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The Origins of ‘Big Bug’ Science Fiction

9th - Higher Ed
Insects make up 80 percent of the world’s species, so it's not all that surprising we’ve occasionally made them into monsters in science fiction and horror. What is staggering is why the “big bug” subgenre took off in the 1950s. Find out...
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Minute Earth: The Great North American Locust Plague

3rd - 6th
An animated look at the fascinating history of locust swarms in North America and how the Rocky Mountain Locust was made extinct by accident. [2:35]