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:

April 20, 2020 Episode 46: See-through Skin
This episode explores new research, which has restored sight in blind mice by turning skin cells into light-sensing eye cells.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Mouse’ by Ted Kooser here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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April 13, 2020 Episode 45: Testing the Age of Sharks
This episode explores new research, which has used the fallout from the Cold War nuclear bomb tests to reveal the true age of whale sharks.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Plague of Dead Sharks’ by Alan Dugan here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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9min
April 06, 2020 Episode 44: The Weight of Martian Water
This episode explores new research, which has used meteorites to determine that Mars did not form in a similar way to Earth and may have obtained its hydrogen from outside forces.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Mars’ by Patrick White here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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March 30, 2020 Episode 43: Beneath an Iron Sky
This episode explores new research, which has observed an exoplanet over 600 light years from Earth where it rains iron.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'From Another Planet’ by Mark Jarman here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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March 23, 2020 Episode 42: Ancient Rings of Time
This episode explores new research, which has used ancient clams to reveal how days were half an hour shorter 70 million years ago.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘An Autopsy of an Era’ by Mary Jo Bang here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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March 16, 2020 Episode 41: Moulded Galaxies
This episode explores new research, which has harnessed the problem-solving capabilities of a simple slime mould to trace the large-scale structure of the universe.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ by Tracy K. Smith here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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8min
March 09, 2020 Episode 40: Jellied Eggs
This episode explores new research, which has used jellyfish to help understand how sexual reproduction in animals may have evolved.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘A Jelly-Fish’ by Marianne Moore here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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8min
March 02, 2020 Episode 39: Genetic Unmarking
This episode explores new research, which has combined genealogy and genetics to identify thousands of individuals in Québec whose remains lie in unmarked graves.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read 'Mapping the Genome’ by Michael Symmons Roberts here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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10min
February 24, 2020 Episode 38: The Black Giant’s Collapse
This episode explores new research, which has found that the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador has shown signs of possible flank instability.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘A Postcard from the Volcano’ by Wallace Stevens here.
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Music by Rufus Beckett.
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9min
February 17, 2020 Episode 37: Footprints in the Himalayas
This episode explores new research, which has found that a Himalayan glacier shows evidence of the start of the Industrial Revolution.
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Read this episode’s science poem here.
Read the scientific study that inspired it here.
Read ‘Snowmen’ by Agha Shadid Ali 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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10min

FAQs about The Poetry of Science:

How many episodes does The Poetry of Science have?

The podcast currently has 328 episodes available.