The Poetry of Science

This episode explores new research, which has looked to neutron stars to reduce nuclear waste. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read ‘Near the Desert Test Sites (Palm Desert, California)’ by Sherod Santos here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam...

This episode explores new research, which has detected the faint light of stellar corpses beside predator stars. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read ‘Stars’ by Marjorie Pickthall here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@gmail.com  ...

This episode explores new research, which has found that climate change likely triggered pandemics in antiquity. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read 'Return to Rome' by Stanley Moss here .   --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@gmail....

This episode explores new research, which has found confirmation of an ancient lake on Mars. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read ‘Here’s Mars’ by William H. Dickey here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@gmail.com    X:  @samillin...

This episode explores new research, which has found that Alpine glaciers will lose at least a third of their volume by 2050. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read ‘Exit Glacier’ by Peggy Shumaker here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingwo...

This episode explores new research, which has discovered an Earth-sized planet in ‘our solar backyard’. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read 'The Planet' by Josephine Jacobsen here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@gmail.com    X:...

This episode explores new research, which has revealed the mysterious missing component in the clouds of Venus. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read ‘Venus’ By D. Nurkse here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@gmail.com    X:  @sam...

This episode explores new research, which has found that particulate matter affects both the molecular functions and physical shape of lung cells. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read 'The Orange Alert' by Douglas Kearney here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the po...

This episode explores new research, which has found that vulnerable populations face flood risk in most African countries. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read 'Drought' by Tsitsi Ella Jaji here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@g...

This episode explores new research, which has measured the distance to stars by their music. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read 'Music of the Spheres' by Robert Morgan here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@gmail.com    X:  @sam...

This episode explores new research, which has suggested that it’s time to declare a new epoch on the moon, the 'Lunar Anthropocene'. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read ‘Moon’ by Amy E. Sklansky here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingw...

This episode explores new research, which has revealed distant galaxies, reshaping our understanding of the universe's evolution. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read 'Lost in the Milky Way' by Linda Hogan here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  s...

This episode explores new research, which has found that particulate pollution from coal is associated with double the risk of mortality than from other sources.  ---  Read this episode’s science poem here .   Read the scientific study that inspired it here .  Read 'Coal Deliveryman' by Ramón Cote Baraibar here .  ---  Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questi...

This episode explores new research, which has found that bees cannot taste even lethal levels of pesticides. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read ‘The Bees’ by Bruce MacKinnon here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@gmail.com    X:...

This episode explores new research, which has found that ocean acidification in the Mediterranean is already affecting the calcification of marine plankton. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here . Read ‘[Ocean which I pushed up]’ by Joshua Beckman here .  --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or...

This episode explores new research, which has investigated how butterflies can help scientists to detect cancer. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here .    Read ‘Vision’ by Marjorie Pickthall here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@gmail.c...

This episode explores new research, which has used Cold War spy satellite imagery to reveal Ancient Roman forts. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here .    Read ‘Searching for Satellites’ by Roberto Harrison here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.ill...

This episode explores new research, which has found that soil carried on sea freight is loaded with dangerous pests and diseases. --- 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: ...

This episode explores new research, which has found that wildfire smoke may linger in homes long after the initial blaze. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here .    Read ‘Smoke’ by Théophile Gautier here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@...

This episode explores new research, which has found that our sense of smell changes the colours we see. --- Read this episode’s science poem here . Read the scientific study that inspired it here .    Read ‘Smell Is the Last Memory to Go’ by Fatimah Asghar here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingwo...

This episode explores new research, which has found that reducing fishing gear could save whales with low impacts to California’s fishing industry. --- Read this episode’s science poem here .   Read the scientific study that inspired it here .    Read ‘Humpback’ by Robert Bernard Hass here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the...

This episode explores new research, which has found that jellyfish can learn from past experiences. --- Read this episode’s science poem here .   Read the scientific study that inspired it here .    Read 'Moon Jellyfish’ by Jennifer Martelli here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@gmail.com  ...

This episode explores new research, which has found that supermassive black holes alter galactic chemistry. --- Read this episode’s science poem here .   Read the scientific study that inspired it here .    Read 'The Black Hole’ by Michael Ryan here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email:  sam.illingworth@gmail.co...

This episode explores new research, , which has investigated how climate change will affect decomposition. --- Read this episode’s science poem here .   Read the scientific study that inspired it here .    Read 'I know that all beneath the moon decays' by William Drummond of Hawthornden here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for th...

This episode explores new research, which has found that air pollution has decreased across the US, but health burdens remain unequal among racial groups. --- Read this episode’s science poem here .   Read the scientific study that inspired it here .    Read 'Hiking' by Abigail Wender here . --- Music by  Rufus Beckett . --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the...