It looks like the invading Brood II Cicadas will join the Global Force For Good…
As the nation prepares for the onslaught of love-seeking cicadas, who time their appearance in accordance with 17-year cycles, the U.S. Navy is analyzing the insects’ tell-tale “thrum,” in an effort to replicate it for marine communication.
At the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, R.I., researchers have been trying to figure out a way to re-create it mechanically. But the physics is complicated…
Read more at LATimes.com.
