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