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 Poetry of Science episodes:

February 01, 2021 Episode 86: Plastic Seagrass
This episode explores new research, which has found a dramatic increase in microplastics in seagrass soil since the 1970s.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘In the Greenhouse’ by Eugenio Montale here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Twitter: @samillingworth

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January 25, 2021 Episode 85: Elephants from Space
This episode explores new research, which has found that satellite cameras coupled with machine learning can be used to detect and count African elephants in complex geographical landscapes.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Elephant Armageddon’ by Gerard Malanga here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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January 18, 2021 Episode 84: Melting Lakes
This episode explores new research, which has found that 5,700 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere may permanently lose ice cover this century because of global warming.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘River Snow’ by Mark van Doren here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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January 11, 2021 Episode 83: When the Mangroves Disappeared
This episode explores new research, which has shown that the mangroves on the coasts of Oman disappeared about 6,000 years because of climate change.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Caribbean Marsh’ by Muna Lee here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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December 21, 2020 Episode 82: Lunar Flow
This episode explores new research, which has found that the Moon controls the release of methane in the Arctic Ocean.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Low Tide’ by Edna St. Vincent Millay here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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December 14, 2020 Episode 81: Damming Loss
This episode explores new research, which has found that that the recovery of beavers may have beneficial consequences for amphibians in surviving the effects of climate change.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘In the North Cascades’ by Dixie Partridge here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Twitter: @samillingworth

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December 07, 2020 Episode 80: The Smell of Coral
This episode explores new research, which has found that the chemical signals that are emitted by coral reefs provide an indicator of their relative health.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Sea Garden’ by Rosamond S. King here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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November 30, 2020 Episode 79: A Complexity of Life
This episode explores new research, which has found that molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest evidence of complex life on Earth, but are instead nothing more than common algae.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific studies that inspired it here and here.
Read ‘Hearsay Song’ by John Yau here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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Twitter: @samillingworth

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9min
November 23, 2020 Episode 78: Mercury Sinking
This episode explores new research, which has found that fish carcasses are transporting toxic mercury pollution from the atmosphere to the bottom of the world's oceans.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Hall of Ocean Life’ by John Hollander here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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November 18, 2020 Episode 77: Lunatic Engine
This episode features an alternative format in which I talk to the poet Paul Pearson about his new poetry collection ‘Lunatic Engine’, which reflects on the science of Galileo, and our place in the Universe.
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You can find out more about Lunatic Engine here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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FAQs about The Poetry of Science:

How many episodes does The Poetry of Science have?

The podcast currently has 328 episodes available.