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Hello, welcome along.

It's another episode of the Fun Kids Science Weekly.

This is where we take a quick flick through the universe to learn about the most amazing and dangerous things that's happening inside.

And it's the last edition of 2018. What a speedy year. Full, crammed, jam packed, full of some

amazing discoveries and some wondrous things. So I thought we'd take a look at some of the

best discoveries that we've made, the smartest experts that we've chatted to,

and the most dangerous stuff that we've faced in the last year.

So this week, we'll talk about a mash, sorry.

We'll talk about a mash, there we go, of two incredible creatures in the world.

Also, we'll learn about a way that drones are helping to save our planet,

and we start with diving into the history of bugs.

It's the Fun Kids Science Weekly now.

Our guest today can tell us about some of the most annoying, frustrating, but also interesting

creatures in the whole world and throughout history.

Christopher Lloyd is the creator of explorer, bugs. It's been made in association

with the Natural History Museum. It charts the history of bugs from 500 million years ago, right

through to today. First question, what's the earliest bug that we know about and what evidence

do we have of its existence? When you go back 500 million years ago,

all life is in the sea. And if you were to dive down into the sea about that time, you would

find some really extraordinary creatures, things unlike anything that is alive today. And some of the

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