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Cyborg locust designed to sniff out explosive vapors like dynamite and could help find bombs

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Cyborg locust designed to sniff out different explosive vapors like dynamite could one-day be used by Homeland Security to search for bombs Scientists implanted electrodes into the antennal lobe of a locust This allowed them to see what the creature is picking up in its sense of smell The locust can detect and decipher between different … Read more

Pakistan struggles to combat devastating locust plague

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Pakistan’s farmers are struggling to combat the worst locust plague in nearly three decades as insect swarms decimate entire harvests in the country’s agricultural heartlands and send food prices soaring. Heavy rains and cyclones sparked ‘unprecedented’ breeding and the explosive growth of locust populations on the Arabian peninsula early last year, according to the United … Read more