His popular class, "The Biology of Terrestrial Arthropods," inspired generations of scientists, who would go on to study not only cicadas but butterfly genetics, cave crickets and the ant ecology of the Thimble Islands in Long Island Sound, to name a few.
That, in turn, led H.G. Wells to write "The War of the Worlds", firmly implanting the image of sinister extra-terrestrials in the popular imagination.For NASA, America's space agency, the discovery is doubly propitious.
Channel 4's most popular programme of the night was terrestrial movie premiere Bridesmaids, with 2.3 million (12%) between 9pm and 11.25pm.
(It also found that Internet radio listening drops from 6 to 10 a.m., the "morning drive time" when terrestrial radio is most popular).
Orb web spiders are ubiquitous predators in terrestrial ecosystems and are popular models for behavioural and ecological research, in part due to the ease of characterizing the shapes of orb webs.
President Barack Obama joined Hollywood in mourning the beloved star, who first achieved fame as eccentric extra-terrestrial Mork in the popular late-70s sitcom, Mork and Mindy.
However, this is offset by spin-off services such as ITV2 and ITV3 – the most popular UK channels after the five main terrestrial networks – continuing to grow their audiences.
Digital terrestrial TV remains the most popular way of watching television and the main five public service broadcasting PSB channels accounted for just over half of all viewing in 2014 even with 536 other UK channels to choose from.
Britain's largest commercial terrestrial broadcaster will never be so popular again.
The merger's architect, Mel Karmazin, has responded that the relevant market for the services offered by the two satellite radio companies includes all terrestrial broadcasters, Internet radio and other popular listening devices, including iPods and portable music players.
