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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 Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that climate change likely triggered pandemics in antiquity.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'Return to Rome' by Stanley Moss 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 Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found confirmation of an ancient lake on Mars.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Here’s Mars’ by William H. Dickey 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 Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has found that Alpine glaciers will lose at least a third of their volume by 2050.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Exit Glacier’ by Peggy Shumaker 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 Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has discovered an Earth-sized planet in ‘our solar backyard’.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'The Planet' by Josephine Jacobsen 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 Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
This episode explores new research, which has revealed the mysterious missing component in the clouds of Venus.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Venus’ By D. Nurkse 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