The Poetry of Science

By Sam Illingworth

Join Dr Sam Illingworth as he provides insight into new scientific research via the medium of poetry.... more

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The podcast currently has 328 episodes available.

The Poetry of Science episodes:

June 21, 2021 Episode 106: Snail Survivors
This episode explores new research, which has used millimetre-sized computers to reveal how one species of Pacific Island land snail has used the sun to escape extinction.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Snail’ by Langston Hughes here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Twitter: @samillingworth

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June 14, 2021 Episode 105: Rotifers on Ice
This episode explores new research, which has successfully revived tiny 24,000-year-old microorganisms buried under Siberian permafrost.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Librarian Decides on Cryonics’ by Judith Skillman here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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June 07, 2021 Episode 104: California Haze
This episode explores new research, which has found that Californian wildfire smoke reached Europe in 2020, causing a strong cloudiness of the sun.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Smoke of Distant Fires’ by Eduardo Chirinos here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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May 31, 2021 Episode 103: Toxic Seaweed
This episode explores new research, which has nitrogen has turned sargassum (i.e. brown seaweed) into the world's largest harmful algal bloom.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Seaweeds’ by Sandra Mcpherson here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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May 24, 2021 Episode 102: A Land of Darker Green
This episode explores new research, which has found that Greenland is becoming darker and warmer.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘You Could Never Take A Car to Greenland’ by Maggie Smith here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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May 17, 2021 Episode 101: Burning Lichen
This episode explores new research, which has found that lichen may take up to a century to fully recover from wildfire.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Springtime in the Rockies, Lichen’ by Lew Welch here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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May 10, 2021 Episode 100: Deep Sea Plastics
This episode explores new research, which re-considers what is happening to plastic waste in marine and sedimentary environments.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Deep Sea’ by Axton Clark here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Twitter: @samillingworth

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9min
May 03, 2021 Episode 99: Spongy Trails
This episode explores new research, which has found that sponges leave trails on the sea floor in the Arctic deep sea.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Sponge’ by Joshua Mehigan here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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April 26, 2021 Episode 98: A Bronze Map of Stone
This episode explores new research, which has found that a 4,000-year-old carved stone slab is Europe’s oldest known map.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Map’ by Biswamit Dwibedy 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:
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April 19, 2021 Episode 97: Freshwater Salts
This episode explores new research, which has found that road salts and other human sources are threatening the world's freshwater supplies.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Salt to Make a Sea’ by Renée Ashley 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:
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Twitter: @samillingworth

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8min

FAQs about The Poetry of Science:

How many episodes does The Poetry of Science have?

The podcast currently has 328 episodes available.