Episodes
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This episode explores new research, which has found that rainforest protection reduces the number of respiratory diseases.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Rainforest’ by Teresa Mei Chuc here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:https://linktr.ee/sam.illingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has observed warm ocean water moving beneath the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica, where it contributes to ice melting.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read 'Ice' by Gail Mazur here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that bats use an acoustic cognitive map for navigation.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Bats' by Luke Hathaway here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that human actions cause insect colour change.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Insect’ by Annie Finch here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that tropical mammals react to changes in lunar light.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Moonlight’ by Paul Verlaine here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Near-Earth Object’ by John Shoptaw here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that drier winter habitat impacts songbirds’ ability to survive migration.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Migration’ by Ira Sadoff here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that burying wood in the right environmental conditions can stop its decomposition and help curb carbon dioxide emissions.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Wood’ by Richard Brautigan here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that the long-range transport of dust enhances oceanic life.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Dust’ by Dorianne Laux here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that flowers use adjustable petal designs to attract pollinators.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Flowers’ by Wendy Videlock here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that excessive light pollution may increase risk of Alzheimer's.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read “Alzheimer’s” by William J. Harris here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has observed a pair of galaxies in the act of merging 12.8 billion years ago.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Universe’ by Steven Schnur here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that meteor showers shed light on where comets formed in the early solar system.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘The Meteorite’ by Randall Jarrell here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research which has found that underground acoustics amplify soil health.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘This Soil’ by Alice Corbin Henderson here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that nature is at risk in the hunt for the perfect selfie.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Manifesto of the Lyric Selfie’ by Becca Klaver here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has studied how the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level rise.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘The Way to Keep Going in Antarctica’ by Bernadette Mayer here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has investigated the iridescent evolution of birds.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read 'Birdsong' by Joanie Mackowski here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that even 10 minutes of nature exposure is likely to yield benefits for adults with mental illness.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Wildlife Management III’ by James Galvin here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that unprecedented warming threatens earth’s lakes and their ecosystems.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read ‘Lake Cycle’ by Jessica Nelson North here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that painting roofs white is effective at cooling cities at scale.
---Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.Read 'Heat' by John Gould Fletcher here.
---Music by Rufus Beckett.---Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:Email: [email protected] X: @samillingworth
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