Why You’re Obsessed With Sea Shanties

And why you can’t get the stupid songs out of your head

Dana G Smith
Elemental
Published in
4 min readJan 26, 2021

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Dana G Smith
Elemental

Health and science writer • PhD in 🧠 • Words in Scientific American, STAT, The Atlantic, The Guardian • Award-winning Covid-19 coverage for Elemental