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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 Apr 13, 2020
Monday Apr 13, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has used the fallout from the Cold War nuclear bomb tests to reveal the true age of whale sharks.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Plague of Dead Sharks’ by Alan Dugan 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 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has used meteorites to determine that Mars did not form in a similar way to Earth and may have obtained its hydrogen from outside forces.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Mars’ by Patrick White 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 Mar 30, 2020
Monday Mar 30, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has observed an exoplanet over 600 light years from Earth where it rains iron.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'From Another Planet’ by Mark Jarman 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 Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has used ancient clams to reveal how days were half an hour shorter 70 million years ago.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘An Autopsy of an Era’ by Mary Jo Bang 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 Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has harnessed the problem-solving capabilities of a simple slime mould to trace the large-scale structure of the universe.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ by Tracy K. 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