Episode 92: Decapitating Slugs

<p>This episode explores new research, which has discovered sea slugs that can decapitate themselves and regrow their entire bodies.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Read this episode’s science poem <a href='https://thepoetryofscience.scienceblog.com/1913/decapitating-slugs/'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read the scientific study that inspired it <a href='https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.014'>here</a>.</p> <p>Read ‘Autotomy’ by Wisława Szymborska <a href='https://poetryfilmarchive.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/a-poem-for-national-poetry-day-autotomy-by-wislawa-szymborska/'>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>