Episode 111: Residual Snakes

<p>This episode explores new research, which has found that snakes can be used to potentially reveal radiation levels in the soil around Fukushima.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/2225/residual-snakes/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://bioone.org/journals/ichthyology-and-herpetology/volume-109/issue-2/h2019282/Movement-Behavior-and-Habitat-Selection-of-Rat-Snakes-Elaphe-spp/10.1643/h2019282.short'>here</a>.  </p> <p>Read ‘Snake’ by Katie Peterson <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57648/snake-56d23b5ae3965'>here</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Music by <a href='http://smarturl.it/thepaperwaits'>Rufus Beckett</a>.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast:</p> <p>Email: <a href='mailto:sam.illingworth@gmail.com'>sam.illingworth@gmail.com</a>   Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/samillingworth'>@samillingworth</a>  </p>