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Bloodspots on your office chair? – Bedbugs are back and now they’ve moved from the bed to the office. Unless you want to catch them and eat them, what are you going to do?
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We farm fish and we certainly farm fruits and vegetables. Insects are full of protein and while Americans don’t eat them, many other cultures do, so why not farm them? In the future, we may do just that (unless they get too powerful–in which case we’ll probably shoot them down and eat the roadkill).

Raising cows, pigs and sheep uses up 2/3 of the world’s farmland and produces 20% of all the greenhouse gases that are changing our climate. The UN wants us to eat less meat, so a natural alternative is insects. global warming. As a result, the United Nations and senior figures want to reduce the amount of meat we eat and the search is on for alternatives.
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Insects may have tiny brains the size of a pinhead, but the latest research shows just how clever they really are. Will the future Earth be controlled by intelligent insects? Scientists have discovered that surrealistic experiences increase human brainpower and now they’ve discovered that swarming increases the size of BUG brains (in this case, locusts).
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What if all those nasty bugs running around your kitchen floor were really ROBOTS?! This may especially be true if they’re not scurrying around but are marching in formation to some sort of unheard time beat. And speaking of kitchens, your NEXT house may be based on termite nests.
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