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A Girl's Love For Bugs Goes Viral

NPR
Published September 19, 2017 at 4:42 PM CDT

Canadian Sophia Spencer, 8, loves bugs. A tweet her mom sent out about that made headlines and led to a paper the girl co-authored in a science journal. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Spencer and her co-author, scientist Morgan Jackson.

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