Oxygen, Enormous Bugs, and the Periodic Table of Death and Mystery

from Periodic Table of Death and Mystery · host Carol Potenza's monthly podcast, hosted by Laura Haas

This podcast will the introduce 4-inch-long cockroaches, giant millipedes up to 8 feet long, and dragonflies the size of pigeons of the Carboniferous era (323 to 299 million years ago) and ask the question: Why were bugs so BIG 300 million years ago? The answer in no small part is because of oxygen (O), the 8th element of the periodic table and one most life on earth can’t live without.

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