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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 May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that lichen may take up to a century to fully recover from wildfire.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Springtime in the Rockies, Lichen’ by Lew Welch 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 May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
This episode explores new research, which re-considers what is happening to plastic waste in marine and sedimentary environments.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Deep Sea’ by Axton Clark 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 May 03, 2021
Monday May 03, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that sponges leave trails on the sea floor in the Arctic deep sea.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Sponge’ by Joshua Mehigan 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 Apr 26, 2021
Monday Apr 26, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that a 4,000-year-old carved stone slab is Europe’s oldest known map.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Map’ by Biswamit Dwibedy 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 Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
This episode explores new research, which has found that road salts and other human sources are threatening the world's freshwater supplies.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Salt to Make a Sea’ by Renée Ashley 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