds 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 26, 2020
Monday Oct 26, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has used flour beetles to predict how different species will interact with each other following shifting habitats brought about by climate change.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Elegy for the Insects’ by Michael Benedikt 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 19, 2020
Monday Oct 19, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has found mysterious seafloor ‘crop circles’ off the north-west coast of Australia.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Circle’ by Pádraig Ó Tuama 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 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has found 24 ‘superhabitable’ planets that may have conditions that are more suitable for life than here on Earth.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Another Planet’ by Dunya Mikhail 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