Episode 79: A Complexity of Life
11/30/20 • 8 min
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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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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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @samillingworth
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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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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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Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:
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