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: [email protected]   X: @samillingworth 

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 questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   X: @samillingworth  

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: [email protected]   X: @samillingworth 

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 comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   X: @samillingworth 

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: [email protected]   X: @samillingworth 

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: [email protected]   X: @samillingworth 

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: [email protected]   X: @samillingworth 

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: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

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: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

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 podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

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: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

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: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

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 the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

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 podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that heatwaves are becoming more frequent and more deadly. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Heatwave’ by Ted Hughes here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that America’s wealthiest 10% is responsible for 40% of US greenhouse gas emissions. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read 'Vespers ["Once I believed in you..."]' by Louise Glück here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth   

This episode explores new research, which has found that mega-storms leave marks on Saturn’s atmosphere for centuries. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read 'Saturn' by Stefanie Marlis here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that Kordofan giraffes face local extinction if poaching continues. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘The Giraffe’ by Ronald Lee Perry here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that ancient pathogens emerging from melting ice and permafrost risk eroding ecosystems. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Yeast’ by Roddy Lumsden here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that the Pacific slope of Peru is greening, and that this is not good news. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Prophecy’ by Jules Supervielle here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that ocean animals vacate areas both around and outside deep-sea mining operations. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Sea Floor’ by Edward Weismiller here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth   

This episode explores new research, which has found that human-made materials in nests can bring both risks and benefits for birds. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Nests in Elms’ by Michael Field here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that birds raise fewer young when spring arrives earlier in a warming world. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Spring’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth   

This episode explores new research, which has found that global reservoirs are becoming emptier. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘The Reservoir’ by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that combustion from gas stoves can raise indoor levels of the toxic chemical benzene. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘In Praise of Old Stoves’ by Paul Petrie here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found evidence of the first prehistoric wind instruments. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Incantation to an Age of Stone’ by V R lang here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that night-time pollinators such as moths may visit just as many plants as bees. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Moths’ by Caleb Klaces here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that global flash droughts are expected to increase in a warming climate. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Dear Drought’ by Amy Beeder here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that current measures to protect grasslands in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are damaging the ecosystem and should be stopped. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘On the Plains’ by David Wagoner here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that coastal lights trick coral reefs into spawning earlier than they should. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Night in Day’ by Joseph Stroud here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that bird species body size may predict the rate of climate change. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Confession of a Bird Watcher’ by Chard Deniord here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that air pollution exposure is associated with an increased risk of irregular heartbeat. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Arrhythmia’ by Hailey Leithauser here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that water arsenic is linked to higher urinary arsenic totals among the US population. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Water Route’ by Barry Sternlieb here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that the diversity of present tree species is shaped by climate change in the last 21,000 years. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Native Trees’ by W.S. Merwin here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that light pollution may extend the mosquito biting season. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Mosquitos’ by Katherine Hauth here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that jet lag’s harmful health impacts are caused by biological clock misalignment. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Reunion’ by Megan Fernandes here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that blind people sense their heartbeats better than sighted people. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘A Blind Woman’ by Ted Kooser here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth   

This episode explores new research, which has looked at the long-term environmental impact of different methods to control Japanese knotweed. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Autumn’ by Sydney Lea here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that entire populations of Antarctic seabirds fail to breed due to extreme, climate-change-related snowstorms. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘The Sea Bird to the Wave’ by Padraic Colum here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that bees follow linear landmarks to find their way home. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Bees, so many bees’ by Anna Jackson here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that long-term exposure to air pollution is tied to an increased risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘Heart Valve’ by Elizabeth Arnold here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that geckos can use their tongue to differentiate their own odour from that of other members of their species. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘A Lizard in Spanish Valley’ 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]   Twitter: @samillingworth   

This episode explores new research, which has found that small perching birds, such as blue and great tits, avoid breeding in urban areas where there are many non-native trees. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.   Read the scientific study that inspired it here.    Read ‘The Birds’ by Linda Pastan here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has investigated the rapid behavioural responses of endangered tigers to major roads during COVID-19 lockdown. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here.   Read ‘Tiger on the Shoulder’ by Janet McAdams here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that instead of using traditional fireworks, cleaner alternatives like drone and laser light shows should be used to prevent harm to wildlife, household pets, and the environment. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘State Fair Fireworks, Labor Day’ by Maryann Corbett here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that elephant extinction could have a major impact on atmospheric carbon levels. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.     Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘The Elephant’ by Dan Chiasson here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that human-initiated wildfire smoke is responsible for around 20,000 premature deaths per year in the United States. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.     Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘SMOKE’ by Philip Levine here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth 

This episode explores new research, which has found that children near airports may be exposed to dangerous levels of lead. --- Read this episode’s science poem here.     Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Sparrow Trapped in the Airport’ by Averill Curdy here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected]   Twitter: @samillingworth