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It reminds us that even the smallest creatures play huge roles in sustaining life.

They pollinate plants, recycle nutrients, and of course play a fundamental role in the food chain.

They're like tiny engineers elegantly solving complex problems to support ecosystems.

ID, the Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.

Bugs. Some of them we enjoy more than others. But there's no denying they're a part of life.

And though they're small, they're actually very big examples of engineering and design.

Today I welcome Kate Kavanaugh to the podcast. She is education and outreach

assistant at Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. One of our key educational

events on the calendar is ID Education Day, an all-day in-person event, held a couple times a year,

and designed especially for middle schoolers and high school students

in home or private school settings. It's a great field trip opportunity to learn directly from

scientists who study intelligent design in life. And lately, the theme has been creepy, crawly

complexity, the intelligent design of bugs, and even nasty, gross, unpleasant

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