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SUMMARY:The Silken Thread: Five Insects & Their Impacts on Human History
DESCRIPTION:A moth\, a flea\, a mosquito…\nInsects are seldom mentioned in history texts\, yet they significantly shaped human history. For example: \n* Silkworms (moths) have been farmed to produce silk for millennia\, and the Silk Road created a history of empires and cultural exchanges of ideas\, philosophies\, and religions.\n* Fleas and lice carried bacteria that caused three major plague pandemics. Bacteria carried by insects left their ancient clues as DNA embedded in victims’ teeth.\n* Lice caused outbreaks of typhus\, especially in crowded conditions such as prisons and concentration camps. Typhus aggravated the effects of the Irish potato famine\, and Irish refugees took typhus to North America.\n* Mosquito-borne yellow fever was transported to the Americas via the trans-Atlantic slave trade\, causing panic in the US and creating hazards in constructing the Panama Canal. \nDr. Rob Wiedenmann will explore the impact and common threads connecting these insects. This talk is based on his book\, coauthored by J. Ray Fisher: The Silken Thread: Five Insects and Their Impacts on Human History. \nDr. Rob Wiedenmann is Professor Emeritus of Entomology at the University of Arkansas. He received a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\, and a Ph.D. in Entomology\, both from Purdue University. He also worked at the Illinois Natural History Survey\, where he focused on biological control of insects and weeds. He is a past-president of the Entomological Society of America. \n——–\n**COST**:\n**$15.00** Discount (senior\, student\, it’s your b-day\, just can’t afford the GA price)\n**$25.00** GENERAL ADMISSION\n**$35.00** VIP Premium seating (front center rows)\n**$61.20** BOOK/TICKET combo (15% OFF both!) \nGet tickets here! https://www.kigginstheatre.com/checkout/showing/science-on-tap—five-insects/2656498) \nVisit Science On Tap: https://www.scienceontaporwa.org/ \n  \n\n\n	Related
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LOCATION:Kiggins Theatre\, 1011 Main Street\, Vancouver\, WA\, 98660\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poking the Squid: What We Can Learn from Animal Sex
DESCRIPTION:A vast and delightfully diverse journey through the sex lives of animals. \nFor too long\, science has ignored and obscured the multiplicity of animal sexual behavior. With vivid\, often funny\, and always beautiful watercolor illustrations in a work of graphic nonfiction\, artist Perrin Roosevelt Ireland examines how animals express and have sex. \nGo on a wild biodiversity ride from queerness\, infidelity\, and divorce to consent\, sexual cannibalism\, and sex change. She interviews researchers at the edge of this new science and brings readers along as she learns the latest discoveries. \nIn vivid comics of seahorse dads\, polygamous albatross\, and gender-fluid barnacles\, *Poking the Squid* illustrates for us a vibrant and erotic earth that we are just beginning to grasp. By illuminating and celebrating animal diversity\, she asks us to embrace our own. \nPerrin Roosevelt Ireland(https://www.experrinment.com/) is an artist and environmentalist. Her work has appeared at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and the Mystic Seaport Museum and in Discover\, Nature\, Scientific American\,* and the *Rumpus*. She lives in Brooklyn\, New York. \nTickets:\n$15.00 DISCOUNT (senior\, student\, it’s your birthday\, just can’t afford the GA price right now)\n$25.00 GENERAL ADMISSION\n$35.00 VIP Premium seating (front center rows)\n$46.75 Book and ticket combo – 15% off both \nTickets Available Here: (https://www.kigginstheatre.com/checkout/showing/science-on-tap—poking-the-squid-what-we-can-learn-from-animal-sex/2715441) \nScience On Tap: https://www.scienceontaporwa.org/ \n  \n\n\n	Related
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