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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 Jan 06, 2020
Monday Jan 06, 2020
This episode explores new research, which has found that climate change is affecting the timing of bird migration on a continental scale.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read the ‘The Birds’ by Linda Pastan 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 Dec 30, 2019
Monday Dec 30, 2019
This episode explores new research which has created a strain of the bacteria E. coli, that eats carbon dioxide for energy rather than organic compounds like sugars and fats.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read the ‘Wings’ by Miroslav Holub 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 Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found that simulated microgravity, such as that encountered in spaceflight, disrupts the functioning of the epithelial barrier (the lining of the gut).
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read the 'Astronaut of Waste’ by Joel Sloman 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 Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found that elevated levels of mercury in mountain lions may be caused by coastal fog.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘In the Fog’ by Giovanni Pascoli 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 Dec 09, 2019
Monday Dec 09, 2019
This episode explores new research which has found that rainfall patterns across the globe are likely changing due to a rapid warming of the Indo-Pacific region.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Clouds’ by Stephen Dobyns 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