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Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.
Episodes
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that Africa’s flamingos are threatened by rising lake levels.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Flamingo Watching’ by Kay Ryan 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
X: @samillingworth
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that four in five bird species cannot tolerate intense human pressures.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘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
X: @samillingworth
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that common water pollutants cause heart damage in fish.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Water Devil’ by Jamaal May 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
X: @samillingworth
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that signs of life could be detectable in single ice grains that are emitted from extraterrestrial moons.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Ten Moons’ by Sasha Dugdale 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
X: @samillingworth
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has used ancient tree rings to reconstruct the climate records of North China.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Trees’ by Mark Haddon 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
X: @samillingworth