Science Poems
In Venusian Skies
Venus's clouds, rich in sulphuric acid and iron minerals, significantly influence its atmosphere and weather patterns.
Jan 12, 2024
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Sam Illingworth
Sam is a Professor in Creative Pedagogies. His research is concerned with trying to engage and empower people with science, especially those from under-served communities. He writes science poems to try and communicate some of the beautiful and important scientific research that is being done on a daily basis, all across the world.
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Changing Matter
The composition of tiny airborne particles, called particulate matter, causes various changes in lung cells, impacting both their behaviour at a molecular level and their appearance.
Jan 5, 2024
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Driven by Drought
Research on Africa from 1992-2013 shows droughts influence human migration towards water sources or cities, driven by environmental, political, and socio-economic factors.
Dec 29, 2023
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Musical Measurements of the Spheres
Astronomers have used asteroseismology, the analysis of star vibrations, to precisely determine the distances of stars from Earth.
Dec 22, 2023
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Footprints on the Moon
Humans, having made a significant impact on Earth, now mark the Moon, potentially starting a new era, the 'Lunar Anthropocene'.
Dec 15, 2023
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Twilight Galaxies
Discoveries of distant infrared galaxies challenge our understanding of the universe's formation and evolution.
Dec 8, 2023
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Sulphuric Shadows
Invisible assailants, fine as dust, ride the winds – unseen marauders born from the fiery throats of soot-stained cathedrals.
Dec 1, 2023
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The Bee’s Vapid Poison
Stripy sailors weave through scattered skies, as clouds of poison linger overhead.
Nov 24, 2023
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Dissolving Depths
Carbon’s ghost falls as tears into the salty swell, dark residues of industry, profit, greed.
Nov 17, 2023
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The Butterfly’s Gaze
The turtle swims the open seas, her shell a compass needle – magnetic whispers guide her way, True North a gentle force, of hidden paths and steady hands.
Nov 10, 2023
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Between Sky and Sand
In the shadow of the crescent’s fertile arc, where ancient stones rest deep within the earth, Roman hands once marked their land with spade, with sweat, with blood.
Nov 3, 2023
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Soiled Stowaways
Steel beasts lumber over ocean waves, their bellies full of freight and salt and soil.
Oct 27, 2023
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After the Flames
Char and cinder, the land lies burned, reduced to drifting smoke – a spectral shroud of wandering wraiths that cannot rest.
Oct 20, 2023
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Fragrant Hues
Cherry wafts upon the air – a crimson mist unfurls, greys transformed with ruddy swirls of reds and browns and smells.
Oct 13, 2023