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kim June 24, 2024 8 minute read

In cicada emergence, a piggybacking parasite steals the show

One biologist drove cross-country not for the cicadas, but for the fungus that infects them.

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Nine cicadas resting on a leafy bush.
The 2024 twin emergence will see trillions of cicadas flooding Illinois. (Cotinis via Flickr)

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Pluto isn’t a planet for the same reason whales aren’t fish
An enhanced-color image of Pluto captured during the New Horizons flyby on July 14, 2015. Credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute via Flickr
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