This episode explores new research, which has found that even 10 minutes of nature exposure is likely to yield benefits for adults with mental illness.

--- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Wildlife Management III’ by James Galvin 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: @samillingworth

This episode explores new research, which has found that unprecedented warming threatens earth’s lakes and their ecosystems.

--- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Lake Cycle’ by Jessica Nelson North here.

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This episode explores new research, which has found that painting roofs white is effective at cooling cities at scale.

--- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read 'Heat' by John Gould Fletcher 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: @samillingworth

This episode explores new research, which has found that meteorite impact rate on Mars can help date planetary surfaces.

--- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘The Meteorite’ by Randall Jarrell 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: @samillingworth

This episode explores new research, which has found that dense, swirling winds help supermassive black holes grow.

--- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘The Effects’ by Nick Laird 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: @samillingworth

This episode explores new research, which has found that restored rat-free islands could support hundreds of thousands more breeding seabirds

--- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Baiting Bush Rats’ by Anthony Lawrence 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: @samillingworth

This episode explores new research, which has identified the gene that enhances some of the properties of lavender.

--- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read 'Lavender' by Mary Enslow 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: @samillingworth

This episode explores new research, which has found that mussels downstream of wastewater treatment plants contain radium.

--- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific study that inspired it here. Read ‘Merrymakers in a Mussel Shell’ by Holly Corfield Carr 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: @samillingworth