Episode 42: Ancient Rings of Time

<p>This episode explores new research, which has used ancient clams to reveal how days were half an hour shorter 70 million years ago.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='http://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1167/ancient-rings-of-time/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019PA003723'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘An Autopsy of an Era’ by Mary Jo Bang <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58320/an-autopsy-of-an-era'>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>