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Insect vibes

From Our Changing World, 5:00 am today

Some insects communicate using a secret language that we can’t sense - a language of vibrations. Now researchers at the Bioeconomy Science Institute are starting to decode what insects are saying to each other. They hope to harness this knowledge to develop new, chemical-free methods of pest control to help farmers and growers.

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