Episode 73: Bellwether Beetles

<p>This episode explores new research, which has used flour beetles to predict how different species will interact with each other following shifting habitats brought about by climate change.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1559/bellwether-beetles/'>here</a>.  </p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/10/13/2009701117'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘Elegy for the Insects’ by Michael Benedikt <a href='https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=31825'>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>