In episode 2 of Science Sagas, host Ian Graber-Stiehl speaks with professors Gene Kritsky and Chris Simon (some of the foremost experts on periodical cicadas) about how cicadas were at the center of arguably the first citizen science experiments in American history, why cicadas still hold many mysteries over a century later, and how citizen scientists are still helping scientists understand one of the most ubiquitous and enigmatic insects in the world.
Media:
https://twitter.com/StiehlPointPen
https://twitter.com/SagasScience
Writing:
https://muckrack.com/ian-graber-stiehl
https://www.msj.edu/faculty-and-staff-directory/faculty-directory/gene-kritsky.html
https://wp.chris-simon-lab.eeb.uconn.edu/researchers/
Tools to get involved in cicada citizen science yourself:
https://www.cicadamania.com/
http://magicicada.org/magicicada/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.msj.cicadaSafari&hl=en_US
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cicada-safari/id1446471492
Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
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