Episode 76: A Rolling Wind Gathers the Moss

11/16/20 • 6 min

This episode explores new research, which has found that global wind systems are responsible for mosses becoming one of our planet's most widely distributed plants.

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Read this episode’s science poem here.

Read the scientific study that inspired it here.

Read ‘Moss’ by Bruce Guernsey here.

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Music by Rufus Beckett.

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This episode explores new research, which has found that global wind systems are responsible for mosses becoming one of our planet's most widely distributed plants.

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Read this episode’s science poem here.

Read the scientific study that inspired it here.

Read ‘Moss’ by Bruce Guernsey 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:

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @samillingworth

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Episode 75: Shrinking Monarchs

This episode explores new research, which has found that the wing length of the monarch butterfly has evolved in response to migration habits.

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Read this episode’s science poem here.

Read the scientific study that inspired it here.

Read ‘of a butterfly in el barrio or a stranger in paradise’ by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez here.

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Music by Rufus Beckett.

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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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