06 November, 2019 – Episode 746 – Does Science Bug You?

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Interview w/ The Bug Chicks, Space Is Closed?, Age Reversal For Mice, Conservatives of Atlantis, Bat Friends, Tracing Ivory, Lost Thoughts, Brain Thoughts, Into The Beyond, Shark Protection, And Much More…

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What is an earthling?

You?

Yeah, you probably qualify as such.

We humans are quick to put our own picture

into the frame next to the earthling entry in the Encyclopedia Galactica

But despite our impulse to take a planet teeming with life

And assume that we are the most relevant thing living here

There are many more forms of life that could just as easily represent the planet.

By the numbers we aren’t the most populace life form

We aren’t the biggest number by gross weight either

If just counting the number of legs we fare even worse

And while not being the only earthling on the planet may not occur to humans who see the earth as theirs and theirs alone…

There are some humans who have noticed that we are not alone…

Humans who are interested in understanding more than their own earthling experience

Humans who therefore know more about what it truly means to be an earthling

Than any earthling ever dared…

As long as those earthlings aren’t listening to

This week in science

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The Bug Chicks are Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker. Scientists, educators, and besties.

Kristie has a Master of Science in Entomology and is an educational media specialist. She studies the biology, biodiversity, and distribution of solifuge arachnids in Kenya, and wants to train teachers in refugee camps to use insects as educational resources.